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Rhodonite from
Kato Nevrokopi village, Kato Nevrokopi, Drama, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece


Locality type:Village
Classification
Species:Rhodonite
Formula:CaMn3Mn[Si5O15]
Comments:"Rhodonite" was found to be a mixture of Mn-bearing clinozoisite and Mn-bearing chlorite (Christos Spiromitros; XRD and SEM analyses).
Confirmation
Validity:Erroneously Reported
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rhodonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kato Nevrokopi village, Kato Nevrokopi, Drama, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:615303
Long-form Identifier:1:3:615303:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Rhodonite
13.8km (8.6 miles) ⓘMavro Xylo Mine, Kato Nevrokopi, Drama, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
84.5km (52.5 miles) ⓘOlympiada, Kassandra mining district, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
87.5km (54.4 miles) ⓘMogilata deposit, Septemvri Mine, Madan Municipality, Smolyan Province, Bulgaria
88.5km (55.0 miles) ⓘOsikovo deposit, Septemvri Mine, Madan Municipality, Smolyan Province, Bulgaria
89.9km (55.8 miles) ⓘKrushev dol Mine, Madan Municipality, Smolyan Province, Bulgaria
91.8km (57.0 miles) ⓘPetrovitsa deposit, Borieva Mine, Madan Municipality, Smolyan Province, Bulgaria
93.7km (58.2 miles) ⓘZapadno Gradishte deposit, Zlatograd Municipality, Smolyan Province, Bulgaria
98.7km (61.4 miles) ⓘLaki tailings dam, Laki, Laki Municipality, Plovdiv Province, Bulgaria
References
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