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Alunite from
Viper deposit, Kassiteres-Sapes area, Maroneia-Sapes, Rhodope, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Alunite
Formula:KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Alunite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Viper deposit, Kassiteres-Sapes area, Maroneia-Sapes, Rhodope, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:975315
Long-form Identifier:1:3:975315:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Alunite
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘAgios Demetrios deposit, Kassiteres-Sapes area, Maroneia-Sapes, Rhodope, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘKassiteres-Sapes area, Maroneia-Sapes, Rhodope, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
3.6km (2.2 miles) ⓘKonos Hill deposit, Kassiteres-Sapes area, Maroneia-Sapes, Rhodope, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
4.4km (2.7 miles) ⓘAgia Barbara prospect, Kassiteres-Sapes area, Maroneia-Sapes, Rhodope, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
7.9km (4.9 miles) ⓘAgios Philippos Mine, Alexandroupoli, Evros, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
15.5km (9.7 miles) ⓘPerama Hill deposit, Alexandroupoli, Evros, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
16.1km (10.0 miles) ⓘMavrokoryfi prospect, Maroneia-Sapes, Rhodope, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
49.5km (30.8 miles) ⓘMelitena prospect, Iasmos, Rhodope, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
67.9km (42.2 miles) ⓘMadzharovo deposit, Madzharovo, Madzharovo Municipality, Haskovo Province, Bulgaria
References
Alteration, mineralisation, and geochemistry of the Viper (Sappes) epithermal Au–Ag–Cu–(Sb–Te–Se) orebody, Thrace, NE Greece. in Abdurrahman, A., J. C. Ø. Andersen, and B. J. Williamson. "Meeting of the Geological Society’s Mineral Deposits Studies Group was held on the 2nd–4th January 2013 at the University of Leicester, UK." Applied Earth Science (Trans. Inst. Min. Metall. B) 121.4 (2012): 195.
Κίλιας, Σ. Π., Naden, J., Πακτσεβανόγλου, Μ., Γιαμπούρας, Μ., Σταυροπούλου, Α., Απειράνθητη, Δ., ... & Χρηστίδης, Χ. (2013). Multistage alteration, mineralization and ore-forming fluid properties at the viper (Sappes) Au-Cu-Ag-Te orebody, W. Thrace, Greece. Δελτίον της Ελληνικής Γεωλογικής Εταιρίας, 47(4), 1635-1644.
 
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