A chromium mine in chromite ore. In 1948 and according to the US Burreau Mineral Trade Notes, the mine was owned by Sotirios Papassotiriou and produced 70,000 tons of ore with grade >40% Cr.

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ⓘ Chromite

ⓘ Laurite

ⓘ Native Osmium

ⓘ var. Iridosmine

3 valid minerals.

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ⓘ Chromite

Formula: Fe²⁺Cr³⁺₂O₄

References:

Rocks & Min.: 23: 122

Bureau of Mines Mineral Trade Notes (Sep, 1947).

Auge, T. (1985). Platinum-group-mineral inclusions in ophiolitic chromitite from the Vourinos Complex, Greece. The Canadian Mineralogist, 23(2), 163-171.

ⓘ Laurite

Formula: RuS₂

References:

Auge, T. (1985). Platinum-group-mineral inclusions in ophiolitic chromitite from the Vourinos Complex, Greece. The Canadian Mineralogist, 23(2), 163-171.

ⓘ Native Osmium

Formula: (Os,Ir,Ru)

References:

Auge, T. (1985). Platinum-group-mineral inclusions in ophiolitic chromitite from the Vourinos Complex, Greece. The Canadian Mineralogist, 23(2), 163-171.

ⓘ Native Osmium var. Iridosmine

Formula: (Os,Ir)

References:

Auge, T. (1985). Platinum-group-mineral inclusions in ophiolitic chromitite from the Vourinos Complex, Greece. The Canadian Mineralogist, 23(2), 163-171.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘ	Native Osmium	1.AF.05	(Os,Ir,Ru)
ⓘ	var. Iridosmine	1.AF.05	(Os,Ir)
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘ	Laurite	2.EB.05a	RuS₂
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘ	Chromite	4.BB.05	Fe²⁺Cr³⁺₂O₄

List of minerals for each chemical element

O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Chromite	Fe²⁺Cr₂³⁺O₄
S	Sulfur
S	ⓘ Laurite	RuS₂
Cr	Chromium
Cr	ⓘ Chromite	Fe²⁺Cr₂³⁺O₄
Fe	Iron
Fe	ⓘ Chromite	Fe²⁺Cr₂³⁺O₄
Ru	Ruthenium
Ru	ⓘ Laurite	RuS₂
Ru	ⓘ Native Osmium	(Os,Ir,Ru)
Os	Osmium
Os	ⓘ Native Osmium	(Os,Ir,Ru)
Os	ⓘ Native Osmium var. Iridosmine	(Os,Ir)
Ir	Iridium
Ir	ⓘ Native Osmium	(Os,Ir,Ru)
Ir	ⓘ Native Osmium var. Iridosmine	(Os,Ir)

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References

U.S. Bureau of Mines (1947). Mineral Trade Notes, 25(3), 1-42 https://books.google.com/books?id=_25OAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA8-PP1

(1948) World news on mineral occurrences. Rocks and Minerals, 23 (2) 121-131

Auge, T. (1985). Platinum-group-mineral inclusions in ophiolitic chromitite from the Vourinos Complex, Greece. The Canadian Mineralogist, 23(2), 163-171.

Konstantopoulou, Garyfalia, Economou-Eliopoulos, Maria (1991) Distribution of platinum-group elements and gold within the Vourinos chromitite ores, Greece. Economic Geology, 86 (8) 1672-1682 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.86.8.1672

Grieco, Giovanni, Merlini, Anna (2012) Chromite alteration processes within Vourinos ophiolite. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 101 (6) 1523-1533 doi:10.1007/s00531-011-0693-8

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