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Chromite from
Vavdos mine, Polygyros, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chromite
Formula:Fe2+Cr23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chromite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Vavdos mine, Polygyros, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:726832
Long-form Identifier:1:3:726832:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chromite
13.9km (8.7 miles) ⓘVasilika, Thermi, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece
23.8km (14.8 miles) ⓘTriadi mine, Thermi, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece
26.5km (16.4 miles) ⓘOrmylia mine, Polygyros, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
40.1km (24.9 miles) ⓘCape Touzla, Thermaikos, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece
43.5km (27.0 miles) ⓘGomati ophiolite, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
56.9km (35.3 miles) ⓘNea Roda, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
73.6km (45.7 miles) ⓘSeres meteorite, Serres, Serres, Central Macedonia, Greece
82.8km (51.5 miles) ⓘElaphina Mine, Veria, Imathia, Central Macedonia, Greece
References
Dabitzias, S. G. (1980) Petrology and genesis of the Vavdos cryptocrystalline magnesite deposits, Chalkidiki Peninsula, northern Greece. Economic Geology, 75 (8) 1138-1151 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.75.8.1138
Grieco, G., Pedrotti, M., Moroni, M. (2011) Metamorphic redistribution of Cr within chromitites and its influence on chromite ore enrichment. Minerals Engineering, 24 (2). 102-107 doi:10.1016/j.mineng.2010.09.010
Sideridis, Alkiviadis, Koutsovitis, Petros, Tsikouras, Basilios, Karkalis, Christos, Hauzenberger, Christoph, Zaccarini, Federica, Tsitsanis, Pavlos, Lazaratou, Christina, Skliros, Vasilios, Panagiotaras, Dionisios, Papoulis, Dimitrios, Hatzipanagiotou, Konstantin (2022) Pervasive Listwaenitization: The Role of Subducted Sediments within Mantle Wedge, W. Chalkidiki Ophiolites, N. Greece. Minerals, 12 (8) 1000 doi:10.3390/min12081000
 
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