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⇱ Chromite from Voidolakkos, Grevena, Grevena, Western Macedonia, Greece


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Chromite from
Voidolakkos, Grevena, Grevena, Western Macedonia, Greece

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Locality type:Deposit
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 Voidolakkos, Grevena, Grevena, Western Macedonia, Greece
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:892626
Long-form Identifier:1:3:892626:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chromite
3.4km (2.1 miles) Koursumia deposit, Grevena, Grevena, Western Macedonia, Greece
4.0km (2.5 miles) Agriatses deposit, Kozani, Kozani, Western Macedonia, Greece
4.3km (2.7 miles) Kissavos deposit, Grevena, Grevena, Western Macedonia, Greece
4.8km (3.0 miles) Rizo mine, Kozani, Kozani, Western Macedonia, Greece
5.0km (3.1 miles) Tsouka mine, Grevena, Grevena, Western Macedonia, Greece
6.0km (3.7 miles) Aetoraches Mine, Grevena, Grevena, Western Macedonia, Greece
9.5km (5.9 miles) Rodiani, Kozani, Kozani, Western Macedonia, Greece
12.4km (7.7 miles) Konivoy mine, Deskati, Grevena, Western Macedonia, Greece
13.4km (8.4 miles) Xerolivado Mine, Grevena, Grevena, Western Macedonia, Greece
14.0km (8.7 miles) Skoumtsa Mine, Deskati, Grevena, Western Macedonia, Greece
References
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unified Pindos-Vourinos ophiolitic slab (northern Greece) ANNE H. E. R A S S I O S 1 & E L D R I D G E...Geology and Mineral Exploration, Lefkovrisi, 50100 Greece (e-mail." blather@gre.forthnet.gr) 2Department...sediment-filled tectonic basin trending NW across central Greece and into Albania. Neotethyan oceanic rocks, including...Apulian-African continental margin to the west. In northern Greece, the mid-Jurassic Vourinos ophiolite on the eastern...from the synchronous Pindos ophiolite along the western margin by a minimum c. 20 km distance. The sedimentary
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chromitites from the Voidolakkos and Xerolivado mines, Vourinos ophiolite complex, Greece: implications for...Panepistimiopolis of Rion, University of Patras, Patras, Greece 2 Department of Earth Sciences and Geological Engineering...with upper mantle spinel peridotites from the Voidolakkos and Xerolivado districts, located in the Vourinos...Vourinos ophiolite complex, northwestern continental Greece, were re-investigated with respect to their structural...corresponds to ferrian chromite. Microscopic studies revealed that ferrian chromite is paragenetically associated
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genesis of chrome ores within the Vourinos Ophiolite (Greece): Significance of ductile and brittle deformation...genesis of chrome ores within the Vourinos Ophiolite (Greece): Significance of ductile and brittle deformation...chrome ores within the Vourinos 2 Ophiolite (Greece): Significance of ductile and brittle deformation...Exploration, 501 00, Kozani, Greece 9 2 Ecoresources PC, 546 27, Thessaloniki, Greece 10 3 Department of...University of Thessaloniki, 541 24, Thessaloniki, 11 Greece 12 4 Department of Geology & Environmental Earth
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Vourinos ultra-depleted upper mantle suite, NW Greece Argyrios N. Kapsiotis a,b,∗ a b Department of...Patras, Panepistimiopolis of Rion, Patras 265 04, Greece School of Earth Sciences and Geological Engineering...framework Ophiolites of northwestern continental Greece represent part of the Tethyan ophiolitic belt,...Himalayas. The majority of Neotethyan ophiolites in Greece occur in two NNW–SSE trending sub-parallel belts...1986; Robertson, 2002) and (ii) the Jurassic ‘Western Hellenic Ophiolites’ (WHO), emplaced to the west
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deformation in the Jurassic Mesohellenic ophiolites, Greece, and its tectonic significance Anne E. Rassios a...Mineral Exploration, Lefkovrisi, 50100 Kozani, Greece Department of Geology, 116 Shideler Hall, Miami...Pindos and Vourinos ophiolites in the Western Hellenides of Greece are part of the Mesohellenic mafic-ultramafic...tectonic incorporation of this oceanic slab into the western edge of the Pelagonian subcontinent occurred via...be Fig. 1. Simplified geological map of northern Greece showing the distribution of the Mesohellenic ophiolite
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chromitites from the Vourinos ophiolite complex, northern Greece A. Kapsiotis1, T. A. Grammatikopoulos*1, F. Zaccarini2...ophiolite complex, located in northern Greece, hosts various chromite deposits characterised by very low...composite samples from Voidolakkos and Xerolivado chromitites. The Voidolakkos concentrate sample contains...both samples. The bulk of mineralisation in Voidolakkos is dominated by a finer variety (,10 mm) of PGM...different alteration processes that affect the Voidolakkos and Xerolivado chromitites. In summary, this
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ultramafic sequence, Vourinos Ophiolite (West Macedonia, Greece) Giovanni Grieco, Micol Bussolesi, Evangelos...ultramafic sequence, Vourinos Ophiolite (West Macedonia, Greece), Ore Geology Reviews (2018), doi: https://doi...ultramafic sequence, Vourinos Ophiolite (West Macedonia, Greece) Giovanni Grieco1*, Micol Bussolesi1, Evangelos...15784, Athens, Greece. 3 Institute of Geology and Mineral Exploration, 501 00 Kozani, Greece. 4 School...Independent researcher, Ayiou Mina 31, Salamis 18900, Greece (current address). *Corresponding Author: G. Grieco
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THE VOURINOS OPHIOLITE OREBODIES AT VOIDOLAKKOS COMPLEX, GREECE ELIAS GRIVAS,ANNE RASSIOS, Instituteof...GeologyandMineralExplortion,KozaniBranch,Lefkovrisi,Kozani50100,Greece GARIFALIAKONSTANTOPOULOU, IOSEFVACONDIOS,AND GEORGEVRAHATIS...GeologyandMineralExploration, Mesogion 70,Athens,Greece Introduction 1. An oceanicslab rangesfrom rel...re and pressureconditions(ductilefield) The Voidolakkos ore districtof Vourinos(Fig. 1) at itstop. w...temperature deformation viousdrillingprograms at Voidolakkos soughtdownto deeperlevelsandimprintshighertemdip
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and Gold within the Vourinos Chromitite Ores, Greece GARYFALIA KONSTANTOPOULOU Instituteof Geologyand...Mineral Exploration,70 Messoghion, Athens11527, Greece AND MARIA ECONOMOU-ELIOPOULOS Departmentof Geology...Athens,Panepistimiopolis, Ano Ilisia, Athens15784, Greece Abstract A geochemicalstudyof chromiteores and...3.3, and Au = 2.7. However, a few PGE-enriched chromite samples(up to 3,030 ppb) were also found. The...relative to Ru, and its absenceof PGE-enriched chromite ores. There is no significantcorrelationbetw
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FROM THE VOURINOS OPHIOLITE COMPLEX, NORTHWESTERN GREECE Tassos A. GRAMMATIKOPOULOS§ SGS Canada Inc., 185...of Rion, University of Patras, GR–265 04 Patras, Greece Federica ZACCARINI and Giorgio GARUTI Department...The Vourinos ophiolite complex, in northwestern Greece, hosts abundant deposits of chromian spinel of...Vourinos (Cr#: 0.75–0.83). Olivine cores from the chromite deposits of southern Vourinos have lower Mg# and...platinum-group-element oxides, bonititic magma, Vourinos, Greece. Sommaire Le complexe ophiolitique de Vourinos
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peridotites from the Vourinos Ophiolite Complex, Greece, as deduced from Cr-spinel morphological and chemical...265 04 Patras, Greece; Present address: Leoforos Salaminas 194, Salamina, 18900, Greece; kapsiotisa@yahoo...gr The Vourinos Ophiolite Complex in north-western Greece represents a fragment of oceanic lithosphere...from the Vourinos Ophiolite Complex, north-western Greece. The strongly depleted nature of the Vourinos...21 30' Ophiolites of northwestern continental Greece are considered as remnants after the progressive
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Geoenvironment, University of Athens, 15784 Athens, Greece; mitsis@geol.uoa.gr Department of Geosciences and...Primary magmatic compositional trends recorded in chromite may be obliterated later on during secondary processes...contaminated water from the Evia and Assopos Basins (Greece) are compatible with global data ranges that characterize...ophiolite complexes host large chromite deposits and smaller chromite occurrences, characterized by high-Cr...intention to contribute to the origin and genesis of chromite and PGE mineralization and deposits formation
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England: Application to Other Sn-W Provinces in Western Europe T. J. SHEPHERD and M. F. MILLER (With 6...6 Figures) . . . . . . . . . . 230 Part II Chromite and Platinum-Group Elements Structural Controls...Controls on the Location and Form of the Vourinos Chromite Deposits S. ROBERTS, A. RASSIOS, L. WRIGHT, I..... . . . . . . . . 249 Comparative Study of Chromite Deposits from Troodos, Vourinos, North Oman and...Mineralisation in the Rhodope Region, Northern Greece R. W. NESBITT, M. F. BILLETT, K. L. ASHWORTH, C
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... 1497 1498 Compositionand nomenclatureof chromite .............................. Distribution of...podiform chromite ......................................... Form and structure of chromite deposits.............................. ABSTRACT Podiform chromite depositsoccur in alpine peridotire and mafic complexesand...tabular, pencil-shaped, or irregular in form. The chromite characteristicallyis anhedral and commonlyshowseffects...definedas the fundamentallylenticularconcentrationsof chromite,rangingfrom massiveto disselninated, that occurin
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T R A K I S Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece 2006 Published by The GeologicalSociety London...units within the Serbo-Macedonian Massif, northern Greece: the significance of terrane accretion in the Hellenides...unified Pindos-Vourinos ophiolitic slab (northern Greece) KOLLER, F., HOECK, V., MEISEL,T., IONESCU,C.,...A. H. F. Tectonic-sedimentary evolution of the western margin of the Mesozoic Vardar Ocean: evidence from...from the Pelagonian and Almopias zones, northern Greece RICE, S., ROBERTSON,A. H. F. & USTAOMER,T. Late
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Reston, Virginia 22092 ABSTRACT. The Vourinos (Greece), Troodos (Cyprus), and Canyon Mountain (Oregon...clinopyroxene, and the absence of feldspar. Podiform chromite deposits, many of which show cumulus or metacumulus...:11/.:on and s11bs0Ld11s deformation 271 (2) chromite tectonites in which cumulus textures have been...succession. In the Troodos Complex, as in the Vourinos, chromite deposits occur in the lower part of the dunite...dunite-harzburgite contact (Greenbaum, 1978, fig. I). The chromite in harzburgite forms pods that are enclosed in
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recovered from the Eretria mine, East Othris massif (Greece): Implications for metallogeny and deformation...University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Athens 15784, Greece d Key Laboratory of Mineral Resources, Institute...(FORTH/ICE-HT), P.O. Box 1414, Rio-Patras GR-26504, Greece h Department of Mathematics and Geosciences, University...R A C T Keywords: Chromitite Ophiolite Othris Greece Neo-Tethys The chrome ores of the abandoned Eretria...of the Balkan Peninsula (Vergely, 1976). Both Western Hellenide Ophiolites (WHO) and Eastern Hellenide
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removal of one or more melt fractions. The extensive chromite mineralization of the mantle sequence also shows...a highly restricted chemistry with all but one chromite segregation falling in the range Cr# 75-82. By...spinel fractionation and result in chromium-rich chromite segregations partly due to the chromium content...silica content of the magmas concerned. Although chromite mineralisation is unlikely to be taking place...sites of likely former chromite mineralisation within the oceanic crust. Chromite deposits comprise an
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tectonics of subophiolitic mélanges in the western Hellenides (Greece): implications for ophiolite emplacement...Mineral Exploration, Lefkovrisi, 50100, Kozani, Greece Version of record first published: 03 Jun 2009...tectonics of subophiolitic mélanges in the western Hellenides (Greece): implications for ophiolite emplacement...tectonics of subophiolitic mélanges in the western Hellenides (Greece): implications for ophiolite emplacement...Mineral Exploration, Lefkovrisi, 50100 Kozani, Greece Downloaded by [Mount Allison University 0Libraries]
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from the Rhodiani ophiolites (Pelagonian zone, Greece) Emilio Saccani a,⁎, Adonis Photiades b,1 , Luigi...Exploration (IGME), 70 Messoghion Str., 11527 Athens, Greece c Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università...tectono-stratigraphic zone. MORB-type ophiolites crop out in the western part of the Mirdita–Subpelagonian zone and consist...therein). SSZ-type ophiolites crop out in the central-western part of the Mirdita–Subpelagonian zone and consist...provide new constraints for the evolution of both western- and easterntype ophiolites of the Albanide–Hellenide
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ophiolitic peridotite exposures, which host various chromite orebodies. These are small-sized, massive to disseminated...closure incidents (Dilek and Moores, 1990) in the western branch of the so-called Neotethyan Ocean. Several...occurrence of young oceans encompassed in the western realm of Neotethys (e.g., Dilek et al., 2007)....outcrops of southwestern Turkey occur across the western Tauride mountainous region, which is composed of...varies between “transitional” and “tectonic.” The western domains of the entire area covered by ophiolite
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Ianovici and M. Borcos Bulgaria by B. Bogdanov Greece by G. Marinos Cyprus by Y. Hadjistavrinou and G...Southeast Europe includes Albania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Romania and Yugoslavia; and Southwest...prounce The Dinaric metallogenic province The western Macedonian district Iron ore deposits . Manganese...kaolin deposits The Varna manganese ore district Greece by G. Marinos Metallogenesis Copper . Lead, zinc...Geological descriptions of some important orebodies The chromite deposits Cobalt—nickel occurrences 29 260 261
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of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, GR-15784 Athens, Greece; 9 2 Department of Economic Geology and Geochemistry...Sp. Loui 1, Olympic Village, GR-13677 Acharnai, Greece 10 11 12 * Correspondence: Maria Economou-Eliopoulos...chromitites 22 and porphyry-Cu deposits from Greece and everywhere (literature data) aims to define...to 10s of ppm) is a feature of relatively small chromite 27 occurrences, regardless their major element...corresponding to various chromitite types. Large chromite deposits exhibit 29 low Pd/Ir values, reflecting
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been the matter of controversy. We found small chromite concentrations (chromitites) in diopsidites, precipitated...understand their genesis. In the chromitites, the chromite is associated with uvarovite in the crust and...silicates in the matrix. The fluids responsible for chromite precipitation are possibly saline, being derived...crust. The saline fluids precipitate chromite to form chromite upon decompression and cooling, and transport...precipitate chromite and pyroxenes within peridotites. They re-distribute Cr and chromite in peridotites
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well-aligned chromite nodules. Olivine grains in both the dunitic matrices and chromite nodules underwent...dislocation-induced preferred orientations of (100). Chromite grains in the chromite nodules have Cr# ~ 75–80 and δ56Fe...between olivine in the dunitic matrices and chromite in the chromite nodules range from 700 to 900 ºC, overall...and facilitated the Mg-Fe exchange between the chromite nodules and dunitic matrices, maximizing the Fo...negligible in chromite-barren dunites and harzburgites because such rocks do not have enough chromite to generate
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