Gem Corundum Deposits of Greece: Geology, Mineralogy and Genesis

Gem Corundum Deposits of Greece: Geology, Mineralogy and Genesis

Greece contains several gem corundum deposits set within diverse geological settings, mostly within the Rhodope (Xanthi and Drama areas) and Attico-Cycladic (Naxos and Ikaria islands) tectono-metamorphic units. In the Xanthi area, the sapphire (pink, blue to purple) deposits are stratiform, occurrin...

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Main Authors: Panagiotis Voudouris, Constantinos Mavrogonatos, Ian Graham, Gaston Giuliani, Vasilios Melfos, Stefanos Karampelas, Vilelmini Karantoni, Kandy Wang, Alexandre Tarantola, Khin Zaw, Sebastien Meffre, Stephan Klemme, Jasper Berndt, Stefanie Heidrich, Federica Zaccarini, Anthony Fallick, Maria Tsortanidis, Andreas Lampridis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-01-01
Series:Minerals
Subjects:
corundum megacrysts
ruby
sapphire
plumasite
metamorphic-metasomatic origin
Greece
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/9/1/49

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