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Title:

Minerals Collection

Description:

The collections of the Mineralogy and Petrology Museum were created by the Physiographic Company of Greece in 1835. From 1837 to 1858 the mineral collections were incorporated in the Geological and Paleontological Museum and in 1982 the Mineralogy and Petrology Museum became part of Geology Department of the University of Athens. The museum was re-opened in 2000, it is the oldest one in Greece and includes a) the systematic mineral collection, b) thematic mineral and gem collection, c) petrographic collections and d) ore collections. Nowadays the museum possesses more than 30.000 speciments of minerals and rocks most of them from historical localities, such as ex. U.S.S.R. and central Europe. The museum is being directed by Assistant Professor A. Katerinopoulos.

Time Coverage:

1835 till today

Access Policy:

The museum is being open all year round, Monday to Friday from 8.00 to 13.00. It remains closed during weekends, Christmas and Easter holidays and August

Persistent URL:

https://pergamos.lib.uoa.gr/uoa/dl/object/col_minerals

101. Vesuvianite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:185430

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D25 (6)

Place of origin:

Monzoni / S.Tyrol, Italy

Description:

Skarns or regional metamorphism of limestones.

102. Andalusite var. chiastolite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:185434

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D26 (10)

Place of origin:

Baikal / Siberia, ex U.S.S.R.

103. Diopside on Chlorite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:208565

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

Place of origin:

ex U.S.S.R.

104. Beryl

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:208542

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

Place of origin:

ex U.S.S.R.

Description:

Mainly granitic pegmatites. Commonly found in pegmatites. Red beryl is found in topaz rhyolites.

105. Topaz on Quartz (var. Smoky Quartz)

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:208553

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

Place of origin:

ex U.S.S.R.

106. Zircon

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:208558

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

Place of origin:

ex. U.S.S.R.

Description:

Magmatic, metamorphic, pegmatitic, and alluvial rocks.An accessory rock in igneous and metamorphic rocks.

107. Franklinite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:208470

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

Place of origin:

N. Jersey, U.S.A

Description:

High temperature metamorphism of Fe, Zn, Mn-rich marine carbonates.

108. Andradite, Garnet group

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:208575

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

Place of origin:

ex U.S.S.R.

Description:

Igneous and metamorphic rocks. In skarns from contact metamorphism of impure limestones and calcic igneous rocks. Chlorite schists and serpentinites. Alkalic igneous rocks.

109. Descloizite and Vanadinite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:185346

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D19 (7)

Place of origin:

Mammuth, Pinal County / Arizona, U.S.A.

Description:

Descloizite is a secondary mineral in oxidized zone of vanadium bearing base metal deposits.
Vanadinite is a secondary mineral in the oxidized zone of lead bearing deposits.

110. Pyromorphite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:185350

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D20 (15)

Place of origin:

Bad Ems / Hessen, Germany

Description:

A secondary mineral found in the oxidized zones of lead ore deposits.

111. Sandstone pseudomorphosed after calcite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:185354

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D16 (3)

Place of origin:

Fonteneblau, France

112. Diamond

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:185405

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D2 (17)

Place of origin:

South Africa

Description:

Diamond is the hardest natural substance known. It is formed deep in the mantle, and is only brought to the surface via kimberlite pipes, eclogites and other rocks that originate deep within the mantle. It is also found in alluvial deposits, along with quartz, corundum, zircon and other minerals, derived from such rocks, and in certain meteorites.

113. Siderite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:185359

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D15 (2)

Place of origin:

Freiberg / Saxony, Germany

Description:

Most often found in bedded sedimentary deposits with a biological component, with shales, clays and coal beds - suggesting that the siderite is biogenically created under low-oxygen and low-Ph conditions. It is also found in metamorphosed sedimentary rocks as more massively crystalline material, as a primary gangue mineral in hydrothermal deposits, and in pegmatites, including nepheline syenite pegamtites; as bog deposits.

114. Pyrolusite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:185362

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D11 (10)

Place of origin:

Transylvania, Romania

Description:

A common Mn mineral, although difficult to distinguish from similar Mn minerals, pyrolusite forms under oxidizing conditions and high pH. Mainly a mineral of lacustrine, shallow marine, and bog deposits, it is also found in the oxidized zones of manganiferous ore deposits and as deposits formed by circulating meteoric water. Both colloidal processes and bacterial action are important in its formation.

115. Cassiterite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:185366

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D11 (30)

Place of origin:

Cornwall, U.K.

Description:

In medium to high temperature hydrothermal veins andd greisens, alluvial placers.

116. Chalcocite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:185369

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D8 (1)

Place of origin:

Breague Mine / Cornwall, U.K.

Description:

A secondary mineral in or near the oxidized zone of copper sulfide deposits. Hexagonal above 105 degrees celsius.

117. Galena

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:185373

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D8 (14)

Place of origin:

Joplin Jasper / Missouri, U.S.A.

Description:

Galena is the primary ore mineral of lead. Worked for its lead content as early as 3000BC, it is found in ore veins with sphalerite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, fahlore etc., and in sedimentary rocks as beds or impregmentations. The crystals are bright when fresh but often receive a dull tarnish after exposure to air.

118. Sphalerite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:185379

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D8 (28)

Place of origin:

Alston Moor / Cumberland, U.K.

119. Ullmannite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:185382

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας