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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

389. Quartz (Prase)

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:210839

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

Place of origin:

Serifos isl., Greece

Description:

Green quartz with actinolite inclusions associated with hematite overgrown on hedenbergite.

390. Brookite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:167511

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D11 (15)

Place of origin:

Snowden/Wales, U.K.

391. Cassiterite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:167512

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D11 (27)

Place of origin:

Zinnwald/Saxony, Germany

392. Galena

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:167494

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D8 (13)

Place of origin:

Bleiberg/Karnten, Austria

393. Galena with Diopside (Salite)

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:167495

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D8 (16)

Place of origin:

Sala, Sweden

394. Pentlandite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:167496

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D7 (11)

Place of origin:

Copper Chiff Mine/Sudberg, Canada

395. Bismuthinite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:167497

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D7 (6)

Place of origin:

Schneeberg/Saxony, Germany

396. Carrolite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:167498

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D7 (23)

Place of origin:

Musunoi/Katanga, Zair

397. Molybdenite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:167499

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D7 (27)

Place of origin:

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

398. Molybdenite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:167500

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D7 (34)

Place of origin:

Altenberg/Saxony, Germany

399. Tetrahedrite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:167501

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D6 (1)

Place of origin:

Schemnitz, Czech Republic

400. Kermesite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:167502

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D6 (4)

Place of origin:

Braunsdorf/Saxony, Germany

401. Enargite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:167503

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D6 (21)

Place of origin:

Brixlegg/S. Tyrol, Italy

402. Polybasite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:167504

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D5 (4)

Place of origin:

Schemnitz, Czech Republic

403. Stephanite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:167505

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D5 (26)

Place of origin:

Freiberg/Harz, Germany

404. Ilmenite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:167506

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D10 (8)

Place of origin:

Inarum, Norway

Description:

Common accessory mineral in igneous and metamorphic rocks. Commonly concentrated in placers as "black sand" deposits.Common accessory mineral in igneous rocks. Also occurs in placer deposits.

405. Chrysoberyl

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:167507

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D10 (11)

Place of origin:

Saratoga/N. York, U.S.A.

406. Gahnite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:167508

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D10 (25)

Place of origin:

Falun, Sweden

407. Pyrolusite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:167509

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D11 (11)

Place of origin:

Langeberg/Saxony, Germany

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.

408. Anatase and Orthoclase (Adularia)

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:167510

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D11 (13)

Place of origin:

Binntal, Switzerland

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