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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

409. Graphite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:167481

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D2 (13)

Place of origin:

Kitterau, Austria

410. Native Arsenic

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:167482

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D2 (25)

Place of origin:

Freiberg/Saxony, Germany

411. Native Silver with Cobaltite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:167483

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D1 (21)

Place of origin:

Rheinbreiten, Germany

412. Nickeline

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:167484

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D3 (11)

Place of origin:

Riechelsdorf/Hessen, Germany

413. Eucairite with Berzelianite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:167485

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D3 (13)

Place of origin:

Skrikerum, Sweden

414. Clausthalite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:167486

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D3 (19)

Place of origin:

Zorge/Harz, Germany

415. Hessite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:167487

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D3 (24)

Place of origin:

Botes, Romania

416. Altaite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:167488

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D3 (25)

Place of origin:

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

417. Sylvanite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:167489

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D3 (32)

Place of origin:

Siebenburgen, Romania

418. Dyscrasite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:167490

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D4 (13)

Place of origin:

Wittichen, Germany

419. Safflorite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:167491

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D4 (28)

Place of origin:

Schneeberg/Saxony, Germnay

420. Bornite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:167492

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D8 (11)

Place of origin:

Woitsk, ex. U.S.S.R.

421. Covellite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:167493

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D8 (4)

Place of origin:

Butte/Montana, U.S.A.

422. Malachite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:203194

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D13 (19)

Place of origin:

Tagilsk /Urals, ex U.S.S.R.

Description:

Secondary mineral in the oxidized zones of copper ore deposits.It is the most common secondary mineral found in the oxidized zones of copper deposits.

423. Davyne

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:203201

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D41 (12)

Place of origin:

Muhlestein / Rhein, Germany

424. Lazurite (Lapis Lazouli)

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:203203

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D41 (2)

Place of origin:

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

Description:

Contact metamorphic mineral in limestones.

425. Hauyne

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:203207

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D41 (11)

Place of origin:

Laacher See / Rhein, Germany

Description:

Igneous rocks low in silica and rich in alkalis. In phonolites and other silica deficient igneous rocks.

426. Leucite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:203209

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D42 (3)

Place of origin:

Vorghetto / Vesuvius, Italy

Description:

Potasium rich mafic and ultramafic lavas.

427. Cerussite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:203181

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D14 (14)

Place of origin:

Kenwyn / Cornwall, U.K.

Description:

Commonly occurs in the upper oxidized zones of base metal deposits, especially lead-silver deposits.

428. Leadhillite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:203185

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D14 (19)

Place of origin:

Scotland, U.K.

Description:

Leadhillite is a secondary mineral found in the oxidized zones of lead mineral deposits.

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