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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

81. Almandine

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:203346

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D52 (11)

Place of origin:

Sifnos isl., Greece

Description:

Large crystals in blueschists. May include grossular content.

82. Diopside var. Salite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:203318

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D36 (29)

Place of origin:

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

83. Diopside var. Coccolite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:203321

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D36 (32)

Place of origin:

Arendal, Norway

84. Pyrite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:203326

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D51 (17)

Place of origin:

Lamia, Greece

Description:

Sedimentary, magmatic, metamorphic, and hydrothermal deposits. Pyrite is a very common mineral, found in a wide variety of geological formations from sedimentary deposits to hydrothermal veins and as a constituent of metamorphic rocks.

85. Galena

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:203329

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D51 (20)

Place of origin:

Kea, Greece

Description:

Galena occurs in discordant veins of marble, on the southern tip of the island.

86. Molybdenite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:203332

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D51 (21)

Place of origin:

Lesvos isl., Greece

Description:

Molybdenite hosted within kaolinitized lava. This occurrence is of a Mo-Cu porphyry-type ore, where molybdenite is associated with quartz stockworks.

87. Augite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:203287

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D35 (5)

Place of origin:

Ackertal / Tyrol, Austria

Description:

Major rock forming mineral in mafic igneous rocks, ultramafic rocks and some high grade metamorphicc rocks.

88. Augite var. Fassaite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:203289

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D35 (6)

Place of origin:

Monzoni / S. Tyrol, Italy

89. Augite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:203292

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D35 (10)

Place of origin:

Orenburg, ex U.S.S.R.

Description:

Major rock forming mineral in mafic igneous rocks, ultramafic rocks and some high grade metamorphicc rocks.

90. Augite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:203296

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D35 (11)

Place of origin:

Vesuvius, Italy

Description:

Major rock forming mineral in mafic igneous rocks, ultramafic rocks and some high grade metamorphicc rocks.

91. Augite var. Jeffersonite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:203299

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D35 (13)

Place of origin:

Franklin / N. Jersey, U.S.A.

92. Hornblende

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:203272

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D33 (26)

Place of origin:

Greiner / Tyrol, Austria

93. Hornblende

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:203274

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D33 (27)

Place of origin:

Vesuvius, Italy

94. Riebeckite var. Crocidolite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:203276

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D33 (35)

Place of origin:

Prieska / N. Cape, Norway

Description:

A fibrous form of Riebeckite

95. Tremolite var. Grammatite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:203279

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D34 (25)

Place of origin:

St. Gotthard, Switzerland

Description:

Contact metamorphism of Ca-Mg siliceous sediments, regional greenschist metamorphism of ultramafic rocks or magnesium carbonate rocks.

96. Actinolite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:203282

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D34 (30)

Place of origin:

Zillertal / Tyrol, Austria

97. Actinolite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:203284

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D34 (32)

Place of origin:

Falun, Sweden

98. Crocoite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:141722

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

Minerals from ex. USSR
A7

Place of origin:

ex. U.S.S.R.

Description:

Secondary mineral of oxidized lead veins infiltrated by Cr bearing fluids.. Uncommon secondary mineral in lead deposits associated with chromium bearing rocks.

99. Topaz

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:141723

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

Minerals from ex. USSR
A7

Place of origin:

ex. U.S.S.R

Description:

Pegmatites and high temperature quartz veins. Cavities in granites and rhyolites. Deposited by fluorine-rich vapors in rocks of rhyolite composition.

100. Diopside

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:141724