Minerals Collection

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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

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389. Thomsonite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:203513
Unit:
Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας
Call number:
D46 (27)
Place of origin:
Kaden / Bohemia, Czech Republic

390. Gismondine

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:203517
Unit:
Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας
Call number:
D47 (31)
Place of origin:
Capo di Bove / Rome, Italy

391. Amethyst

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:207461
Unit:
Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας
Call number:
D48 (27)
Place of origin:
Idar / Oberstein, Germany
Description:
Sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks. Quartz is the most common mineral found on the surface of the Earth. A significant component of many igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks

392. Tridymite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:207463
Unit:
Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας
Call number:
D48 (32)
Place of origin:
S. Pietro Montagnone / Enganeen, Italy
Description:
Frequently occurs in cavities in volcanic rocks.

393. Chalcedony var. Agate

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:207467
Unit:
Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας
Call number:
D49 (10)
Place of origin:
Kimberley, S. Africa
Description:
Banded variety of Chalcedony

394. Asphalt

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:207473
Unit:
Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας
Call number:
D50 (5)
Place of origin:
Pechelbronn / Elsass, Germany

395. Coal

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:207479
Unit:
Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας
Call number:
D50 (14)
Place of origin:
Kardamyla / Chios isl., Greece
Description:
A sedimentary rock of organic origin consisting predominantly of carbonised plant remains.

396. Lignite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:207482
Unit:
Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας
Call number:
D50 (15)
Place of origin:
Attica, Greece
Description:
A variety of coal which retains the structure of the original wood

397. Peat

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:207487
Unit:
Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας
Call number:
D50 (18)
Place of origin:
Luneburgeg Heide / Hannover, Germany

398. Amber

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:207490
Unit:
Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας
Call number:
D50 (26)
Place of origin:
Silesia, Poland

399. Laurionite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:207571
Unit:
Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας
Call number:
C17
Place of origin:
Thoriko / Lavrion, Greece
Description:
Saline water acting on lead slags. Oxidation zone in lead deposits.

400. Sphalerite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:207575
Unit:
Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας
Call number:
C17
Place of origin:
Avlaki / Lavrion, Greece
Description:
Speciment containing intergrowths of spalerite and guartz. Sphalerite-galena veins crosscutting Kessariani schist in the Avlaki mine. Sphalerite is of the low-iron variety and associated with quartz crystals up to 3 cm long.

401. Azurite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:207579
Unit:
Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας
Call number:
C17
Place of origin:
Kamareza / Lavrion, Greece
Description:
Spheroidal azurite with calcite. Supergene oxidation of the primary copper-bearing mineralization, results to the formation of the secondary copper carbonates azurite-cuprite-malachite.

402. Serpierite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:207586
Unit:
Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας
Call number:
C16
Place of origin:
Kamareza / Lavrion, Greece
Description:
Acicular blue crystals of serpierite overgrown on limonite pseudomorph after calcite, and accosiated with smithsonite .Type locality of this secondary mineral is the Serpieri mine in Kamariza area.

403. Gypsum

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:207589
Unit:
Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας
Call number:
C16
Place of origin:
Lavrion, Greece
Description:
Accicular gypsum crystals on limonite. Gypsum crystals in the Lavrion mines are up to 1 m long and accompanies other secondary minerals such as smithsonite, azurite, adamite, etc.

404. Glaucocerinite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:207597
Unit:
Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας
Call number:
C16
Place of origin:
Kamareza / Lavrion, Greece
Description:
Blue-green colored botryoidal masses accompanied by gypsum.

405. Native Copper

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:207605
Unit:
Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας
Call number:
C23
Place of origin:
Chile
Description:
Cap rock of copper sulfide veins and in some types of volcanic rocks.

406. Scapolite (Meionite)

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:207613
Unit:
Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας
Call number:
C23
Place of origin:
Vesuvius, Italy
Description:
Metamorphosed rock.

407. Fluorapatite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:207619
Unit:
Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας
Call number:
C23
Place of origin:
Ontario, Canada

408. Pyrolusite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:207621
Unit:
Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας
Call number:
C21
Place of origin:
Vani / Milos isl., Greece
Description:
Black botryoidal pyrolousite. The Vani manganese deposit is the unique occurrence of fossilized white smokers system. Pyrolusite is associated with coronadite, ramsdelite and barite.