Pergamos - Library and Information Center of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

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

41. Tourmaline Elbaite, var. Rubellite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:185521

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D66 (27)

Place of origin:

Pala / California, U.S.A.

Description:

A red gemmy Li-rich and more or less (Fe+Mg)-free variety of Tourmaline

42. Diopside

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:202740

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D67 (5)

Place of origin:

Achmatov / Orenburg, ex U.S.S.R.

43. Pectolite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:202747

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D67 (15)

Place of origin:

N. Jersey, U.S.A.

Description:

Primary mineral in nepheline syenites. Hydrothermal mineral in cavities in basalts and diabases. In serpentinites and peridotites.

44. Arfvedsonite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:202750

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D67 (27)

Place of origin:

Greenland

Description:

Alkalic granites and other alkalic rocks

45. Lepidolite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:202755

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D68 (7)

Place of origin:

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

Description:

Once considered to be a mineral species but now redefined as part of the Polylithionite-Trilithionite series. More loosely also used as a field term for any light-colored lithium-bearing mica that has not been sufficiently analyzed for species determination (i.e., some "lepidolite" might be muscovite or phlogophite for example).

46. Pseudomalachite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:202787

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D63 (11)

Place of origin:

Lubietova, Czech Republic

Description:

A secondary mineral found in oxidized zones of copper deposits.

47. Olivenite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:202790

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D63 (26)

Place of origin:

Cornwall, U.K.

Description:

A secondary copper mineral found in the oxidized zones of copper deposits containing arsenic-bearing phases, especially Enargite.

48. Calcite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:202795

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D60 (2)

Place of origin:

Andreasberg / Harz, Germany

Description:

A very common and widespread mineral with highly variable forms and colours. Calcite is best recognized by its relatively low hardness (H = 3) and its high reactivity with even weak acids, such as vinegar, plus its prominent cleavage in most varieties.

49. Crocoite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:202797

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D62 (6)

Place of origin:

Urals, ex U.S.S.R.

Description:

Uncommon secondary mineral in lead deposits associated with chromium bearing rocks.

50. Wulfenite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:202801

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D62 (15)

Place of origin:

New Mexico, U.S.A.

Description:

A secondary mineral typically found as thin tabular crystals with a bright orange-red to yellow-orange color in the oxidized zones of hydrothermal lead deposits.

51. Biotite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:202771

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D68 (14)

Place of origin:

Kola, ex U.S.S.R.

52. Wavellite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:202774

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D63 (6)

Place of origin:

Cornwall, U.K.

Description:

A secondary mineral found most often in aluminous, low-grade metamorphic rocks. Usually found as radiating "starburst" clusters of green to yellow-green fibrous crystals on fracture surfaces in the matrix, these may grade into globular aggregates; more rarely in chalcedony-like or opaline masses, or stalactic; very rare as good distinct crystals.

53. Fluorapatite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:202778

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D63 (7)

Place of origin:

Ontario, Canada

54. Strengite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:202782

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D63 (9)

Place of origin:

Bavaria, Germany

Description:

Secondary mineral formed under surface or near-surface conditions by the alteration of iron-bearing phosphates, such as Triphylite in pegmatite, or Dufrenite, or may occur in limonite ore deposits and gossans, magnetite iron ores, or rarely as a cave mineral.

55. Zircon

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:202820

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D65 (12)

Place of origin:

Miask / Orenburg, ex U.S.S.R.

Description:

Zircon, zirconium orthosilicate, is found in most igneous rocks and some metamorphic rocks as small crystals or grains, mostly widely distributed and rarely more than 1% of the total mass of the rock. It is also found as alluvial grains in some sedimentary rocks due to its high hardness. Zircon has a high index of refraction and, where crystals are large enough, is often used as a gemstone.

56. Datolite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:202825

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D65 (25)

Place of origin:

Andreasberg / Harz, Germany

Description:

Secondary mineral in mafic igneous rocks. Geodes in tuff, limestone skarns, serpentinites, schists, ore veins.

57. Epidote

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:202830