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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

429. Hydrotalcite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:203189

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D14 (20)

Place of origin:

Svarum, Sweden

430. Witherite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:203192

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D14 (32)

Place of origin:

Alston Moor / Cumberland, U.K.

Description:

Found in low-temperature hydrothermal vein deposits.

431. Albite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:203227

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D43 (6)

Place of origin:

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

Description:

Major constituent of igneous rocks, hydrothermal and alpine veins. Product of sodium metasomatism.

432. Orthoclase

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:203231

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D44 (2)

Place of origin:

Fichtelgebirge, Germany

Description:

Intrusive and extrusive igneous, and metamorphic rocks. Common feldspar of granites, syenites and high grade metamorphic rocks.

433. Sanidine

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:203234

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D44 (7)

Place of origin:

Drachenfels / Rhein, Germany

Description:

Acidic volcanic rocks

434. Orthoclase

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:203236

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D44 (14)

Place of origin:

Mursinsk / Perm, ex U.S.S.R.

Description:

Intrusive and extrusive igneous, and metamorphic rocks. Common feldspar of granites, syenites and high grade metamorphic rocks.

435. Orthoclase

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:203239

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D44 (19)

Place of origin:

St. Pietro / Elba, Italy

Description:

Intrusive and extrusive igneous, and metamorphic rocks.Common feldspar of granites, syenites and high grade metamorphic rocks.

436. Magnetite (on Chlorite)

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:203151

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D59 (16)

Place of origin:

Fahlun, Sweden

Description:

Common igneous accessory mineral. In sedimentary banded iron formations.

437. Manganite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:203153

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D59 (22)

Place of origin:

Ilferd, Germany

Description:

Formed in low-temperature hydrothermal or hot-spring manganese deposits. Sedimentary deposits.

438. Cuprite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:203157

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D59 (27)

Place of origin:

Polevsk / Perm, ex U.S.S.R.

Description:

Cuprite is commonly found as an oxidation product of copper sulphides in the upper zones of veins, often associated with Native Copper, Malachite, Azurite, Limonite and Chalcocite.

439. Stephanite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:203160

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D58 (27)

Place of origin:

Schemnitz, Czech Republic

Description:

Late stage mineral in hydrothermal silver deposits.

440. Native Copper

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:203163

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D57 (21)

Place of origin:

Michigan, U.S.A.

Description:

Cap rock of copper sulfide veins and in some types of volcanic rocks.

441. Stilbite var. Desmine

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:203166

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D72 (4)

Place of origin:

N. Scotia, Canada

442. Stilbite

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:203171

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D72 (5)

Place of origin:

Teigarhorn, Iceland

443. Mesolite (in basalt)

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:203175

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D72 (19)

Place of origin:

Hessen, Germany

Description:

In cavities in basalts.

444. Gismondine

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:203178

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D72 (22)

Place of origin:

Capo di Bove / Rome, Italy

445. 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.

446. 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

447. Peat

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:207487

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D50 (18)

Place of origin:

Luneburgeg Heide / Hannover, Germany

448. Amber

Artifact (mineral) uoadl:207490

Unit:

Μουσείο Ορυκτολογίας και Πετρολογίας

Call number:

D50 (26)

Place of origin:

Silesia, Poland

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