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Serpieri mine, Lavrion, Greece
Serpieri mine, Lavrion, Greece. Click on the large picture to ask the forum for a map and/or recent information on the locality ... If you're searching for mineralogical articles …
Lavrio Mines, Underwater!
Lavrio Mines, Underwater! 6 Ιανουαρίου 2021 1192. by E. Kranidiotis, S. Stamatakis. The discovery of a flooded arcade and the need for further exploration led cave divers Erikos Kranidiotis and Stelios Stamatakis to explore these galleries further. In 2019 and 2020, exploratory dives were carried out in several sections of the mines ...
Sounion, Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, …
Sounion, Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece : Note: the Sounion Mine No. 6 ('Exi Mine') is located in the Spitharopoussi mines area!
Smithsonite
Lavrion, Attiki, Greece. description: Very pretty light yellow botryoidal crystallized smithsonite covering the top of this bowl shaped matrix. In great condition. ... Origin: Sounion mines, Lavrion, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece. Number: (4701005) Size: 30.0 x 13.0 x 3.0 cm (large-cabinet) 2100.00. Smithsonite — Namibia. small-cabinet.
Serpierite
Name origin: Named for Giovanni Battista Serpieri (1832-1897), Italian mining entrepreneur, and a developer of mines in the Lavrion District, Attiki, Greece. Specimen …
Geology and Origin of Supergene Ore at the Lavrion …
Exploitation of calamine took place in several mines at Lavrion, with Kamariza being the most important. The calcined calamine was exported to Central Europe for the production of metallic zinc. It is reported that approximately 1.1 Mt of calcined calamine containing 30–60% Zn was produced from 1876 to 1917 (Dermatis, 2000, …
The Unknown Greek Port Called Lavrion
Though little known today, Lavrion or Laurium has an ancient history. It was the port serving the profitable silver mines in antiquity, and its protected bay was a busy one. It was also the terminus for a railway line …
Exploring the ancient mine that made Greece a superpower
The ancient mines were instrumental in the construction Acropolis of Athens and the formation of the mighty Athenian fleet, which made Athens a superpower of its time. As the influence of the Greek Empire receded, the mines fell into disuse. Then Lavrion again became important to the economy of the Modern Greek State, after its …
Smithsonite lot
Smithsonite — Greece. Origin: Sounion mines, Lavrion, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece Number: (4701356) Size: 1.9 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm (thumbnail)
Improving Mindat : Lavrion
The whole lavrion district has been dealt with carefully by Alan and others over the last few years - please don't mess with it! What seems confusing is actually there for a reason. Maybe Alan can better explain the logic behind it. It's possible we may have collected some new entries also that need to be merged back in - do you want to check …
Further evidence for bronze age production of …
the best account of the mining geology of Lavrion [92] before the destruction associated with 19th. century AD exploitation. Cambresy ([40]: 237, 243; [70]: 86-87), who had an unrivalled practical ...
Agardite-(La) (very rare) (ex Josef Vajdak) | Serpieri Mine, …
Agardite-(La) is a very rare hydrated copper lanthanum arsenate that is best known from the Serpieri Mine in Lavrion, Greece, but the type locality is actually the Dorothea Mine in Germany. The species is truly found in about two dozen localities around the world. This piece features classic "bursts" of bright blue-green Agardite-(La) similar ...
Underwater Ancient Greek Mines at Lavrio Explored
The newly-established Greek state benefitted from the Lavrion wealth, and the Lavrio Companies grew to be an industry leader from that time until almost the end of the 20th century. Flooding kept shafts from being looted, keeping ancient mining areas intact. Like many mines, those at Lavrio battled constantly against the inflow of water.
Smithsonite
specimen number:4701002. location: Sounion mines, Lavrion, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece. description: Neat bluish green lustrous translucent crystallized smithsonite across one face of this matrix. In …
Smithsonite
specimen number:4701149. location: Sounion mines, Lavrion, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece. description: Bluish green slightly translucent botryoidal crystallized smithsonite across the top of this matrix. In good condition. Classic material for this locality.
Minerals | Free Full-Text | The Lavrion Mines: A Unique Site of
The Lavrion area corresponds to the western part of the Attic-Cycladic metamorphic belt, in the back-arc region of the active Hellenic subduction zone. Between the Eocene and the Miocene, metamorphic rocks (mainly marbles and schists) underwent several stages of metamorphism and deformation due to collision and collapse of the Cycladic belt. …
Historical Reading List: The Ancient Silver Mines at Laurium, …
Greek Mining and Metallurgy, I.J. Manatt, Monthly Consular and Trade Reports, Vol. 35, No. 124, pp. 20-36 (1891). A report by the US Consul in Athens on the Laurium and other mines in Greece. The Mining and Metallurgical Industries of Laurium for the Exhibition in Chicago USA, A. Cordella, 16 pp. (1893). A description of the Laurium …
Mixite
Hilarion Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece Blue-green sprays of mixite on dark green cuprian adamite. Preliminary investigations show that mixite from this paragenesis is relatively pure while that associated with atelestite and beyerite contains noticeable amounts of calcium.
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Sounion Mine, Lavrion, Attiki Prefecture, Greece. 20mm x 10mm x 10mm. minID: TG0-VN3. $350. This is a Smithsonite on Fluorite from Sounion Mine, Lavrion, Attiki Prefecture, Greece. A very unusual, robust green smithsonite specimen from the classic old mines of Laurium, this aesthetic thumbnail stood out to me in the case of a major Greek ...
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In this specific case we see an outstanding Cuproadamite from Lavrion in Greece,- more precisely from the 2. level of Serpieri Mine No. 60. The Cuproadamite crystals here are showing two generations.
Photos : Zálesíite
Photos Zálesíite - Serpieri Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos [St Constantine], Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion District, Attikí Prefecture, Greece. 26th Apr 2011 11:58 UTC Lefteris Rantos Expert. Agardite-(La), Copper-bearing Adamite.
The Lavrion Mines: A Unique Site of Geological and …
PDF | The Lavrion area corresponds to the western part of the Attic-Cycladic metamorphic belt, in the back-arc region of the active Hellenic subduction... | Find, read and cite all the research ...
Serpierite with Conichalcite | Serpieri Mine, Kamariza Mines, …
Item Description A cool micro specimen from the Lavrion Mining area in Greece, one of the oldest known districts of continued mining dating back to the 3rd …
Serpieri Mine, Kamariza Mines (Kamareza Mines), …
This mine (as well as the minerals Serpierite and Orthoserpierite) was named after Giovanni Battista Serpieri [March 23, 1832 Rimini, Italy - October 17, 1897 Athens, …
Esperanza Mine, Kaminiza mines, Km 3, Lavrion Mining …
A small ancient mine situated around 2.5 km NE of the town of Lavrion, close to (less than 1 km North of) the famous "Km 3" site. Mineralisation occurs from the weathering of Pb-Zn ores (galena, sphalerite), and includes a very interesting assemblage of Cd-minerals (type locality for niedermayrite) and a suite of interesting chlorides and sulfates.
The Lavrion mines: geological, metallogenic and …
Lavrion is a natural geological and mineralogical museum comprising 665 naturally occuring minerals, of which 23 were first found in this district. Moreover, the Lavrion deposit comprises five distinct mineralization styles occurring close to each other, a feature never observed in another ore deposit elsewhere.
Lavrion Ancient Silver Mines
Lavrion Archaeological Site. Lavrion (Λαύριον, Λαύριο, Lavrio, Laurio, Laurium), is a rugged area in eastern Attica, near Athens, where the ancient silver mines are located. During the classical era, these silver veins …
The Lavrion Mines | SpringerLink
The great mining boom of Lavrion began in 483 BC, when the rich deposits of silver were discovered in Maronia (today's Kamariza or Agios Konstantinos). The silver that at that period "flowed like water from the spring" came from the silver mines, the famous arghyreia, from which the state and businessmen made astronomical profits in …
Christiana Mine No. 132, Mercati mines, Agios Konstantinos …
Christiana Mine No. 132, Mercati mines, Agios Konstantinos (Kamariza), Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece : The Christiana mine reaches down to the sea level and even a little beneath. The shaft that served the mine had two loading docks, one at an elevation of 85 m and one at 5 m above sea ...
(PDF) ROSENTHAL, P.; MORIN, D.; HERBACH, R.; PHOTIADES …
In 1865 started the mining resumption of Laurion, first by the treatment of the ancient slags and waste (Ledoux, 1874) and quickly by reopening of the mines (Cordella, 1869; Cambrésy, 1889 ...
Smithsonite
Sounion mines, Lavrion, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece. description: Light green botryoidal crystallized smithsonite covering the top of this matrix. The specimen is in good condition as seen. Nice example for the species from this classic mining district. Watch Specimen Video. Size: 10.0 x 9.0 x 4.5 cm (cabinet)
Minerals | Free Full-Text | The Gersdorffite-Bismuthinite …
Vein-type Pb-Ni-Bi-Au-Ag mineralization at the Clemence deposit in the Kamariza and "km3" in the Lavrion area, was synchronous with the intrusion of a Miocene granodiorite body and related felsic and mafic dikes and sills within marbles and schists in the footwall of (and within) the Western Cycladic detachment system. In the Serpieri …
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Serpieri Mine, Kamariza Mines, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture Greece. 35mm x 34mm x 16mm. minID: 36E-U90. $75 * Spheroidal growths of Adamite (variety cuprian) in micro-crystals whose color is between green and bluish green. They are on limonite matrix, with white botryoidal Smithsonite. It is a rarity at the small ...
Mining in ancient Greece and Rome – Deposits Mag
In the fifth century BC, between 10,000 and 30,000 miners worked in the silver mines of Lavrion, where slaves – representing the main body of workers – were assisted by poor day-labourers. Copper mines were, among other mines, situated on the island of Delos and also in Eretria. The greatest abundance of iron ore was found in the …
Periferakis: The significance of the Lavrion mines in Greek …
Abstract. The Lavrion mines have had a prominent role in the social, economic and cultural development of Greece since ancient times. The income from the mines was the foundation of Athenian power during the 5 th and 4 th century BC, but conversely led to significant economic problems for the early modern Greek state. Many mineral specimens from the …
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Serpieri mine, Kamariza mines, Lavrion, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece. 170mm x 130mm x 20mm. $1025. An outstanding large cabinet display quality example for the species, this coming from the type locality. Vivid blue crystallized throughout the top of this matrix. In great condition.
Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
The Lavreotiki municipality (also Lavrion, Laurion or Laurium) is situated in the southeastern corner of Attica (also Attika; Attiki) peninsula, around 40 km southeast of the city of Athens. It is a 150 square km area bordered by the cape of Sounion to the South (famous for its ancient Greek temple), the village of Plaka to the North (16 km ...
Mine No. 6, Agrileza mines, Lophos, Lavrion Mining District, …
Founded in 2000 by Jolyon Ralph Contact Us / DMCA issues Report a bug/vulnerability Current server date and time: February 19, 2023 00:29:20 Page generated: February 12, 2023 19:18:52. Mine No. 6, Agrileza mines, Lophos, Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece : Often called the 'Exi mine'.
Periferakis: The significance of the Lavrion mines in …
Lavrion as a place of Geoheritage. The mines of Lavrion have directly influenced the culture and history of the Hellenic Nation, both in the …