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Article: New mineral occurrences from the Laurium mines: Greece.
- Article from:
- The Mineralogical Record
- Article date:
- July 1, 1994
- Author:
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The Laurium district today constitutes a natural museum where more than 265 primary, secondary and rock-forming minerals have been found, including several new to science. Because of the variety and beauty of Laurium minerals, many mineralogists and collectors have become interested in the area, and new discoveries continue to be made.
INTRODUCTION
The Laurium mines are situated on the Attica Peninsula of Greece, on the coast of the Aegean Sea. The deposits were first worked by the Myceneans and later (ca. 600 B.C.) by the Athenians for lead and silver, Abandoned around 100 A.D., the mines were not reopened until the early to mid-1800's. Thousands of ...