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Some more Treasures from Lavrion Earth , Attiki County , Greece !!

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, ( 12 6,5 6 .- cms) – Aragonite , Lavrion , Greece

Botryoidal Smithsonite , Lavrion , Greece (8,5 X 5,5 X 3,5 cms – .) – ,

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ORYKTOLOGIKA NEA NEWS ON MINERALS

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Gem Smithsonite on limonitic rock, Lavrion , Hellas

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!! Hello ! Instead of editorial , we present a question mark posed by Nature and “printed” on a pebble from Voula Beach , Attiki County , Greece !!

*** A question mark posed by Nature in Voula Beach , Attiki , Greece! Why Nature is concerned about? ***

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« Vermetus* !!»

Nikos Mpaharidis explained that “Vermetus* get infinite shapes on the rocks !!”

Dimitris G. Minatidis

*Vermetus : Any one of many species of marine gastropods belonging to Vermetus and allied genera, of the family Vermetidæ. Their shells are regularly spiral when young, but later in life the whorls become separate, and the shell is often irregularly bent and contorted like a worm tube.

(Source : http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Vermetus )

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Just Lavrion , Greece !

, (9 X 4 X 2,5 cms – .)- Aragonite crystals on aragonite stalactite , Lavrion , Greece

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, – Fluorite (gem grade) , Lavrion , Greece (7,5 X 9 X 7 cms – .)

, - Aquamarine-colored aragonite from Lavrion , Greece (6 5,5 4 . – cms)

Smithsonite overgrowth on limonitic rock Aragonite overgrowth on calcite/aragonite

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A lovely book on Opal, South Australia s Gemstone is available in Europe for 30 Euro , plus postage and handling costs ( 5 € per book for Economy Air Mail). This is a publication of the Department for Manufacturing Innovation, Trade, Resources and Energy ,Resources and Energy Group . This is a book written by people who live and work in the heart of the largest Opal Fields in the world , “speaks” to you and tells you all about Opal : What is Opal ? Geology of Opal ,mining methods in the Opal Fields of Andamooka , Coober Pedy Mintabie ,The Opal Industry , Opal mining and the Law, Glossary of Opal , mining terms , selected bibliography and much more. This is some of the information inside this book on one of the most beautiful gemstones : O p a l How to order in Europe: European orders will be forwarded to : Dimitris G. Minatidis, c/o ORYKTOLOGIKA NEA-NEWS ON MINERALS , Gr. Lambraki Av No 70. (Formerly Queen Sofia Avenue ) , Piraeus EL-185 32 , Hellas. Tel. Intern. : +30-213-025-8688, FAX : +30-210- 4132-570 , E-mail : [email protected]. In Australia : Department for Manufacturing Innovation, Trade, Resources and Energy ,Resources and Energy Group Customer Services , GPO Box 1264 , Adelaide , South Australia ,5001 , Email : resources.customer [email protected]

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Green Opal and Chrysoprase from Kossovo , Southeastern Europe

Golesh – Natural Green Opal from Golesh mine , Kossovo.

(35 grams – 5 X 4 X 1,5 cms- .)

Chrysopal , Golesh mine , Kossovo

(3,5 X 3 X 2,7 cms – 25 grams)

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Golesh – Chrysoprase from Golesh mine , Kossovo (45 grams - 6 X 3,5 X 2,2 cms)

Map showing the location of chrysoprase and opal area in Kossovo .

(Map courtesy Google Earth)

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ORYKTOLOGIKA NEA-NEWS ON MINERALS invite all readers and collectors to get during their vacations a geological , mineralogical photograph , print it in A4 size photographic paper with description of depicted object , name and full contact information of photographer and send it to ORYKTOLOGIKA NEA-NEWS ON MINERALS with the indication “Geological photography Contest” until 5 November 2014 . All submitted photographs will be on display during the 28th GeMin 2014 to be held in Athens , Greece on 28-29-30 November 2014. Visitors will vote for the best photographs and the first 3 winners will win Minerals or Gemstones or Fossils. Best of luck to all of you ! The contest is heavily relied on mineral specimens , crystals , fossils but Geowonders are also sought most for. May be submitted up to 3 photos per contestant ORYKTOLOGIKA NEA-NEWS ON MINERALS , [ For the Photography Contest 2014 ] , Leof. Gr. Lambraki 70 , (Formerly Queen Sofia Avenue), Piraeus , EL-18532 , Greece.

- Aragonite from Lavrion , Greece ( , )

(Normally aragonite is white. The color here is due to copper) (10,5 X 9 X 2,5 cms – .)

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Top color Rose Quartz from Madagascar

, – Top colored Rose Quartz , Madagascar

(13 13 8,5 .-cms) – Weight- : 2130

Prehnite with inclusions of epidote crystals – . Prehnite is a basic Calcium aluminum silicate, sometimes with some iron. It has a formula of Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2. It

named for Dutchman Colonel van Prehn, who first brought specimens to Europe from South Africa. Prehnite may include other minerals such as actinolite , epidote.

Map showing the location of Kayes area in Mali , Africa , where nice specimens of prehnite have been found. Kayes ,

(Map courtesy : Google Earth)

Prehnite with Epidote inclusions near Diakon,

Kayes Region, Mali , Africa

Kayes

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– Fossils from Kriti Island,Greece

, / . 6938243500 Spatangoida, Hemiasterina, Hemiasteridae

Hemiastir ( ) «ORBIGNIANUS DESOR»

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Gender of irregular atelostomaton echinoeidon of the family of Spatangidon, who lives from the Cretaceous period of Mesozoic era until today (145 million years). Fossils of different species of the genus found within the strata of Cretaceous and Tertiary and especially within the Aptian and Eocene . The illustrated fossils were found in Kastelli , Kissamos , Kriti Island , Greece in 2011.

(Map : Courtesy Google Earth)

Selected Bibliography

1. Neraudeau, D. 1994. Hemiasterid echinoids (Echinodermata: Spatangoida) from the Cretaceous Tethys to the present-day Mediterranean. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 110, 319-344. 2. Index of Living and Fossil Echinoids 1971-2008 By Andreas KROH , Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, Serie A , 112 , 195-470 , Wien, Juni 2010 Natural History Museum Vienna, Department of Geology & Palaeontology, Burgring 7, 1010 Vienna, Austria; e-mail: [email protected]

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Natural Stone Shoe versus Dutch wooden shoe ! People from all over the world still think that the Dutch wear clogs or wooden shoes every day. Contrary to popular belief, most Dutch people don’t wear clogs anymore. The only group of people that still wear them are rural workers. Nature sometimes “play games” and despite “all rights reserved” for Dutch wooden shoes , Nature makes them since a long time ago ! Natural Dutch Stone shoe was created some millions years ago , while Dutch wooden show is much younger !!

Natural stone Dutch Shoe collected by Evangelia G. Minatidou at Voula beach , Attiki County , Greece

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, – Azurite and Malachite , Lavrion ,Greece

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