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In this page some piece from the Lavrion disctrict mine, Greece. It is an area, 55 Km for from Athens, where mining activity began 3.500 years B.C., to extract mainly silver and lead. For other info about Lavrion minerals see this link.
I obtained these pieces, and others not photographed, when I collected some dusty boxes from an old collection

	Adamite var cuprian adamite Cristalline balls of Cu-adamite, on calcite with small scalenohedron of calcite. In some part of this piece the balls are grouped to form a carpet of small XX 5x3,5cm Lavrion District mines, Lavrion District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture. Greece Specimen n.1369 2nd photo, bigger view 3rd photo, detail 4th photo, entire piece
	Adamite var cuprian adamite Limonitic matrix covered by small but nice adamite XX up to 0,1 cm long; on a white coating, may be hydrozincite 5x3,5cm Lavrion District mines, Lavrion District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture. Greece Specimen n.1375 2nd photo, bigger view 3rd photo, detail
	Adamite var cuprian adamite Small balls of cu-adamite, on calcite 5x10cm Lavrion District mines, Lavrion District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture. Greece Specimen n.1392 2nd photo, entire piece
	"Agardite" Tufts of thin XX, on mineralized matrix. This piece is rich in "agardite", as it is possible to see in the other photos. I have been told that it could be olivenite, but I doubt 5x4cm Lavrion District mines, Lavrion District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture. Greece Specimen n.1217 2nd photo, bigger view 3rd photo, bigger view 4th photo, different view
	Annabergite XX of annabergite forming radiating clusters of bladed crystals with the typical chisel shaped termination; individual XX measure up to 0,2 cm. The photographed group is 0,7x0,8 cm wide. Annabergite has grown in a vug of the mineralized rock, as it is possible to see in the 3rd photo 5x3,5cm Lavrion District mines, Lavrion District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture. Greece Specimen n.1350 2nd photo, bigger view 3rd photo, entire piece
	Annabergite Transparent bright green XX of this mineral. On the label of this swapped piece appears the name of magnesian annanergite, also known with the old synonym of cabrerite. It comes from the Km-3 mine in the Lavrion District 8x4.5cm Lavrion District mines, Lavrion District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture. Greece Specimen n.1316 2nd photo, entire piece
	Aragonite Blue concretion of aragonite, with some "flos ferri formation" 9x10cm Lavrion District mines, Lavrion District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture. Greece Specimen n.761
	Aragonite Large piece with botryoidal formation of white aragonite almost entirely covered by black unknown minerals. There are some XX of unknown minerals, 0,1 cm long, with cubic appearance (could be scalenohedron of calcite), see the 4th photo 18x12cm Lavrion District mines, Lavrion District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture. Greece Specimen n.1345 2nd photo, entire piece 3rd photo, white aragonite 4th photo, cubic small XX
	Azurite Small XX of azurite (0,1 cm), bright, on a carpet of yellow calcite XX. There are some small balls of adamite (2nd photo) 4x10cm Lavrion District mines, Lavrion District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture. Greece Specimen n.1399 2nd photo, adamite XX on calcite
	Conichalcite Large piece of conichalcite, with olivenite XX and azurite 12x10cm Lavrion District mines, Lavrion District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture. Greece Specimen n.1401 other photos
	Conichalcite Copper mineralized matrix covered by a fine coating of conichalcite, in small globular formations 8x7.5cm Lavrion District mines, Lavrion District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture. Greece Specimen n.1449 2nd photo
	Fluorite Small cubic XX of fluorite, partially covered by reddish oxides 7.5x5cm Lavrion District mines, Lavrion District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture. Greece Specimen n.1452 2nd photo
	Lanarkite Sprays of prismatic XX, grouped in a cavity of mineralized rock with galena 5x7.5cm Lavrion District mines, Lavrion District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture. Greece Specimen n.1434 2nd photo, a detail 3rd phot,: bigger view
	Malachite Limonitc matrix covered by small nice tufts of malachite 9.5x10.5cm Lavrion District mines, Lavrion District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture. Greece Specimen n.1394 2nd photo 3rd photo 4th photo
	Rhodochrosite Microcrystalline rhodochrosite, with probable white kutnohorite. I have been told that the provenience could be Chalkidiki area; but the label of this piece report "Lavrion - 1980" so there is a doubt 9x9cm Lavrion District mines, Lavrion District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture. Greece Specimen n.1368 2nd photo: a detail
	Rosasite Small and fine globules of rosasite spread over mineralized matrix 9x4.3cm Lavrion District mines, Lavrion District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture. Greece Specimen n.1450 2nd photo
	Serpierite Green encrusting of serpierite 4x5cm Serpieri mine, Lavrion District mines, Lavrion District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture. Greece Specimen n.1337 2nd photo: a detail
	Smithsonite Botrioydal formation of opaque pale green smithsonite (I am not sure). The mineral is deposited in the cavity of the mineralized rock (see the 2nd photo) 11x6.5cm Lavrion District mines, Lavrion District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture. Greece Specimen n.1393 2nd photo, entire piece
	Smithsonite Piece of rock with cavities filled with vivid green smithsonite. Some calcite xx grouped in rosettes, on the left 4x5cm Lavrion District mines, Lavrion District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture. Greece Specimen n.1397 2nd photo 3rd photo, detail
	Woodwardite Minute pale blue concretions of this sulfates, on a mass of aragonite posted on marble. It could be a post mining alteration product 7x6cm Lavrion District mines, Lavrion District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture. Greece Specimen n.1456