Vasilios Melfos' Photo Gallery
The Maronia porphyry microgranite intruding the pluton
Maroneia, Maroneia-Sapes, Rhodope, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, GreeceLJM-QXHCalcite CaCO3
Madem-Lakkos mine, Stratoni Project, Kassandra mining district, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, GreecePink coloured manganoan calcite crystals of about 1 cm in length. Specimen size: 18 x 14 cm. Photo & Collection of V. Melfos
W6L-3M9Vesuvianite Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
Maroneia, Maroneia-Sapes, Rhodope, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, GreeceLargest Crystal Size: 3 cm
Crystal size 3 x 2 cm. From the skarn of the Maronia pluton at the contact with Mesozoic marbles. Collected in 2006 by V. Melfos
5UJ-FCMVesuvianite Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
Maroneia, Maroneia-Sapes, Rhodope, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, GreeceLargest Crystal Size: 2.5 cm
Crystal size 2.5 x 1.5 cm. From the skarn of the Maronia pluton at the contact with Mesozoic marbles. Collected in 2006 by V. Melfos
FGG-T2EVesuvianite Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
Maroneia, Maroneia-Sapes, Rhodope, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, GreeceLargest Crystal Size: 2 cm
The crystal size is 2 x 1.5 cm. From the skarn of the Maronia pluton at the contact with Mesozoic marbles. Collected in 2006 by V. Melfos.