Sulfate minerals from a mud volcano in the Katakolo area, western Peloponnesus, Greece

• Published in: The American mineralogist Vol. 72; no. 7-8; pp. 839 - 841
• Main Authors: Stamatakis, Michael G, Baltatzis, Emmanuel G, Skounakis, Stylianos B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Mineralogical Society of America 01.08.1987
• Subjects: alunogen; chemical composition; crystal growth; Europe; gases; geomorphology; Greece; gypsum; halotrichite; hydrates; hydrogen sulfide; Katakolo region; major elements; melanterite; Mineralogy; minerals; mud volcanoes; native elements; nonsilicates; occurrence; Peloponnesus Greece; Southern Europe; sulfates; sulfur; trace elements; voltaite

Chemical analyses and geochemical behaviour are discussed for efflorescences containing halotrichite, alunogen, voltaite, melanterite, gypsum and native sulphur.