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WVH-Q7DRutile TiO₂

Plains of Juanar, Sierra Blanca, Ojén, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain

Crystal size 1.2x1x1 isolated ctm. Found in loose soils, from the decomposition of dolomite metamorphic.


MAC-PHERSON, José. Descripción de algunas rocas que se encuentran en la Serranía de Ronda. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. Madrid. 1879. Tomo VIII. Pág. 259-262.

3R1-ULLScheelite Ca(WO₄) , Tremolite ◻Ca₂Mg₅(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂

Conchita Mine, Estepona, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain

Dimensions: 2.5 cm x 2 cm x 2 cm

Scheelite crystal with inclusions of fine crystals of Tremolite. Crystal size 2,5x2x2 cm, found in year 1998 in Mina Conchita. Estepona. Malaga.

First reference to this site, is due to D. Domingo Orueta and Aguirre, who in 1870, is isolated crystals, between the land surface, of great beauty and size.

D9E-HMPTourmaline (Var: Rubellite) A(D₃)G₆(T₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃X₃Z , Microcline K(AlSi₃O₈) , Lepidolite, Quartz SiO₂

Padrón river, Estepona, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain

Size crystal 7 x 4 mm.
Crystal with quality of gem, very good transparency and sheen, in counterfoil of quartz, microcline and lepidolite.
Overdraft at the beginning of the 90s, in a vein of 1 meter of width for 1,5 meters of high place and 2 meters of length.
Very good crystals with several forms of completion of the pinacoide and different colors have been extracted from this deposit.
At present this one totally exhausted.