Alabaster quarries, Fuentes de Ebro, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain
Some quarries still worked for "alabastro", alabaster (compact, very fine-grained gypsum) at SW and S of Fuentes de Ebro. Nice water-clear gypsum crystals (actually twinned) in world-class specimens. Most quarries are locater around Monte Patillas, inside the "Joan" mining claim. However, larger crystals are found in a quarry near the small Roden village.
References
- Calvo, M. (1989). Gypsum crystals from near Zaragoza, Spain. The Mineralogical Record, 20, 143-144.
- Calvo, M. y Calvo, G. (1999). Les cristaux de gypse de les carrières de Saragosse, Espagne. Le Regne Mineral, (27), 30-38.
- Calvo, M. y Calvo, G. (2003). Fuentes de Ebro. Bocamina (11) 4-22.
- Calvo, M. (2008). Minerales de Aragón. Prames, Zaragoza, 463 pags.
- Rinaudo, C. y Franchini, M. (1993). Characterization of gypsum from Zaragoza(Spain). Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie Monatschefte, (11), 511-520.
External Links
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