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Mount Suímo gemstone mine, Belas, Sintra, Lisbon District, Portugal
Photo: Martins da Pedra
The mount Suímo is constituted by a vein of basaltic rock that contains pyrope, amphibole, pyroxene, olivine, spinel, magnetite and zircon. Pyrope was explored for jewellery predominantly during Roman times.
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Mount Suimo Gemstone Mine by Martins da Pedra
Mineral List
| Amphibole Supergroup Augite 'Basaltic Hornblende' | 'Garnet' 'Hornblende' Kaersutite | 'Olivine' 'Olivine Group' Pyrope | 'Pyroxene Group' Quartz var: Carnelian Zircon |
12 entries listed. 5 valid minerals.
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References
Azevedo, L. M. (1652) - Primeira parte da Fundação, Antiquidades e Grandezas da mvi insigne Cidade de Lisboa ….dedicada ao Illvstre, e Inclito Senado della Officina Craesbeckiana, Lisboa, 398 p.
Souza-Brandão, V. (1913) - Sobre um crystal de Zircão-Jacintho, de Bellas junto a Lisboa. Comun. Com. Serv. Geol. Portugal, t. IX, pp. 125 – 145.
Choffat, P. (1914) - Les Mines de Grenats du Suimo. Comun. Com. Serv. Geol. Portugal, t X: pp. 186 – 198.
Azevedo, P. (1916) - As pedras preciosas de Lisboa (Belas) na História. Archeologo Português, 23, pp.158 – 202.
Provençal, L. (1953) - Description de l’Espagne d’Ahmed Al-Razî. In Al Andaluz, Madrid, vol. XVII, Fasc I.
Coelho, A.B. (1972) - Portugal na Espanha Árabe, Seara Nova, Lisboa, Vol. I.
Palácios, T. (1985) - Petrologia do Complexo vulcânico de Lisboa. Tese Doutoramento Univ. Lisboa, 260 p. (não publicado).
Guerra, A. (1995) - Plínio-o-Velho e a Lusitania. In Arqueologia & História Antiga I. Ed.Colibri F.L.L., Lisboa, 140 p.
Fernandes, L. S. (2002) - Cornelius Bocchus, auctor Lusitanus e notável de Salacia ?. In De Augusto a Adriano. Actas Colóquio Literatura Latina (Lisboa, 2000), EVPHROSYNE Centro de Estudos Clássicos: pp. 155 – 171.
M. Cachão; P. E. Fonseca; R. Galopim de Carvalho; C. Neto de Carvalho; R. Oliveira; M. M. Fonseca; J. Mata (2010): The Suimo gemstone garnet mine. From Plínio-o-Velho and Pauk Choffat to the present. e-Terra, Geopor, ISSN 1645-0388, Volume 18 – nº 20. [Abstract: We present the ancient Mount Suímo gemstone mine (Belas-Sintra County) as a potential site to be classified as a Geological Heritage site. This old mine of garnets (pyrope) produced semi-precious stones since, at least, Roman times, as described by Plínio-o-Velho. However, very few geological/mineralogical works, with the important exceptions of P. Choffat and T. Palácios, have been produced about it, contrasting to the vast list of historical references.]
Souza-Brandão, V. (1913) - Sobre um crystal de Zircão-Jacintho, de Bellas junto a Lisboa. Comun. Com. Serv. Geol. Portugal, t. IX, pp. 125 – 145.
Choffat, P. (1914) - Les Mines de Grenats du Suimo. Comun. Com. Serv. Geol. Portugal, t X: pp. 186 – 198.
Azevedo, P. (1916) - As pedras preciosas de Lisboa (Belas) na História. Archeologo Português, 23, pp.158 – 202.
Provençal, L. (1953) - Description de l’Espagne d’Ahmed Al-Razî. In Al Andaluz, Madrid, vol. XVII, Fasc I.
Coelho, A.B. (1972) - Portugal na Espanha Árabe, Seara Nova, Lisboa, Vol. I.
Palácios, T. (1985) - Petrologia do Complexo vulcânico de Lisboa. Tese Doutoramento Univ. Lisboa, 260 p. (não publicado).
Guerra, A. (1995) - Plínio-o-Velho e a Lusitania. In Arqueologia & História Antiga I. Ed.Colibri F.L.L., Lisboa, 140 p.
Fernandes, L. S. (2002) - Cornelius Bocchus, auctor Lusitanus e notável de Salacia ?. In De Augusto a Adriano. Actas Colóquio Literatura Latina (Lisboa, 2000), EVPHROSYNE Centro de Estudos Clássicos: pp. 155 – 171.
M. Cachão; P. E. Fonseca; R. Galopim de Carvalho; C. Neto de Carvalho; R. Oliveira; M. M. Fonseca; J. Mata (2010): The Suimo gemstone garnet mine. From Plínio-o-Velho and Pauk Choffat to the present. e-Terra, Geopor, ISSN 1645-0388, Volume 18 – nº 20. [Abstract: We present the ancient Mount Suímo gemstone mine (Belas-Sintra County) as a potential site to be classified as a Geological Heritage site. This old mine of garnets (pyrope) produced semi-precious stones since, at least, Roman times, as described by Plínio-o-Velho. However, very few geological/mineralogical works, with the important exceptions of P. Choffat and T. Palácios, have been produced about it, contrasting to the vast list of historical references.]
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