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Cervera del Río Alhama, La Rioja, Spaini
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Cervera del Río AlhamaTown
La RiojaAutonomous Community
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Extraction works of limestone blocks.

Cervera del Río Alhama, La Rioja, Spain
Type:
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Cervera del Río Alhama3,099 (2012)
Mindat Locality ID:
132548
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:132548:8
GUID (UUID V4):
99596015-5265-4a08-8a19-9b821f65e0ee
Other Languages:
French:
Cervera del Río Alhama, La Rioja, Espagne
Italian:
Cervera del Río Alhama, La Rioja, Spagna
Russian:
Сервера-дель-Рио-Алама, Риоха, Испания
Simplified Chinese:
阿尔阿马河畔塞尔韦拉德尔, 拉里奥哈, 西班牙
Spanish:
Cervera del Río Alhama, La Rioja, España
Aragonese:
Cervera del Río Alhama, A Riocha, Espanya
Armenian:
Սերվերա դել Ռիո Ալամա, Լա Ռիոխա, Իսպանիա
Aromanian:
Cervera del Río Alhama, Ispania
Asturian:
Cervera del Río Alhama, La Rioxa, España
Basque:
Cervera del Río Alhama, Errioxako Autonomia Erkidegoa, Espainia
Catalan:
Cervera del Río Alhama, La Rioja, Espanya
Cebuano:
Cervera del Río Alhama, Rioja, Espanya
Dutch:
Cervera del Río Alhama, La Rioja, Spanje
Galician:
Cervera del Río Alhama, A Rioxa, España
Hungarian:
Cervera del Río Alhama, La Rioja, Spanyolország
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Сервера-дель-Рио-Альхама, Риоха, Испания
Lithuanian:
Servera del Rijo Alama, La Riocha, Ispanija
Malay:
Cervera del Río Alhama, La Rioja, Sepanyol
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Cervera del Río Alhama, Se-pan-gâ
Occitan:
Cervera del Río Alhama, La Rioja, Espanha
Polish:
Cervera del Río Alhama, La Rioja, Hiszpania
Portuguese:
Cervera del Río Alhama, La Rioja, Espanha
Swedish:
Cervera del Río Alhama, La Rioja, Spanien
Traditional Chinese:
阿爾阿馬河畔塞爾韋拉德爾, 拉里奧哈, 西班牙
Ukrainian:
Сервера-дель-Ріо-Алама, Ла-Ріоха, Іспанія
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Cervera del Río Alhama, La Rioja, Ispaniya
Vietnamese:
Cervera del Río Alhama, La Rioja, Tây Ban Nha
Waray:
Cervera del Río Alhama, La Rioja, Espanya


Fresh water gypsum evaporites with intercalated dolostones. Thermochemical sulphate reaction took place during metamorphism giving rise to native sulphur and platy quartz crystals.

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6 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

Anhydrite
Formula: CaSO4
Reference: Alonso-Azcárate, J.; Bottrell, S. and Tritlla, J. (2001) “Sulfur Redox reactions and formation of native sulphur veins during low grade metamorphism of gypsum evaporites, Cameros Basin (NE Spain)”.Chemical Geology. 174-4. 389-402
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Reference: Calvo, M. (2016). Minerales y Minas de España. Vol. VIII. Cuarzo y otros minerales de la sílice. Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Minas de Madrid. Fundación Gómez Pardo. 399 págs.
Dolomite
Formula: CaMg(CO3)2
Reference: Alonso-Azcárate, J.; Bottrell, S. and Tritlla, J. (2001) “Sulfur Redox reactions and formation of native sulphur veins during low grade metamorphism of gypsum evaporites, Cameros Basin (NE Spain)”.Chemical Geology. 174-4. 389-402
Gypsum
Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O
Reference: Alonso-Azcárate, J.; Bottrell, S. and Tritlla, J. (2001) “Sulfur Redox reactions and formation of native sulphur veins during low grade metamorphism of gypsum evaporites, Cameros Basin (NE Spain)”.Chemical Geology. 174-4. 389-402
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Reference: Calvo, M. (2016). Minerales y Minas de España. Vol. VIII. Cuarzo y otros minerales de la sílice. Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Minas de Madrid. Fundación Gómez Pardo. 399 págs.
Quartz var. "Herkimer-style" Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Reference: Calvo, M. (2016). Minerales y Minas de España. Vol VIII.Cuarzo y otros minerales de la sílice. Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Minas de Madrid. Fundación Gómez Pardo. 399 págs.
Sulphur
Formula: S8
Reference: Alonso-Azcárate, J.; Bottrell, S. and Tritlla, J. (2001) “Sulfur Redox reactions and formation of native sulphur veins during low grade metamorphism of gypsum evaporites, Cameros Basin (NE Spain)”.Chemical Geology. 174-4. 389-402

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
Sulphur1.CC.05S8
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
var. "Herkimer-style" Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Dolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Anhydrite7.AD.30CaSO4
Gypsum7.CD.40CaSO4 · 2H2O

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
CCarbon
C DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
C CalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
O QuartzSiO2
O AnhydriteCaSO4
O GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
O Quartz var. "Herkimer-style" QuartzSiO2
O DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
O CalciteCaCO3
MgMagnesium
Mg DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
SiSilicon
Si QuartzSiO2
Si Quartz var. "Herkimer-style" QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
S SulphurS8
S AnhydriteCaSO4
S GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
CaCalcium
Ca AnhydriteCaSO4
Ca GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
Ca DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Ca CalciteCaCO3

Fossils

There are 1 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences3
Youngest Fossil Listed66.0 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Oldest Fossil Listed145 Ma (Late Jurassic)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Gastrodorus granulatus
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Corystidae : Gastrodorus : Gastrodorus granulatus145 - 66 Ma
Cretaceous
Paragalathea substriata
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Galatheidae : Paragalathea : Paragalathea substriata145 - 66 Ma
Cretaceous
Gastrodorus cretahispanicus
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Corystidae : Gastrodorus : Gastrodorus cretahispanicus145 - 66 Ma
Cretaceous
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 1 fossil locality

References

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Calvo, M. (2003). Minerales y Minas de España. Vol. I. Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Álava. 217 pags.

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cervera_del_R%C3%ADo_Alhama
Wikidata ID:Q1626960
GeoNames ID:3125297

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