Canary Islands, Spain

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Las Islas Canarias, Occidentales, Espania

References

- Juan Carlos Carracedo & Simon Day (2002): Canary Islands. Classic Geology in Europe 4, Terra Publishing, Harpenden, UK, 304 pp.
- Rothe, P. (2008): Kanarische Inseln. 3. völlig neu bearbeitete Auflage, Sammlung Geologischer Führer, 81, Gebrüder Borntraeger, Berlin, 339 pp. (in German)
- Ertl, R. F. (2009): Minerales de las Islas Canarias. Publicaciones Turquesa, S.L., Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, 232 pp. (in Spanish).
- Schmincke, H.-U. & Sumita, M. (2010): Geological evolution of the Canary Islands. Görres-Verlag, Koblenz, Germany, 188 pp.

External Links

- http://mineralescanarios.blogspot.com/

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Actinolite Aegirine Aegirine-augite Albite var: Oligoclase 'Albite-Anorthite Series' 'Allanite' 'Amphibole Group' Analcime Andradite Anorthite ? Anorthoclase 'Apatite' 'Apophyllite' Aragonite Arfvedsonite Augite var: Titanian Augite Baryte 'Bastnäsite' Biotite 'Britholite Group' Calcite Celadonite Celestine 'Chabazite' 'var: Phacolite' Chabazite-Na Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Chevkinite-(Ce) 'Chlorite Group'

Clinochlore Clinoptilolite-Ca 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup' Clinozoisite Cowlesite 'Desert Rose' Diamond Diopside Dolomite Eckermannite Edenite Enstatite Epidote Epistilbite 'Erionite' Eudialyte Faujasite-Ca Ferrohornblende Ferrokentbrooksite ? Fluorapatite Forsterite 'Garnet' 'Gismondine' 'Glass' Gonnardite Graphite Gypsum Haüyne Hematite 'Heulandite' 'Hornblende' Hypersthene

Ilmenite 'Jacobsite-Magnetite Series' Kaersutite Kaolinite 'K Feldspar' 'var: Adularia' Laumontite Låvenite var: Titan-låvenite 'Lévyne' Loparite-(Ce) Lorenzenite Magnetite var: Titaniferous Magnetite 'Manganomelane' Merlinoite Mesolite Mogánite (TL) 'Monazite' Mordenite Muscovite var: Sericite Natrolite Nepheline Nordstrandite Normandite Offretite 'Olivine' 'var: Peridot' Opal var: Opal-AN var: Precious Opal Orthoclase

Perovskite 'Phillipsite' Phlogopite Pyrite 'Pyrochlore' Pyrophanite 'Pyroxene Group' Pyrrhotite Quartz var: Agate var: Chalcedony 'Quartz-beta' Richterite Sanidine Saponite Scolecite 'Serpentine Group' 'Smectite Group' Sodalite Spinel 'Stilbite' Stronalsite ? Sulphur 'Thomsonite' Thomsonite-Ca Titanite Todorokite 'Törnebohmite-(Ce)-Törnebohmite-(La) Series' Vermiculite Wairakite Zircon

130 entries listed. 80 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral). 1 erroneous literature entry.

Localities in this Region

Spain Canary Islands Las Palmas Province Fuerteventura Fuerteventura Basal Complex Barranco of Esquinzo area Puerto de la Peña - Cueva de Lobos area Gran Tarajal El Charco FV- 2 road cut near Fuente de Bartolo La Pared Marabu Montaña Blanca-Milocho carbonatite Morro de Jable Gran Canaria (Grand Canary) Agaete Barranco de Guayedra Risco Faneque Faneroquito Farralon de Segura Fuente del Viento Anden Verde Hill 548 S of Montana Cerrada Arucas Cardones Montana Cardones Mt. Montana Arucas Mt. El Risco Barranco de Guigui Grande Hoya del Tabaibal La Veja Mogán Barranco del Medio Almud Lomo de Veneguera Playa de Mogán Barranco Taurito Barranco Tiritana Puerto Rico Playa de Amadores Playa del Inglés Arguineguin Pozzolana quarry Barranco de Fataga Basalt quarry San Bartolome de Tirajana La Plata Phonolite quarry

Spain Canary Islands Las Palmas Province Gran Canaria (Grand Canary) San Nicolás de Tolentino Barranco de Tocodoman Tasarte Degollada de Veneguera Tasártico Camino de la Playa del Asno Tejeda Roque Nublo La Palma Llano del Banco San Antonio Volcano Taburiente Caldera Teneguia Volcano Lanzarote Famara Cliffs La Geria Crater del Cuervo Lanzarote Caldera Colorada y Montaña Negra Playa Blanca Punta del Aguila Punta Garda Playa Quemada Punta del Volcan Punta Papagayo Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province El Hierro La Gomera Epinal Montana de la Zarza Erque Playa de Hermigua San Sebastián de la Gomera Benchijigua Valle Gran Rey Basaltic lava flow Vallehermoso Tenerife Anaga Mts El Médano Fuente de Joco Mirador de la Centinela Montaña Ayosa Mount Teide San Andrés Quarry Taganana Teno Mts Casas de Araza Masca