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Gualba quarries, Gualba de Dalt, Vallès Oriental, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Photo: D. Soler
Pedreres de Gualba

Skarn due to contact metamorphism of Hercynian granodiorite and biotite granite into Cambrian marbles. Primary Fe-Cu-Mo-Pb-Zn sulfides and oxides accompanied by hydrous and anhydrous calc-silicates.
Several quarries and subterranean galleries wich extract carbonates for industrial use are distributed along the two sides of Gualba river, about 10 km north of the town of Sant Celoni.

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Actinolite
Albite
Andradite
Antigorite
Aragonite
Azurite
Biotite
Bornite
Brucite
Calcite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chondrodite
Chrysotile
Covellite
Diopside
Dolomite
Epidote
Fluorite
Forsterite
Galena
Goethite
Greenockite
Grossular
Hedenbergite
Hematite
Inesite
Magnetite
Malachite
Molybdenite
Muscovite
Nickeline
Orthoclase
Powellite
Prehnite
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Scheelite
'Serpentine Group'
Sphalerite
Talc
Tremolite
Vesuvianite
Wollastonite


53 entries listed. 43 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

Spain
  • Catalonia
    • Barcelona
      • Vallès Oriental

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