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Spain

La Amorosa mine, San Rafael claim, Villahermosa del Rio, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain

Photo: J. Rosell

España

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Mineral List

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

Acanthite
Actinolite
Adamite
var: Cobaltoan Adamite
var: Cuprian Adamite
Aegirine
Aegirine-augite
Aerinite (TL)
'Agardite'
Agardite-(Y)
Albite
var: Andesine
var: Cleavelandite
var: Oligoclase
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Allanite'
Allanite-(Ce)
Allanite-(La)
Allanite-(Nd)
Allanite-(Y)
Alloclasite
Allophane
Alluaudite
'Alluaudite-NaNa'
Almandine
'Almandine-Spessartine Series'
Altaite
Aluminocopiapite
Alumohydrocalcite
Alunite
Alunogen
'Amber'
Amblygonite
'Ammonium-Vermiculite'
Amphibole Supergroup
var: Byssolite
var: Uralite
Analcime
Anapaite
Anatase
Andalusite (TL)
var: Chiastolite
Andersonite
Andradite
var: Demantoid
var: Melanite
'Andradite-Grossular Series'
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Ankerite
'Ankerite-Dolomite Series'
Annabergite
var: Magnesian Annabergite
Annite
Anorthite
var: Bytownite
var: Labradorite
Anorthoclase
Anthophyllite
Antigorite
Antimony
Antlerite
'Apatite'
'var: Phosphorite'
Apjohnite
'Apophyllite'
Apophyllite-(KF)
Aragonite (TL)
var: Flos Ferri
Arfvedsonite
Argentojarosite
Argyrodite
Armalcolite
'Armalcolite-Pseudobrookite Series'
Armenite
Arrojadite-(KFe)
Arsenic
Arseniosiderite
Arsenocrandallite
Arsenogoyazite
Arsenolite
Arsenopyrite
Arsentsumebite
Arsenuranylite
Arthurite
'Asbestos'
Asbolane
'Asphaltum'
Atacamite
Attikaite
Augelite
Augite
var: Fassaite
var: Titanian Augite
Auriacusite
Aurichalcite
Austinite
Autunite
Axinite-(Fe)
'Axinite Group'
Axinite-(Mn)
Azurite
var: Zincazurite
Babingtonite
Baileychlore
'Ballesterosite'
Barahonaite-(Al) (TL)
Barahonaite-(Fe) (TL)
Barbosalite
Bariopharmacosiderite
Bariosincosite
Barquillite (TL)
Barroisite
Baryte
Bassetite
'Bastnäsite'
Bastnäsite-(Ce)
Bavenite
Bayldonite
Bayleyite
Beaverite-(Cu)
Benauite
Beraunite
Berdesinskiite
Berlinite
Berthierine
Berthierite
Bertrandite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
var: Emerald
Beudantite
Beyerite
Bieberite
'Bilibinite'
Billietite
'Biotite'
Birnessite
Bismite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
'Bitumen'
Bixbyite
Bobkingite
Boleite
'Bolivarite' (TL)
Boltwoodite
Bornite
Botryogen
Bottinoite
Boulangerite
Bournonite
Boyleite
Brackebuschite
Braggite
Brannerite
Braunite
Brazilianite
Breithauptite
Briartite
Britholite-(Ce)
'Britholite Group'
Brochantite
Bromargyrite
Brookite
Brucite
Brushite
Bustamite
Cacoxenite
'Calamine'
Calaverite
Calcioferrite
Calcite
var: Cobaltoan Calcite
var: Manganoan Calcite
var: Strontian Calcite
Calderónite (TL)
Caledonite
Calomel
Capgaronnite
Carminite
Carnallite
Carnotite
Carpholite
Cassiterite
Čejkaite
Celadonite
Celestine
Celsian
Černýite
Cerussite
Cervantite (TL)
'Chabazite'
'var: Phacolite'
Chabazite-Ca
Chabazite-Na
Chalcanthite
Chalcoalumite
Chalcocite
Chalcophanite
Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite
Chalcosiderite
'Chalcosiderite-Turquoise Series'
Chalcostibite
Chamosite
'Chamosite-Clinochlore Series'
Chapmanite
Chayesite
Chenevixite
'Cheralite-(Ce)'
'Chert'
'Chevkinite'
Chevkinite-(Ce)
Childrenite
'Childrenite-Eosphorite Series'
Chlorapatite
Chlorargyrite
var: Bromian Chlorargyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chloritoid
'Chlorophyllite'
Chondrodite
Chromite
Chrysoberyl
var: Alexandrite
Chrysocolla
Chrysotile
Churchite-(Y)
Cinnabar
Claraite
Clausthalite
'Clay'
Clinoatacamite
Clinochlore
var: Pennine
var: Ripidolite
var: Sheridanite
Clinoclase
Clino-ferri-holmquistite (TL)
Clino-ferro-ferri-holmquistite (TL)
'Clino-holmquistite'
Clinohumite
'Clinoptilolite'
Clinoptilolite-Ca
Clinoptilolite-Na
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
'Clinotyrolite'
Clinozoisite
'Clinozoisite-Epidote Series'
Clintonite
'Coal
var: Jet'
Cobaltarthurite (TL)
Cobaltite
Cobaltneustädtelite
'Cobaltoan Arsenopyrite'
Coffinite
Collinsite
'Columbite'
Columbite-(Fe)
'Columbite Group'
Columbite-(Mn)

'Columbite-Tantalite'
Compreignacite
Conichalcite (TL)
Connellite
Cookeite
Cooperite
Copiapite
Copper
Coquimbite
Corderoite
Cordierite
Corkite
Cornetite
Cornubite
Cornwallite
Coronadite
Corundum
Cosalite
Cotunnite
Coulsonite
Covellite
Cowlesite
Crandallite
Cristobalite
Cronstedtite
Cryptomelane
Cubanite
Cumengeite
Cummingtonite
Cuprite
Cuproroméite
Cuprosklodowskite
Cyanotrichite
Cymrite
Cyrilovite
Dadsonite
Dalyite
Datolite
'Davidite'
Delafossite
Delvauxite
Descloizite
'Desert Rose'
Devilline
Diamond
Diaphorite
Diaspore
Dickite
Digenite
Diopside
'Diopside-Hedenbergite Series'
Djurleite
Dolomite
var: Ferroan Dolomite
var: Teruelite
Donbassite
Dravite
'Dravite-Schorl Series'
Dufrénite
Duftite
Dundasite
Dyscrasite
Ecandrewsite
Eckermannite
Edenite
Elbaite
Emmonsite
Enargite
Enstatite
var: Bronzite
Eosphorite
Epidote
'Epidote Group'
Epistilbite
Epsomite
'Erionite'
Erlichmanite
Erythrite
Ettringite
Euchroite
Eucryptite
Eudialyte
Eulytine
'Evansite'
Famatinite
Faujasite-Ca
Faujasite-Na
Fayalite
'Feldspar Group'
Felsőbányaite
Ferberite (TL)
var: Reinite
'Ferberite-Hübnerite Series'
Ferricopiapite
'Ferrierite'
Ferrierite-Mg
Ferrihydrite
Ferri-leakeite
Ferrimolybdite
Ferri-pedrizite (TL)
Ferrisicklerite
Ferro-Actinolite
'Ferro-Actinolite-Tremolite Series'
Ferrocarpholite
'Ferrocarpholite-Magnesiocarpholite Series'
Ferro-edenite
Ferro-ferri-pedrizite (TL)
Ferrohexahydrite
Ferro-hornblende
Ferro-katophorite
Ferro-pargasite
Ferrosilite
Fibroferrite
Fillowite
Fletcherite
'Flint'
Fluellite
Fluorapatite
var: Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite
var: Mn-bearing Fluorapatite
Fluorite
var: Stink-Fluss
Fluorophlogopite
Fluoro-richterite
Foitite
Forsterite
var: Peridot
Fraipontite
Francevillite
Freibergite
Freieslebenite
Friedelite
Fülöppite
Furongite
Gadolinite-(Y)
Gahnite
Galena
var: Argentiferous Galena
Galenobismutite
'Garnet'
Gartrellite
Gaspéite
Gedrite
Geikielite
Gerhardtite
Germanite
Gersdorffite
Gibbsite
'Gismondine'
Gismondine-Ca
'Glass'
Glauberite (TL)
Glaucodot
Glaukosphaerite
'Gmelinite'
Goethite
Gold
var: Electrum
Goldmanite
Gonnardite
Gordaite
Gormanite
Goslarite
Goyazite
Graftonite
'Grandite'
Graphite
Gratonite
Greenalite
Greenockite
Grossular
var: Hessonite
var: Hibschite
Groutite
Grunerite
Gudmundite
'Gummite'
Gustavite
Gypsum
var: Alabaster
var: Selenite
Halite
'Halloysite'
Halotrichite
'Halotrichite Group'
'Halotrichite-Pickeringite Series'
Harmotome
Hastingsite
Hausmannite
Haüyne
Hawleyite
Heazlewoodite
Hedenbergite
Hedyphane
Heinrichite
Helvine
Hematite
var: Iron Rose
var: Martite
var: Specularite
Hemimorphite
Hercynite
var: Picotite
Herderite
Herzenbergite
Hessite
Hetaerolite
Heterogenite
var: Heubachite
Heterosite
'Heulandite'
Heulandite-Ca
Hexahydrite
Heyrovskýite
Hidalgoite
Hinsdalite
Hollandite
Hollingworthite
Hopeite
'Hornblende'
Hörnesite
Hübnerite
Humite
Huntite
Hureaulite
'Hyalophane'
Hydrobiotite
Hydrokenoelsmoreite
var: Ferritungstite
Hydromagnesite
Hydroxylapatite
var: Carbonate-rich Hydroxylapatite
Hydroxylherderite
Hydrozincite
'Hypersthene'
Ice
'Iddingsite'
Ilesite
Illite
Ilmenite
var: Guadarramite
Iltisite
Inesite
Iodargyrite
Irarsite
'Jacobsite-Magnetite Series'
Jadeite
'Jahnsite'
'Jamborite'
Jamesonite
Jarosite (TL)
'Jarosite Subgroup'
Jaskólskiite
Jianshuiite
Johannsenite
Johnsomervilleite
'Joséite'
'Joséite-B'
Juanitaite
Kaatialaite
Kaersutite
Kainosite-(Y)
Kamphaugite-(Y)

Kaňkite
Kaolinite
Kasolite
Kenhsuite
Kermesite
'K Feldspar'
'var: Adularia'
Kidwellite
Kintoreite
Kobellite
Koechlinite
Koninckite
Kornelite
Kristiansenite
Kryzhanovskite
Ktenasite
Kyanite
Laitakarite
Langite
Laumontite
Laurite
Lavendulan
Låvenite
var: Titan-låvenite
Lazulite
Leadhillite
Lemanskiite
Lepidocrocite
Lepidolite
Leucite
Leucophosphite
'Leucoxene'
'Lévyne'
Libethenite
Likasite
Lillianite
'Limonite'
Linarite (TL)
Linnaeite
Lipscombite
Liroconite
Lithiophorite
Livingstonite
Lizardite
Löllingite
Loparite-(Ce)
Lorenzenite
Luanheite
Ludlamite
Ludwigite
Macedonite
Mackinawite
Maghemite
Magnesiocarpholite
Magnesiochloritoid
Magnesio-hastingsite
Magnesio-hornblende
Magnesio-riebeckite
Magnesite
var: Breunnerite
Magnetite
var: Titaniferous Magnetite
Malachite
Malanite
Maldonite
Mallardite
'Manganepidote'
'Manganese Oxides'
Manganite
Manganochromite
Manganocummingtonite
Manganogrunerite
'Manganomelane'
Mansfieldite
Marcasite
Margarite
Marialite
Massicot
Matildite
Maucherite
Mawsonite
Mcguinnessite
Meionite
Melanterite
'Melilite'
Melonite
Meneghinite
Mercury
Merenskyite
Merlinoite
Merrillite
Mesolite
Messelite
Meta-autunite
Metacinnabar
Metamunirite
Metasideronatrite
Metatorbernite
Metavariscite
Metavoltine
Metazeunerite
'Meteoritic Iron'
Meymacite
Miargyrite
'Mica Group'
Michenerite
Microcline
Milarite
Millerite
Mimetite
Minium
Minnesotaite
Minyulite
Mirabilite
Mitridatite
Mixite
Mogánite (TL)
Mohite
Molybdenite
Molysite
'Monazite'
Monazite-(Ce)
Moncheite
Montebrasite
Montgomeryite
Montmorillonite
Mordenite
Morenosite (TL)
Mottramite
Mullite
Munakataite
Muscovite
var: Barian Muscovite
var: Fuchsite
var: Sericite
Nacrite
Nantokite
Natroalunite
Natrodufrénite
Natrojarosite
Natrolite
Natronambulite
Natropharmacoalumite (TL)
Natropharmacosiderite
Natrouranospinite
Natrozippeite
Neotocite
Nepheline
Népouite
Nickeline
'Nickel-iron'
Nickelskutterudite
Nontronite
Nordstrandite
Normandite
Nuffieldite
Offretite
Olivenite
var: Cobaltoan Olivenite
var: Zincian Olivenite
'Olivine'
Opal
var: Geyserite
var: Hydrophane
var: Menilite
var: Opal-AN
var: Precious Opal
Orcelite
Orpiment
Orthoclase
'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'
Orthoserpierite
Osarizawaite
Osarsite
Oxyplumboroméite
Palladium
Palygorskite
Parabutlerite
Paragonite
Pararammelsbergite
Pararealgar
Parascholzite
Parasymplesite
Paratacamite
Pargasite
Parisite-(Ce)
Parkerite
Parnauite
Pearceite
Penroseite
Pentlandite
Perovskite
Perrierite-(Ce)
Perroudite
Petalite
Petzite
Pharmacoalumite
Pharmacolite
Pharmacosiderite
Phenakite
'Phengite'
Philipsbornite
'Phillipsite'
Phillipsite-Ca
Phillipsite-K
Phillipsite-Na
Phlogopite
Phosphohedyphane
Phosphosiderite
Phosphuranylite
Pickeringite
Piemontite
Pigeonite
'Pitticite'
Planerite
Platarsite
Plattnerite
Plimerite
Plumbogummite
Plumbojarosite
'Plumosite'
Polybasite
Polybasite-Tac
Polycrase-(Y)
Polydymite
Polyhalite
Polylithionite
Posnjakite
Potassic-ferro-pargasite
Potassic-ferro-taramite (TL)
'Potassic-richterite'
Powellite
Prehnite
Preisingerite
Priderite
Proustite
Pseudobrookite
Pseudomalachite
'Psilomelane'
'Pumpellyite'
Pumpellyite-(Fe2+)
Purpurite
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
var: Bravoite
'Pyrobitumen'
'Pyrochlore'
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrophanite
Pyrophyllite
'Pyropissite'
Pyrosmalite-(Fe)
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyroxmangite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Agate
var: Amethyst
var: Basanite
var: Blue Quartz
var: Chalcedony
var: Citrine

Quartz
var: Eisenkiesel
var: Ferruginous Quartz
var: Jacinto de Compostela Quartz
var: Jasper
var: Milky Quartz
var: Prase
var: Rock Crystal
var: Rose Quartz
var: Sceptre Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
'Quartz-beta'
'Quiroguite'
Rammelsbergite
Ranciéite
Ranunculite
Realgar
Rectorite
Reevesite
Renierite
Retgersite
Rhabdophane-(Ce)
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Rhomboclase
Rhönite
'Richellite'
Richelsdorfite
Richterite
Riebeckite
'Rivotite'
Robertsite
Robinsonite
Rockbridgeite
Rodalquilarite (TL)
Roedderite
Romanèchite
'Roméite Group'
'var: Stibiconite'
Römerite
Rooseveltite
Rosasite
Rosiaite
Roxbyite
Rozenite
Rruffite
Ruarsite
Rutile (TL)
var: Ilmenorutile
Sabugalite
Safflorite
'Sagenite'
Saléeite
Saliotite (TL)
Sanidine
Saponite
Sarcopside
Sauconite
'Scapolite'
Scarbroite
Schachnerite
'Schalenblende'
Scheelite
var: Cuprian Scheelite
Schorl
Schreibersite
Schröckingerite
Schuetteite
Schulenbergite
Scolecite
Scorodite
Scorzalite
Segnitite
Semseyite
Sénarmontite
Sepiolite
'Serpentine Group'
Serpierite
Shandite
Siderite
'Siderogel'
Siderotil
Siegenite
'Silex'
'Silica'
Sillénite
Sillimanite
Silver
var: Amalgam
var: Kongsbergite
Skutterudite
'Smectite Group'
Smithsonite
var: Monheimite
Smolianinovite
Sodalite
Sodic-ferrogedrite
Souzalite
Spangolite
Sperrylite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
var: Marmatite
Spherocobaltite
Spinel
var: Chromspinel
'Spinel Group'
Spodumene
Stanĕkite
Stannite
Stannoidite
Starkeyite
Staurolite
var: Zincian Staurolite
Stellerite
Stephanite
Sternbergite
Stibiopalladinite
Stibnite
'Stilbite'
Stilbite-Ca
Stokesite
Stolzite
Strashimirite
Strengite
Strontianite
Sudoite
Suhailite (TL)
Sulphur
Svanbergite
'Sylvinite'
Sylvite
Synchysite-(Ce)
Szomolnokite
Tacharanite
Tainiolite
Talc
Talnakhite
Tamarugite
'Tantalite'
Tantalite-(Fe)
Taramite Group
Tavorite
Tellurium
Tellurobismuthite
Tennantite
'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
Tenorite
Tephroite
Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite
var: Mercurian Tetrahedrite
'Tetrahedrite Group'
Thalénite-(Y)
Thaumasite
Theisite
Thenardite (TL)
'Thomsonite'
Thomsonite-Ca
Thorianite
Thorite
Thorogummite
Tiemannite
Tinticite
Titanite
Tobermorite
Todorokite
Topaz
Torbernite
'Törnebohmite'
Tosudite
'Tourmaline'
'var: Achroite'
'var: Rubellite'
Tremolite
Tridymite
Trilithionite
Triphylite
Triplite
Tripuhyite
Trögerite
Troilite
Tschermakite
Tschermigite
Tsumcorite
Tungstenite
'Turgite'
Turquoise
Tveitite-(Y)
Tyrolite
Tyrrellite
Tyuyamunite
Ullmannite
Ulvöspinel
'Unnamed (Ni-Ir Sulphide; no. 2)'
'Unnamed (P-analogue of Schultenite)'
Uraninite
var: Pitchblende
Uranophane
Uranospathite
Vaesite
Valentinite
Vanadinite
var: Arsenatian Vanadinite
Vandendriesscheite
Vanuralite
Variscite
Väyrynenite
Vermiculite
'Vernadite'
Vesuvianite
Vigezzite
Vikingite
Villamaninite (TL)
Violarite
Vivianite
Volborthite
Voltaite
Vonsenite
Vysotskite
'Wad'
'var: Cobaltian Wad'
Wadeite
Wagnerite
var: Magniotriplite
Wairakite
Wardite
Warwickite
Wavellite
Westerveldite (TL)
'Whiteite'
Whitlockite
Willemite
Winchite
Wittichenite
Wolfeite
'Wolframite'
Wollastonite
Woodhouseite
Woodruffite
Wulfenite
var: Chillagite
Wurtzite
Wyllieite
Xanthoconite
Xanthoxenite
Xenotime-(Y)
Yagiite (TL)
Yakhontovite
Yuanfuliite
Yukonite
'Zaccagnaite-3R'
Zálesíite
'Zaratite' (TL)
'Zeiringite'
Zeunerite
Zincolivenite
'Zincrosasite'
Zinkenite
'Zinkosite' (TL)
'Zinnwaldite'
Zircon
Zoisite
Zunyite
Zvyagintsevite

1183 entries listed. 817 valid minerals. 30 type localities (valid minerals). 3 type localities (others).

Localities in this Region

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References

Tenne, C. A. & Calderón, S. (1902): Die Mineralfundstätten der Iberischen Halbinsel. Asher & Co, 348 pp (in German)

Calderón, S. (1910): Los Minerales de España. Junta para Ampliación de Estudios e Investigaciones Científicas. Vol. 1, 416 pp., Vol. 2, 561 pp.

Galán, E. & Mirete, S. (1979): Introducción a los minerales de España. Serv. Pub. de. Min. Ind. y En. (IGME), Madrid, 420 pp.

Vázquez Guzmán, F. (1983): Depósitos minerales de España. Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Madrid, 154 pp.

Domergue, C. (1987): Catalogue des mines et des fonderies antiques de la Péninsule Ibérique. 2 Vols., Madrid, xx & xx pp.

Vázquez Guzmán, F. (1987): The Mining Industry in Spain. Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Madrid, 178 pp.

Domergue, C. (1990): Les mines de la Péninsule Ibérique dans l'antiquité. Coll. École Franç. Rome 127, Rom, xx pp.

Calvo, M. (2003): Minerales y Minas de España. Vol. I, Elementos. Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Álava, 217 pp. (in Castellan)

Calvo, M. (2003): Minerales y Minas de España. Vol. II, Sulfuros. Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Álava, 705 pp. (in Castellan)

Calvo, M. (2006): Minerales y Minas de España. Vol. III, Halogenuros. Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Álava, 267 pp. (in Castellan)

Calvo, M. (2009): Minerales y Minas de España. Vol. IV, Óxidos e Hidróxidos. Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Minas de Madrid - Fundación Gómez Pardo. 752 pp. (in Castellan)

Calvo, M. (2012): Minerales y Minas de España. Vol. V, Carbonatos y Nitratos. Boratos. Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Minas de Madrid - Fundación Gómez Pardo. 711 pp. (in Castellan)

Vera, J.A. (Ed.) (2004): Geologia de España. Sociedad Geológica de Espana (SGE) & Institute Geológico y Minero de España (IGME), Madrid, 884 pp.

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