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Porriño quarries, Porriño, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain

(Canteras de Porriño, Porriño, Pontevedra, España)

Quarries, presently worked, in a granitic batholith. The pegmatites and miarolityc cavities contains large quartz and microcline crystals and some uncommon minerals.



References:
Calvo, M., Viñals, J. and Vila, F. (2009) Mineralogy of the pegmatites and miarolitic cavities in the granitic batholit of Porriño, Pontevedra, galicia, Spain. Mineral Up, (2009-1), 6-23





Mineral List:
Albite
Allanite-(Ce)
Anatase
Bastnäsite-(Ce)
Biotite
Bismuthinite
Calcite
Cassiterite
Chamosite
Cheralite-(Ce)
Coronadite
Epidote
Fluorite
Galena
Kainosite-(Y)
Marcasite
Microcline
Molybdenite
Muscovite
Nontronite
Opal
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Rhabdophane-(Ce)
Rutile
Schorl
Sphalerite
Synchysite-(Ce)
Titanite
Wulfenite
Zircon


34 entries listed. 31 valid minerals.

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