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Cadalso de los Vidrios, Madrid, Spain

Working granite quarries producing blocks for ornamental uses. Centimetric pegmatite veins occasionally with elongated cavities containing minerals occurs in the quarries.

References

- Garcia G., Gonzalez C., Bueno A. (2004): Cadalso de los Vidrios (Madrid), Bocamina, n° 14, pp: 12-46
- Menor, C (2007): Kamphaugite-(Y) in Cadalso de los Vidrios (Madrid). Mineral Up, 2007-2, 48-49.
- Prado-Herrero, P.; Garcia-Guinea, J.; Crespo-Feo, E.; Correcher,V. & Menor, C. (2009): First find of Kristiansenite in Spain: Comparison with the type specimen by non-descriptive techniques. Estudos Geológicos 19 (2): 135-139



External Links

- http://www.bocamina.com/esp/n14/cadalso.pdf

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Albite
Allanite-(Ce)
Allanite-(Y)
'Apatite'
'Apophyllite'
Aragonite
Arsenopyrite
Aurichalcite
'Axinite'
Bavenite
Beryl
Biotite
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Britholite-(Ce)
Calcite
'Chabazite'
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Epidote
Fayalite
Ferberite
Fluorite
Gadolinite-(Y)
'Garnet'
Helvite
Hematite
Kamphaugite-(Y)
Kristiansenite
Laumontite
Malachite
Metatorbernite
Microcline
Milarite
Molybdenite
Muscovite
Nontronite
Opal
Orthoclase
Prehnite
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Scheelite
'Serpentine Group'
Spessartine
Sphalerite
'Stilbite'
Titanite
Topaz
Torbernite
'Tourmaline'
Uranophane
Wolframite


64 entries listed. 44 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

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