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Ampliación a Victoria Mine, Navajún, La Rioja, Spain

(Mina Ampliación a Victoria, Navajún, La Rioja, España)

This mine-quarry is exploited to obtain pyrite only for collection and decoration. It is located 2'4 km to the NNW of Navajún, and you can access for a track that begins in Navajún (near Cervera del Río Alhama). From this mine the best cubic crystals of pyrite of the world are extracted. The big crystal had a size of 19 cm and weighed 9’5 kg.

References:
- Alonso Azcárate, J. (1998). Evolución de los Filosilicatos y Génesis de los Yacimientos de Pirita en la Cuenca de cameros: Su Relación con las Facies de Metamorfismo. Cretácico Inferior. La Rioja - Soria. Tesis Doctoral. Universidad de Huelva. Edición en CD.
- Alonso Azcarate, J., Rodas, M., Mas, R., Velasco, F. (1995). Origen de las piritas de la cuenca de Cameros, (La Rioja). Geogaceta, 18,180-183.
- Alonso Azcárate, J., Boyce, A.J., Bottrell, S.H., Macaulay, C.I., Rodas, M., Fallick, A.E. y Mas, J.R. (1999a). Development and use of in situ laser sulfur isotope analyses for pyrite-anhydrite geothermometry: An example from pyrite deposits of the Cameros Basin, NE Spain. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 63,509-513.
- Alonso Azcárate, J., Rodas, M., Bottrell, S.H., Raiswell, R., Velasco, F. y Mas, J.R. (1999b). Path-ways and distances of fluid flow during deposits of the Cameros Basin, Spain. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 17,339-348.
- Alonso Azcarate, J., Rodas, M., Bottrell, S.H., Mas, J.R. y Raiswell, R. (1999c). Estudio textural e isotópico de los sulfuros diseminados en los sedimentos de la cuenca de Cameros (La Rioja, España). Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 12, 241-249.
- Alonso Azcárate, J., Bottrell, S.H. y Tritlla, J. (2001). Sulfur redox reactions and formation of native sulfur veins during low grade metamorphism of gypsum evaporites, Cameros Basin (NE Spain). Chemical Geology, 174, 398-402
- Calvo, M. and Sevillano, E. (1Pyrite crystals from Soria and la Rioja provinces, Spain. The Mineralogical Record, 20, 451-456
- Calvo Rebollar, Miguel (2003). Minerales y Minas de España. Volumen II. Sulfuros y sulfosales. Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Álava. 703 pág.
- Cuesta Bustillo, E. y García Gonzalo, G. (1995). Navajún: naturaleza cubista. En: Bocamina, vol. 1. p:30-37

- http://www.piritasdenavajun.com/
- http://www.piritas.com/English.htm





Map Reference: 41°59'10"N , 2°6'41"W

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Mineral List:
Cookeite
Pyrite


2 entries listed. 2 valid minerals.

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