Located in the North of Huelva province, Sierra de Aracena is the western part of Sierra Morena range.Include 26 townships.
Northern Unit of Evora-Beja-Aracena Massif, Southern Ossa Morena Zone, Iberian Massif, SW Spain.
Greenschist facies (paragenesis 1)) volcanosedimentary metatuffs, metabasites, metacinerites, carbonate rocks.
Diorite intrusion developing a thermometamorphic aureole (400-500°C) (paragenesis 2)).
The mineralogy of three different types of formation is especially interesting: Silicate rocks with hematite, carbonate rocks with hematite-rich pelite beds and carbonate rocks with braunite nodules.
Ref.:
Eur. Jour. Mineral. , 1993, 5, pp. 961-970.
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19 entries listed. 16 valid minerals.
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