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Montpalau, Pineda de Mar, Maresme, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

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Abandoned quarry about 2 km north of Pineda de Mar, close to the C-32 highway from Barcelona to Tordera. The geology of the site consists in a Paleozoic sequence of schists, slates and quartzites (Ordovician), black slates and graphite schists (Silurian) and limestones (Silurian-Devonian). The series was intruded by a granodiorite pluton during Hercynian orogeny (Upper Carboniferous – Lower Permian). Contact metamorphism produced a metasomatic skarn mineral assemblage.





 Map Reference: 41°38'45"N , 2°40'30"E

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Mineral List:
  		•  'Apatite Supergroup'
    A
     
    5
    		(XO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		Z
     
    q
    Reference: [Bareche, E. (2005) "Els minerals de Catalunya. Segle XX" Ed. Grup Mineralògic Català, Barcelona, 269 p.]
  		•  'Apophyllite'
    Reference: [Bareche, E. (2005) "Els minerals de Catalunya. Segle XX" Ed. Grup Mineralògic Català, Barcelona, 269 p.]
  		•  Aragonite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Laura Palacios Pérez, Minerals i roques, Pòrtic Natura, 2003]
  		•  Biotite
    Reference: [Laura Palacios Pérez, Minerals i roques, Pòrtic Natura, 2003]
    Site Photo
    Montpalau, Pineda de Mar, Maresme, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
    © Carlos Calvet
  		•  'Calamine'
    Reference: [Laura Palacios Pérez, Minerals i roques, Pòrtic Natura, 2003]
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Laura Palacios Pérez, Minerals i roques, Pòrtic Natura, 2003]
    Site Photo
    Montpalau, Pineda de Mar, Maresme, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
    © Carlos Calvet
  		•  Chalcanthite
    CuSO
     
    4
    		·5H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Bareche, E. (2005) "Els minerals de Catalunya. Segle XX" Ed. Grup Mineralògic Català, Barcelona, 269 p.]
  		•  'Chlorite Group'
    Reference: [Bareche, E. (2005) "Els minerals de Catalunya. Segle XX" Ed. Grup Mineralògic Català, Barcelona, 269 p.]
  		•  Delvauxite
    CaFe
     
    4
    		(PO
     
    4
    		,SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		(OH)
     
    8
    		·4-6H
     
    2
    		O not confirmed·
    Reference: [Bareche, E. (2005) "Els minerals de Catalunya. Segle XX" Ed. Grup Mineralògic Català, Barcelona, 269 p.]
  		•  Goethite
    α-Fe
    3+
     
    		O(OH)
    Reference: [Laura Palacios Pérez, Minerals i roques, Pòrtic Natura, 2003]
  		•  Graphite
    C
    Reference: [Bareche, E. (2005) "Els minerals de Catalunya. Segle XX" Ed. Grup Mineralògic Català, Barcelona, 269 p.]
  		•  Gypsum
    Ca[SO
     
    4
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Bareche, E. (2005) "Els minerals de Catalunya. Segle XX" Ed. Grup Mineralògic Català, Barcelona, 269 p.]
  		•  Halotrichite
    FeAl
     
    2
    		(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    4
    		·22H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Bareche, E. (2005) "Els minerals de Catalunya. Segle XX" Ed. Grup Mineralògic Català, Barcelona, 269 p.]
  		•  Hematite
    Fe
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: [Joaquim Mollfulleda, Minerales, Omega, 1996]
    Site Photo
    Montpalau, Pineda de Mar, Maresme, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
    © Carlos Calvet
  		•  Hydrozincite
    Zn
     
    5
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|CO
     
    3
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [Joaquim Mollfulleda, Minerales, Omega, 1996]
  		•  Jarosite
    KFe
    3+
     
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [Bareche, E. (2005) "Els minerals de Catalunya. Segle XX" Ed. Grup Mineralògic Català, Barcelona, 269 p.]
  		•  Laumontite
    CaAl
     
    2
    		Si
     
    4
    		O
     
    12
    		·4H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Bareche, E. (2005) "Els minerals de Catalunya. Segle XX" Ed. Grup Mineralògic Català, Barcelona, 269 p.]
  		•  Limonite
    FeO(OH)·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Laura Palacios Pérez, Minerals i roques, Pòrtic Natura, 2003]
  		•  Orthoclase
    K[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [Bareche, E. (2005) "Els minerals de Catalunya. Segle XX" Ed. Grup Mineralògic Català, Barcelona, 269 p.]
  		•  Phlogopite
    KMg
     
    3
    		[(OH,F)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [Bareche, E. (2005) "Els minerals de Catalunya. Segle XX" Ed. Grup Mineralògic Català, Barcelona, 269 p.]
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Bareche, E. (2005) "Els minerals de Catalunya. Segle XX" Ed. Grup Mineralògic Català, Barcelona, 269 p.]
  		•  Pyrolusite
    MnO
     
    2
    Reference: [Bareche, E. (2005) "Els minerals de Catalunya. Segle XX" Ed. Grup Mineralògic Català, Barcelona, 269 p.]
  		•  Pyrrhotite
    Fe
     
    7
    		S
     
    8
    		, (-4M), also given as Fe
     
    1-x
    		S (x = 0 - 0.2)
    Reference: [Bareche, E. (2005) "Els minerals de Catalunya. Segle XX" Ed. Grup Mineralògic Català, Barcelona, 269 p.]
  		•  Smithsonite
    ZnCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Bareche, E. (2005) "Els minerals de Catalunya. Segle XX" Ed. Grup Mineralògic Català, Barcelona, 269 p.]
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: [Laura Palacios Pérez, Minerals i roques, Pòrtic Natura, 2003]


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