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Specularite from
Asturias, Spain


Locality type:Autonomous Community
Classification
Species:Hematite var: Specularite
Formula:Fe2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Specularite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Asturias, Spain
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:193638
Long-form Identifier:1:3:193638:4
GUID (UUID V4):703c32bc-00dd-4911-8aee-b2aaf9b1e263
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
................................ The Asturias region of Spain ........................................thrustfaults. They are composed of alternatingbandsof specularite and very fine quartz (recrystallizedchert)with...theseores grade into bandedquartz-magnetite-specularite schist. Reserves are saidto be on the order of...districtare locallymetamorphosed to ores composed of specularite, magnetite,martite,and cummingtonite, with quartz...10'ā€¢tonsof materialrunning3354 Fe. The ore is a specularite-quartz schist. locallywell-banded (Fig. 11I
Catalog/List
4tx3x2". Ā£14.00. FLUoRITE. Caravia Mine, Asturias, Spain. Very choice, transparent to translucent internally...z veinstuff. 3x2xl~ ". 1:2.50. PYRITES, Soria, Spain. Specimen A - Excellent very sharp bright brassy...crystals with inclusions of small black platy SPECULARITE crystals, to tOO in size, thickly encrusting...crystaline smithsonite matrix. l-txl-}xl". 1:4.50. SPECULARITE. Florence Mine, Egre ont, Cumberland. Choice...on which are scattered numerous pIety black Specularite crystals. very attractive specimen for display
Catalog/List
of the specimen. Ā£4. FLUORITE, HEMATITE AND SPECULARITE, Florence mine, Egremont, Cumbria. 5x5x2.5cm...and the reverse is coated with sparkly black specularite over a botryoidal matrix. Ā£12. FLUORITE, Rigg...vugs underneath containing small quartzes and specularite. The top displays the wonderful typical botryoidal...slightly curved. Ā£18. 164.ARAGONITE, Molina d'aragon, Spain. 4x3.7x3.8cm. This is a single grey and purple hexagonal...piece. Ā£8. 185.CALCITE, Moscona mine, Solis, Asturias, Spain. 10x4.5x5.2cm. This is a stunning group of
Catalog/List
j-xltxl". Ā£1. 75. FLUORITE. Caravia Mine, Asturias, Spain. Choi~e, light purple, translucent to transparent...size, L';: r-gro-.,!) or- matrix Ifith :I!!nor Specularite and Calcite in associ&_ic r . 2::1txl;;-". Ā£4...excEl.l.Er-~ 'ClC._:-, SO.. 'E ~l"'-C minor Specularite attached. Crystals ea",: ap, 1'0'. : ;xL;:d"
Report (chapter)
by Clegg et al. (1957) of Triassic red beds in Spain, in which they found magnetizations with directions...referred to are illustrated in Figures 3 and 4. Specularite grains can be rather equidimensional and, if...two principal modes of occurrence (pigment and specularite) typically had contrasting laboratory unblocking...examples of the thermal unblocking of pigment and specularite remanence would become routine in PCA of carefully...and 620 8C marking the isolation of detrital specularite after removal of abundant pigment (in steps between
Journal (issue)
161 - Sept/Oct 1999 SMLS FIELD TRIP TO NORTHERN SPAIN July 17 - 30th July 1999 Part I. An Overview This...This was geotourism at its best. Northern Spain is the home of the famous quality fluorites with their...massifs and separate the rest of Spain from the principality of Asturias, a land of bagpipes and cider,...culture survive because this was the only fragment of Spain never to have fallen to the Moors. There were 15...for the next meal. James Catmur led our trip in Spain, with Roger having co-ordinated things for SMLS
Catalog/List
specimen. LC,.t25. 111. PLUORITE, Berbes,Asturias Region,Spain. aggregation of pale-purple,step-faced,cubic...cavity in upper surface carpeted vith glistening Specularite xtle. Specimen B-highly polished ' kidney oreā€¢...x-sectional radial patterns. some small areas of specularite. Specimen Dmainly shoving K-sectional radial...upper surface coated vith a dusting of micro Specularite and an area of pale,ice-blue cubic Fluorite xtls...Superb cabinet ' disp_Uy. Heavyl MUS,t90. 206. SPECULARITE. Florence Mine,Beckermet,Cumbria. Excellent layered
Catalog/List
1x1", Ā£3.25p. 41. FLUORITE. Caravia-Mine, Asturias, Spain. Choice transparent light purpl~ coloured cubic...b13ckish psilomelane matrix. 3x1tx1", Ā£5.50p 88. SPECULARITE. W ndham Mine, Egremont, Cumberland. Bright black
Catalog/List
4~x3-txl*", Ā£13.00 38. FLUORITE. Carovia Mine, Asturias, Spain. Choice trQnparent to translucent light purplish...reddisrFbrown botryoid~l maGS of nice sh~pe, with small Specularite ,Jnd CCllcite cryc-tClls on the rE;V8rse side
Catalog/List
Sodalite Chile) colourless micro cubes on micro Specularite Mine, near Egremont Cumbria) 1/2 x 1/2 long...(West Fork 1 black ( Cha.rcas in centre of Spain) fS green crystals de Cerdanya CALCITE lins termination)...yellow-brown ,approx 8mm cubes, 3x2ins .(Moscona Mine, Asturias Spain) flO 31 CHALCOPYRITE very large 3x3ins. Also...masses , a large 2x3ins, with on one face. (Alraaden Spain) E8 with drusy 2x2ins a lem area of surface...Quartz lxlins. (Victoria Mine, Bossost .Val d'Aran, Spain) f.4 97 MANGANESE NODULE half about l.5ins across
Catalog/List
.... 5. 53. CALCITE. Caravia 1-:ine ,Asturias ,Spain. Pearly, semi-transparent pair of large,twinned...77. Cil:NABAR. granular Almaden, Ciudad Hial, Spain. Pure vormillion-red coloured, lustrous crystalline...scattered uith pearly Dolomite and a dustine of Specularite. 2-hc:1-Ā¾xĀ¾",;f.4.00. Specimen B. A rnatrixless...white 'oloud.a' FLVORITE.Caravia tline 1 Asturiaa,Spain. Brilliant,gemm -y llow cubio xtla. about 3/8" in...Ā¾x5/8x5/8 11 ,~34.oo. 15.5. PYRITE. Armejun,Soria,Spain. Choice,brilliant,sharp pcrf et ubio xtl with aurface
Journal (issue)
matrix was pleasantly covered with shiny black specularite and minor micro sized fluorite. Next to Ed was...fluorite form the La Viesca Mine, Huergo, Asturias in Spain. This specimen is a good cabinet size at 15cm
Book
(With 3 Figures) ...... 553 Strata-Bound Ores of Spain: Newly Discovered Features and Their Interpretation...Alpujarrides in the Betic Cordillera, Southern Spain, and of the stratabound Zn-Pb-deposit of San Vicente...comparison of occurrences from the Triassic of Southern Spain, the Triassic/Liassic of East-Central Peru and other...of the Alpujarrides (Betic Cordillera, Southern Spain). Comparison with other diagenetic rhythmites. I...of the exsolution texture of rutile-specularite in the specularite-muscovite-chert assemblage; the obliteration
Book (volume)
chapters: France and Luxembourg by J. Bouladon Spain by F. Vazquez Guzman Portugal by D. Thadeu Italy...Yugoslavia; and Southwest Europe embraces France, Spain, Portugal and Italy. Each volume has an introductory...Conclusion . Distribution in space Distribution in time Spain by F. V3.zquez Guzman. 69 71 71 73 73 Geology...comprises the territories of France, Luxembourg, Italy, Spain and Portugal. It covers an area of l 451556km 2...Trioxide Mineral Mineral Marketable grade Equivalent Spain Production World ranking 17000 45000 I 2 100000
Journal (issue)
the Las Manforas mine (Aliva mine), Cantabria, Spain, 59 carats. Natural citrine quartz from Brazil,...collection; Jeff Scovil photo. Fluorite, 11.3 cm, Asturias S ain. Fluorite, 13.2 cm, from the Jewel Box...Pocket, La Viesca mine, La Collada, Siero, Asturias, Spain, ca. 2003 find. Ex Fernando Brugos collection;...Jarve Pocket, Llamas quarry, Duyos, Caravia, Asturias, Spain. Joe Budd photo. 106 Supplement to The Mineralogical...Fluorite, 9.6 cm, from La Cabana, Berbes, Asturias, Spain, ca. 1980 find. Ex Dietrich Mayer collection;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
intergrown with chalcopyrite and plates of hematite (ā€œspeculariteā€). 4.2.5 Silicates accompanying carbonate minerals...to Villabona carbonate-hosted fluorite deposits, Spain, which are comparatively low and which display a...from Erzberg, Radmer, in Austria; from Bilbao, Spain, Westcumberland and Lancashire, Great Britain, Kremikovtsi...with the Villalcampo shear zone, central western Spain: International Journal of Earth Sciences 102, 721-744...episyneites of Avila-BĆ©jar, central Iberian massif, Spain: Chemical Geology 143, 127-144. Ren Y., Zhong D
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
black nodules, flakes and tabular crystals (ā€˜speculariteā€™). Hematite is also dispersed in ochre and earths...wupatkite (Co,Mg,Ni)Al2 (SO4)4  22H2O) were found in Spain, and in Egypt/Sinai. It seems that such minerals...from the Tito Bustillo and El Buxu Caves, Asturias, Spain. J. Raman Spectrosc., 43, 1644ā€“1650. Herrmann...paintings from the Sierra de las Cuerdas, Cuenca, Spain. J. Raman Spectrosc., 39, 972ā€“984. eschweizerbart_xxx
Catalog/List
S/19 grey areas in rock {Herrera de los Navarros, Spain) lxJ. E~ 196 JORDANITE mass of small grey cxyst~l~...aatri (Minaespinosa, Plane, Il Ripolle catalonia, Spain lxl El.20 lx2 ES Z E OL I T E S 017 .1-.N~.LCITE...MercurySulphide rich red aasses in 111atrix. (Alaaden Spain) lxl ~Op lx2 El.60 2x2 0.30 101 CLIIOIOISIHca Al...OHH/20 rich white massive (Creu D'Olorde, Gerona, Spain) Ā½ ins E3.50 1 x Ā½ ES 247 FERROACTINOLITE. ;,mphibcle...rnatrix.(Gualba de Dalt Valles Oriental, Catalonia Spain) 249 GOLD not native, resulting from roasting of
Report (volume)
tellurides, bismuth (or bismuthinite), hematite (or specularite), molybdenite, hedleyite, and Ore Minerals ...sphalerite, gold (or electrum), galena, hematite (specularite), molybdenite, arsenopyrite, scheelite, tellurides...mineralized granodioritic intrusion at "Carles" (Asturias, Spain) [abs.]: Symposium on Current Research on Fluid...loel sericite serpentine siderite spadaite specularite ser serp sid spa spec chalcocite chalcopyrite...Philippines Papua New Guinea South-West Africa (Namibia) Spain Sweden PLPN PPNG SAFR SPAN SWDN Colombia Canada
Journal (issue)
l'Aude in S. France(3) and in northern Spain in Aragon and Asturias(4). Outside Europe it is found in the...jet-working industry in Schw&bisch Gmund in Germany. In Spain the industry flourished in the 14th and 15th centuries...of jet from each of the four provenances Turkey, Spain, Russia and the U.S.A., and these were compared...associated with yellow topaz, smoky and milky quartz, specularite and rutile together with secondary iron, manganese... 1979 Breden, Robert J., Liverpool. Barcelona, Spain. 1970 1979 Brohier, Kenneth G., Wirral. 1979 Midgley
Report (issue)
Paraguay Peru petroleum plural Puerto Rico seismology Spain statistics Dominican Republic surveying southwest...A number of local measures of area are used in Spain and Latin America: almud (Venezuela) area (Venezuela)...estadal (Nicaragua) esladal (Spain) fanega (Mexico) fanegada (Peru) fanegada (Spain) fanegada (Venezuela) labor...(Ecuador) suerte (Nicaragua) suerte (Uruguay) tahulla (Spain) tarea (Cuba) tarea (El Salvador) tarea (Santo Domingo)...Cuzco) topo (Peru, Puna) yugada (Peru) yugada (Spain) 1 hectares 0.699 hectares (8 so/ores) 0.70258
Report (volume)
continents.............................................. Spain................................................................ Summary of the iron resources of Spain............................ Production and consumption...iron in ore..........In pocket. II. Outline map of Spain and Portugal showing reserves of iron in ore .....distribution of iron-ore deposits in Vizcaya Province, Spain...................................................showing deposits of iron ore in the Sierra Menera, Spain..... 36 8. Ratio chart showing iron ore produced
Book
1986 - 1989 More Foreign Travel 154 1990 - 1999 Spain and More 192 2000 - 2009 Africa and the USA 256...time, however, as we were committed to movin g to Spain. My friendship with Ian Jones began in February...In 1988 we bought our first property in Southern Spain, in the small mountain village of Competa, 16 km...rental operation in Spain. In 1996 we agreed a rental agreement with Simply Spain, a villa holiday rental...the surgical removal operation in July 2004 in Spain. In November 2010 I had a phone call from Kim Tate
Book (edition)
ā€¢ ā€¢ ,,,, 6 HEMATITE (1-4) or bloodstone. specularite ā‚¬ V Colar: Black, black-gray, brown-red Colar...Shiny hematite crystals are so1netimes called specularite (Latin mirror) as they were used as a mirror...island of Elba, as well as fro1n Norway, Sweden, Spain, Brazil, New Zealand and the U.S. In antiquity,...green, yellowgreen Andalusite (after Andalusia in Spain) is of gemological interest because of its strong...Brazil and Sri Lanka, also from Canada (Quebec), Spain (Almeria/ Andalusia), Russia and the U.S. (Maine
Book
Ā») Gypsum (selenite variety), Portman, Murcia, Spain Ā° 14 Nellexorem Dendritic manganese oxide on limestone...Tuscany; Cianciana, Sicily ā€” all in Italy; Conil, Spain. Asia: volcanic regions in Japan. Name Derived from...Republic, Russia * 3 x 2 x 2 cm BELOW: Pendant (Spain, 17th century), gold, diamonds and enamel, 6 x 5...typically opaque. However, a few localities such as Spain and Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, produce handsome...Las Manforas (Aliva) Mine, Camalefio, Cantabria, Spain Ā° 19.3 x 13.9 mm, 37.80 ct BOTTOM: Cut sphalerite
 
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