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Selenite from
Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain


Locality type:Province
Classification
Species:Gypsum var: Selenite
Formula:CaSO4 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Gypsum2 photos of Selenite associated with Gypsum at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Selenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain
Photo GalleryView Gallery (7 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:277285
Long-form Identifier:1:3:277285:1
GUID (UUID V4):8ad99f9b-d55b-4f83-a19e-7ce11e564376
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ACTIVE SUBSIDENCE DUE TO EVAPORITE DISSOLUTION IN SPAIN 'Francisco Gutierrez, "Federico Orti, 'Mateo Gutierrez...University of Zaragoza,Geodinamica. Edificio Geologicas, C Pedro Cerbuna, 12, 50009, Zaragoza, Spain; fgutier@posta...Zona Universitaria de Pedralbes, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; orti@natura.geo.ub.es; Fax: 34-93-4021340; Phone:...Geologicas, Universidad Complutense. 28040 Madrid, Spain; alfredog@eucm{L.,..sim.ucm.es; Fax: 34-91-3944845;...Medioambientales (CS.I.C), C Serrano JJ5dpdo.. 28006 Madrid, Spain; benito@ccma.csic.es; Fax: 34-91-5640800; Phone:
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com/locate/oregeorev Review Gypsum resources of Spain: Temporal and spatial distribution J.I. Escavy ⁎...Madrid, C/ José Antonio Novais, 2, 28040 Madrid, Spain a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article...September 2012 Available online 12 September 2012 Spain is one of the main gypsum producers in the world...Cambrian to Quaternary are preserved throughout Spain. The evaporites are formed by chemical precipitation...Cantabro–Iberian basin (northern Spain). The first properly identified evaporite formation in Spain is located in the
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Spaniards in 1517, the needs for minerals increased. Spain needed the gold and silver to finance its territorial...the Santa Eulalia area is uncertain. Records in Spain cite that silver was discovered in 1591 in the mountains...of the political unrest in southcentral Mexico, Spain withdrew most of its military forces from Chihuahua...but with México winning its independence from Spain in 1821, the Spaniards left the district and the...gypsum variety selenite of enormous size. In 1978, for example, a most remarkable selenite cave was encountered
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Spaniards in 1517 , the needs for minerals increased. Spain needed the gold and silver to finance its territorial...the Santa Eulalia area is uncertain. Records in Spain cite that silver was discovered in 1591 in the mountains...of the political unrest in southcentral Mexico. Spain withdrew most of its rnilitary forces from Chihuahua... but with Mexico winning its independence from Spain in 1821, the Spaniards left the district and the...gypsum variety selenite of enormous size. Jn 1978, for example, a most remarkable selenite cave was encountered
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
David. Figure 8. Gypsum (selenite), 18 cm high, Fuentes De Ebro, Zaragoza, Spain. Formerly in the collection...collection of Albert0 Botella Ripoll of Barcelona, Spain. These specimens helped fill gaps in the Sams collection
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geologı́a, c= José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain b Dpto Petrologı́a y Geoquı́mica, Fac. Ciencias...Geológicas, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain c CNRS (URA 1761), Lab. Géologie, Museum National...formations of the Calatayud Basin, northeastern Spain. The growth of the gypsum nodules, initially anhydrite...Lower Unit of the Calatayud Basin, northeastern Spain (Hoyos and López Martı́nez, 1985). The location...formations of the Calatayud Basin (northeastern Spain) (Fig. 1). In these formations, some beds exhibit
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Barcelona. Martı́ Franquès, s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain Received 4 May 2004; received in revised form 14...basins of the Murcia-Lorca area (Eastern Betics, SE Spain) and have a high content of enclosed minerals, ranging...or rinsing in ethyl alcohol is recommended in selenite or coarse-grained samples to eliminate the interfer-...Fortuna and Archena–Mula basins (SE Spain) Guadalentin corridor (SE Spain) a FL–9 FL–10 FL–11 FL–14 FL–15...burrowed Secondary gypsum Secondary gypsum Selenite Selenite Selenite Microlent. burrowed Microlent. burrowed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALS GEORGIA — Grayish, translucent xls of selenite have been found in a road cut 2 miles N . W ....figure out how it was formed. There are also some selenite crystals here. This is y2 mile N . of Langley...of Penfield (Monroe Co.), N . Y. The first is a selenite, waterclear cleavages; the second, dolomite xls...5y2 x U/2 inches thick beautifully transparent selenite platy mass. The last specimen comes from the famous...it." — letter recently received from Mr. Graf. SPAIN—A nice loose 6-sided translucent aragonite xl has
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
28040-Madrid, Spain Instituto de Geología Económica (CSIC-UCM), C/Antonio Novais, 2, 28040-Madrid, Spain a r...the Lower Miocene in the Madrid Basin, Central Spain. Exposure of this succession in a recently excavated...geoquímica, Facultad de Geología (UCM), 28040-Madrid, Spain. E-mail addresses: mesanz@geo.ucm.es, jupamaes@hotmail...is a continental depression located in central Spain. It is locked between the Central System in the...microbial mats hosted in modern saline lakes of Central Spain (Sanz-Montero et al., 2011a), would support this
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
hemi-radial/radial (Fig. 7C) selenite crystals. Swallow-tail twinning consists of giant pure selenite crystals (ca....50 cm), often vertically oriented. Grass-like selenite beds are usually separated from one another by...Twinned selenite crystals occur usually at the bottom of gypsum beds. Hemi-radial to radial selenite crystals...limestone Lm4 Cherty limestone Ev1 Gypsarenite Ev2 Selenite Ev3 Halite Fe Gypsiferous mudstone Fl4 White...assemblage consists of gypsarenite (facies Ev1), selenite (facies Ev2), and diatomite-bearing gypsiferous
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...three great, wild massifs and separate the rest of Spain from the principality of Asturias, a land of bagpipes...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
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.................... Gypsum, variety selenite ....... Selenite Inclusions ................. Rare Minerals...has an excellent selection of tumbled stones. Selenite crystals can be purchased for 80 cents per pound...Greenockite Grossularite (?) Gypsum Gypsum, var. Selenite Halite Hedenbergite Hematite Hematite, var. Specularite...Naica mine, including the A fracture filled with selenite crystals in the Cave of the Swords. I former...magnificent natural wonders of Mexico — caves lined with selenite crystals. These caves were generally formed along
Journal (issue)
Index Committee Gypsum crystals from near Zaragoza, Spain ..................................143 by M...magnesiochromite, quartz(N), uvarovite. Corral Hollow selenite locality—Corral Hollow, 11 miles ESE of Livermore...malachite, spangolite. Danby Dry Lake. Gypsum (selenite). Evening Star m ine—West foothills of Ivanpah...Bernardino Co.) Corkscrew mine (Inyo Co.) Corral Hollow selenite locality (Alameda Co.) Coso Hot Springs deposit...Fernando El Catolico, 24 dup.6. ^dch. 50009 Zaragoza, Spain Recently some very fine crystals of gypsum
Journal (issue)
Rosenzweig Tampa, FL Correspondents Miguel Calvo Zaragoza, Spain Joe Polityka Staten Island, NY Jeffrey A. Scovil...Mazarrón-Águilas mining district, Murcia Province, Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....District, Murcia Province, Spain Borja Sainz de Baranda Miami 3 28027 Madrid, Spain José González del Tánago...Universidad Complutense de Madrid 28040 Madrid, Spain E-mail: tanago@geo.ucm.es Joan Viñals Departamento...Químicas Universidad de Barcelona 08028 Barcelona, Spain. E-mail: vinyals@material.qui.ub.es Three small
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(takeshi.kasama@cen.dtu.dk) 3 ICMA, University of Zaragoza (Julia.Herrero@unizar.es) 1 Paleomagnetic signals...de la Tierra (IACT), CSIC-UGR, Armilla, Granada, Spain 3 Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Area di Ricerca...CNRS (France) 1 The Cerro del Almirez Massif in Spain preserves field evidence for the prograde transition...entrapment model for the quantitative description of selenite coprecipitation with calcite Tawlah Specialized...management. A possible retention mechanism for selenite in natural environments is the structural incorporation
Report (issue)
United Kingdom BY IAN JONES 38 Fluorite from Spain: Every Color Under the Sun BY GUIOMAR & MIGUEL CALVO...Durango, Mexico (page 72); Berbes district, Asturias, Spain (page 38); and Seilles, Namur province, Belgium...notable locality is the Moscona mine, Asturias, Spain. Placed side by side, the fluorescence of this fluorite...Medici 700 17 specimens from the Moscona mine in Spain (Axel Emmermann, written comm., 2005). The color... Fluorite from Spain: Guiomar Calvo is a Geology student at Zaragoza University in Spain. Miguel Calvo
Book (volume)
Sciences Universidad Complutense de Madrid Madrid, Spain José Tomás Oliveira Laboratório Nacional de Energia...Castillo de San Ramón (Cabo de Gata, Almería, SE Spain). Photograph by JC Braga This Springer imprint is...recently published Geological Map of Portugal and Spain, 2015, scale 1:1,000,000. v vi Editors and Volume...temperate carbonates in the Neogene basins in southern Spain and diverse aspects of the regional geology of the...Granada, Granada, Spain Belén Alonso Institut de Ciències del Mar, ICM-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain Antonio Barnolas
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
lacustrine Las Minas Gypsum unit (Late Tortonian, SE Spain) Federico Ortı́, Laura Rosell, Lluı́s Gibert, Mar...lacustrine Las Minas Gypsum unit (Late Tortonian, SE Spain), Sedimentary Geology (2014), doi: 10.1016/j.sedgeo...IP T Las Minas Gypsum unit (Late Tortonian, SE Spain) a NU Montserrat Inglès a, Jean Marie Rouchy...Universitat de Barcelona; 08028 b MA Barcelona, Spain Group of Dynamic of the Lithosphere, Institute...Sciences Jaume Almera, ICTJA-CSIC, 08028 Barcelona, Spain Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle; 43, Rue de
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fine way to recognize their hard work! Gypsum (selenite variety), Galetta, Ontario, Canada * 12 x 13 x...on a windowpane. ») Gypsum (selenite variety), Portman, Murcia, Spain ° 14 Nellexorem Dendritic manganese...Tuscany; Cianciana, Sicily — 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
Journal (issue)
Rosenzweig Tampa, FL Correspondents Miguel Calvo Zaragoza, Spain Michael P. Cooper Nottingham, England Thomas...Some of the specimens resemble pyromorphite from Spain, whereas others look like Bunker Hill mine, Idaho...for the halite itself instead of the attached selenite crystals (though they did add to its aesthetics)...C/Arc de Sant Marti, 79 Local 08032 BARCELONA - SPAIN ^ (34) 934 504 478 Fax (34) 934 504 745 by appointment...(mineralrt .com/mineperu) (click on the atacamite. and selenite). Felix Rocha The Lily mine, Peru Is all of this
Journal (issue)
Madrid, Spain) had his usual pristine array of fine pyrite cubes and groups from Logrono, Spain, and also...in pockets cut out of massive alabaster at Zaragoza, Spain. Cabinet pieces were spectacular, and priced...yellow fluorite with white calcite from Asturias, Spain, all cabinet pieces. Chinese cinnabar specimens...selection of selenite crystals from Raura, Lima De­ partment, Peru. These transparent blades of selenite from...first ye was able to attract foreign dealers from Spain, Brazil, Norway a Canada. The Pasadena Show will
Report (volume)
gypsum, hematite, magnetite, turquoise, asbestos, selenite, sapphire, siderite, corundum) and fossils (e...stones, not all of which can be easily identified. Selenite, for example, should be worn on the arm at the...about 52 and 68, he was appointed Procurator of Spain before returning to Rome in about AD 75. Later,...1961. Alfonso X el Sabio and the Renaissance in Spain. Hispania, 44, 448—453. ANDERSON, F. J. 1997. An...castellana. Revista de la Real Academia de Ciencias de Zaragoza, 61, 147-179. LINAN, E., LINAN, M. & Carrasco
Journal (issue)
The clear bladed crystals commonly known as "selenite" are the variety of gypsum often found where pyrite...limestone-shale contact is liable to have cruses of small "selenite" crystals on its walls. They are well-developed...mines of Masson Hill at Matlock have all yielded "selenite" crystals apparently from the weathering of pyrite...pyrite in the associated toadstones. "Selenite" crystal crusts have also been found in some of the Castleton...Weathered shales in the Millstone Grit also yield "selenite" cruses and rosettes, e.g. at Marn Tor, Castleton
Journal (issue)
Hungary, Austria, the Netherlands, Italy, Elba, Spain, The Mineralogical Record, volume 50, July–August...ferns Fossil gastropods Gypsum (including selenite) Moonstones 6. Lapides in animalibus (geodes...Minerales y Minas de España (“Minerals and Mines of Spain”). Volume 9. Silicatos by Miguel Calvo Rebollar...of Mines and Energy Engineers of Madrid, Madrid, Spain. Hardcover, cloth with dustjacket, 18 3 25 cm, 767...Fundación Gómez Pardo, Alenza 1, 28003, Madrid Spain, and by e-mail to: jose.navas@upm.es The ninth and
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Rosenzweig Tampa, FL Correspondents Miguel Calvo Zaragoza, Spain Michael P. Cooper Nottingham, England Thomas...$10 $10 v.20/#2 Little Three mine (CA), Zaragoza Gypsum (Spain), Calif. Locality Index $10 v.20/#5 Brazilian...(NV), azurite,"Scandinavia $10 Eugui quarries (Spain) $10 v.22/#3 Messina mines (So. Afr.), Idria mines...23/#3 African gold, IA calcite, Hiendelaencina (Spain), Freiberg Acad.; Tucson & Paris shows $10 v.23/#5... Getchell arsenates (NV) $10 v.l9/#5 Almaden (Spain), IMA, J. Berzelius, Probertite, Osarizawaite $10
 
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