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Andalusite from
Spain


Locality type:Country
Classification
Species:Andalusite
Formula:Al2(SiO4)O
Comments:In silurian black shales.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Muscovite20 photos of Andalusite associated with Muscovite at this locality.
Diaspore12 photos of Andalusite associated with Diaspore at this locality.
Chlorite Group10 photos of Andalusite associated with Chlorite Group at this locality.
Quartz4 photos of Andalusite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Milky Quartz3 photos of Andalusite associated with Milky Quartz at this locality.
Mica Group2 photos of Andalusite associated with Mica Group at this locality.
Garnet Group1 photo of Andalusite associated with Garnet Group at this locality.
Feldspar Group1 photo of Andalusite associated with Feldspar Group at this locality.
Schist1 photo of Andalusite associated with Schist at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Andalusite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Spain
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:302421
Long-form Identifier:1:3:302421:8
GUID (UUID V4):bdcd62e2-2e51-4bf8-afa5-e337a6d23339
Localities for Andalusite in this Region
Andalusia, Spain
Schist outcrops, Tabernas, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
Los Torilejos area, Hornachuelos, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain
Cerro de la Sal quarry, Sierra Albarrana, Hornachuelos, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain
Loma del Gato, Almuñecar, Granada, Andalusia, Spain
Schist outcrops, Salobreña occurrence, Granada, Andalusia, Spain
Road to Navas de Tolosa, Santa Elena, Jaén, Andalusia, Spain
Torrequebrada, Benalmádena, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
Arroyo de Torres, Cártama, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
Matilde Mine, La Viñuela, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
Mijas, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
Cerro Pastora, Torrox, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
Torrox unit, Torrox, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
Clot ravine, Montanuy, Huesca, Aragon, Spain
Doiras, Boal, Asturias, Spain
Froseira, Doiras, Boal, Asturias, Spain
Gumio, Boal, Asturias, Spain
Villar de San Pedro, Boal, Asturias, Spain
Fregeneda–Almendra pegmatite field, Castile and Leon, Spain
Villameca Reservoir, Villameca, Quintana del Castillo, León, Castile and Leon, Spain
La Fregeneda, Salamanca, Castile and Leon, Spain
El Cardoso de la Sierra, Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
El Zahurdón, El Cardoso de la Sierra, Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
El Berrocal Mine, Nombela, Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Juanita Mine, Sant Pere Màrtir, Collserola mountain range, Barcelona city, Barcelonès, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
El Port de la Selva, Alt Empordà, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
Cap de Creus, Cadaqués, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
Ravine of S'Arenassa, El Port de la Selva, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
Can Magre Mines, Vidreres, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
Victoria Mine, Arres, Aran valley, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
Bosc de Poblet, Vimbodí i Poblet, Conca de Barberà, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
Atrevida Mine, Bosc de Poblet, Vimbodí i Poblet, Conca de Barberà, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
Montejo de la Sierra, Community of Madrid, Spain
Puerto de El Cardoso, Montejo de la Sierra, Community of Madrid, Spain
Serrada de la Fuente, Puentes Viejas, Community of Madrid, Spain
Road to Torremocha, Aldea del Cano, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
Belvis de Monroy, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
Acebuche, Cáceres, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
Mirabel, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
Villar del Pedroso granite, Villar del Pedroso, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
Nido del Cuervo hill, Tomiño, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
Vilachán do Monte, Tomiño, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
87, pages 433–444, 2002 Andalusite-sillimanite replacement (Mazarrón, SE Spain): A microstructural and...Universidad de Granada. Fuentenueva s/n, 18002 Granada, Spain 3 Institut de Mineralogie et Petrographie, Université...Fribourg, Switzerland ABSTRACT At Mazarrón, SE Spain, dacitic lavas of the Neogene Volcanic Province...numerous xenocrysts and xenoliths with abundant andalusite that displays variable degrees of transformation...coarse sillimanite. At the onset of replacement, andalusite dissolves along grain boundaries and (110) cleavage
Report (chapter)
medium-pressure Variscan metamorphism in Galicia (NW Spain): evolution of a kyanite-bearing synform and associated...A u t ~ n o m a de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain Abstract: Evidence for different substitution relationships...the O110 de Sapo gneiss antiform in Galicia (NW Spain) suggests a high dependence of metamorphic evolution...pseudomorphically after early pre-D2 andalusite. Syn-D2 inversion of andalusite to kyanite indicates an evolution...boundary of the synform new, late post-D2 pleochroic andalusite grew from staurolite and biotite indicating reinstallment
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Transformation of kyanite to andalusite in the Benamocarra Unit (Betic Cordillera, S. Spain). Kinetics and petrological...(CSIC-UGR), Universidad de Granada, E-18071 Granada, Spain *Corresponding author, e-mail: asnavas@ugr.es 2...(CSIC-UGR), Universidad de Granada, E-18071 Granada, Spain **Present address: Instituto de Geociências, Faculdade...br Abstract: Kyanite is directly replaced by andalusite in quartz–plagioclase veins included within graphite-bearing...the Alpine Benamocarra Unit (Betic Cordillera, Spain). Electron back-scattered diffraction indicates
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sciences, Complutense University, 28040 Madrid, Spain; granito@geo.ucm.es 2 Department of Crystallography...Sciences, Complutense University, 28040 Madrid, Spain 3 Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007,...of igneous muscovite together with coexisting andalusite and sillimanite in some of the studied granites...of 2–3 kbar. Keywords: peraluminous granites, andalusite, sillimanite, Sr-Nd-Pb isotopes, Iberian Variscan...studied granites contain peraluminous minerals (andalusite, sillimanite, cordierite, muscovite, Al-rich
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
schists from the Torrox unit, Betic Cordillera, Spain MARIA DOLORES RUIZ CRUZ1,* and CARLOS SANZ DE GALDEANO2...Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, 29071 Málaga, Spain *Corresponding author, e-mail: mdruiz@uma.es 2 Instituto...de Granada, Facultad de Ciencias, 18071 Granada, Spain Abstract: Microdiamond inclusions in garnet have...complex, Internal Zone of the Betic Cordillera, Spain. Prior to this, ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) phases...several stages of garnet growth, by staurolite–andalusite parageneses, and by matrix micas. In this study
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
shear-zone slates, southern Iberian Massif, SE Spain J . J I M É N E Z - M I L L Á N 1 , * , N . V...Campus Universitario, Edificio B-3, 23071 Jaén, Spain, Departamento de Mineralogı́a y Petrologı́a, Universidad...Ciencias, Avda. Fuentenueva s/n, 18002 Granada, Spain, and 3 Departamento de Geociencias, Universidade...near Jaén (SE Spain). Muscovite and Fe-rich chlorite in strain shadows of broken andalusite crystals were...to {110} of andalusite reveal the importance of cleavage-controlled fracturing of andalusite to the mineral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Rock by the Ronda Ultramafic Intrusion, Southern Spain ABSTRACT The Ronda massif is an outcrop of generally...approximately 300 km2 on the southern coast of Spain west of Malaga. An emplacement age between Triassic...+ 1 kb is deduced from the coincidence of the andalusite-sillimanite and muscovite plus quartz reactions...approximately 300 km2 on the southern coast of Spain between Malaga and Gibraltar. It consists of harzburgite...CONTACT METAMORPHISM OF PELITIC ROCK, SOUTHERN SPAIN 2451 YUNQUERA Figure 1. Lithologic map of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
djurleite according to their atomic Benasque, Huesca (Spain), in the acidic subvolcanic orientation. As Evans...stream, in Luesma, nature has difficulties Zaragoza (Spain), achieving a stable in the Stephanian association...in Pardos, locality for this type Guadalajara (Spain) of pseudomorph is or in the ignimbrites the Dzhezkazgan...1990s. Dzhezkazgan (Drugman, 1922) and Zaragoza, Spain. 6 mm crystal. Miguel Calvo coll. djurleite crystals...the faces of the two Kyanite pseudomorphs after andalusite rhombohedra means that their morphology is frequently
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
kyanite if sillimanite and/or andalusite is/are present, and of andalusite if only sillimanite is present...phase Similar expressions can be written for andalusite (And) and sillimanite (Sil) and the following...Quartz is present everywhere in the diagram. A andalusite; K kyanite; N sillimanite. The relative positions...of kyanite ~- soIn is greater than t h a t of andalusite -]- soln, which in turn is greater than sfllimanite...white mica alteration is first kyanite, then andalusite, and finally sillimanite. This means t h a t
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Facultad de Ciencias) 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain Received 11 March 2004; received in revised form...the western limits of the Betic Cordilleras (SW Spain); materials from the Triassic to Holocene are found...situation and geological data The study area is in SW Spain, between the Straits of Gibraltar and the mouth...between Ubrique and Grazalema belong to this domain. SPAIN Murcia Cordoba Sevilla Granada N Cadiz Malaga...de Gibraltar Units Fig. 1. Geology of Southern Spain and location of studied zone. 100 Km J.P. Moral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Abstract Ion-microprobe analysis of zircons from an andalusite-bearing orthogneiss within the major AlpujaÂrride...rims, interpreted as the magmatic age of the andalusite-bearing biotite granite parent rock for the gneisses...by graphite-bearing ®brolite-garnet-staurolite-andalusite mica schists; lower contacts are not exposed...sized, black to greyish, mica-rich schlieren. Andalusite is present in each sample face, forming 0.2 to...were observed (estimated vol.% in brackets): andalusite (2), apatite (<1), biotite (5), chlorite (1)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
FROM THE MALÁGUIDE COMPLEX, BETIC CORDILLERAS, SPAIN: AN XRD, EMPA AND TEM–AEM STUDY MARÍA DOLORES RUIZ...Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, E–29071 Málaga, Spain EMILIO GALÁN Departamento de Cristalografía, Mineralogía...Química, Universidad de Sevilla, E–41071 Sevilla, Spain ABSTRACT We have studied the nature of spots occurring...Maláguide Complex, in the Betic Cordilleras of southern Spain, by optical microscopy, X-ray diffraction, electron-microprobe...microscopy, Maláguide complex, Betic Cordilleras, Spain. SOMMAIRE Nous avons étudié la nature des taches
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crustal melting beneath the Betic Cordillera (SE Spain): The case study of Mar Menor volcanic suite A.M...Carmen, Avda. Fuerzas Armadas, s/n, 21071, Huelva, Spain National Museum of Natural History, Naturalis, Darwinweg...Province (NVP) within the Betic Cordillera (SE Spain) consists of three main metapelitic enclave suites...the Mar Menor rocks have andalusite xenocrysts within the lavas, and andalusite euhedral porphyroblasts... Porphyroblasts of garnet, orthopyroxene and andalusite are locally present. Enclaves typically do not
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain (email: j.reche@geologia.uab.es) 2Department of...45221-0013, USA A B S TR A C T Kyanite replaces andalusite in a belt of Ordovician and Silurian pelitic...kyanite–muscovite aggregates that pseudomorph earlier andalusite porphyroblasts. The aggregates are found across...recognized in assemblage II and even in III: andalusite–staurolite–biotite–muscovite, this latter being...and is resorbed inside new massive pleochroic andalusite. KFMASH and MnKFMASH pseudosections have been
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
EJM Crystallization sequences of coexisting andalusite, kyanite, and sillimanite, and a report on a...Abstract: Rocks containing three Al2SiO5 polymorphs – andalusite (And), kyanite (Ky), and sillimanite (Sil) –...In sequences with early andalusite (And ? Ky ? Sil), formation of andalusite is typically unrelated to...than the other reported sequences. Key-words: andalusite; kyanite; polymorphs; sillimanite; metamorphism...The coexistence of three Al2SiO5 polymorphs (andalusite, kyanite, sillimanite) in a rock occurs as a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
underlying so-called parautochthon at the coast of NW Spain Botao Li, Hans-Joachim Massonne PII: DOI: Reference:...underlying so-called parautochthon at the coast of NW Spain, LITHOS (2017), doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2017.06.003...so-called parautochthon SC RI at the coast of NW Spain Botao Li, Hans-Joachim Massonne* NU Institut...title: Metamorphic evolution of metapelites, NW Spain Abstract: 204 words Main text body: 7059 words...northern Malpica-Tuy unit (MTU) D and a staurolite-andalusite bearing metapelite from the underlying parautochthon
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
granitic pegmatites of the Fregeneda area (Salamanca, Spain): characteristics and petrogenesis E. RODAROBLES1...Universidad del Pals Vasco 644, E-48080, Bilbao, Spain 2 Laboratoire de Min6ralogie, Universit6 Paul Sabatier...ABSTRACT Pegmatites of the Fregeneda area, Salamanca, Spain, show a zonal distribution, from barren to enrichment...K-feldspar > albite, muscovite, tourmaline _+ andalusite __ garnet; (2) intermediate pegmatites (types...pegmatite field of the Fregeneda area (Salamanca, Spain) has been E. RODA ROBLESETAL. studied. Different
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1525-1314.2004.00549.x Retrograde replacement of andalusite by Ca–Na mica in chloritoid-bearing metapelites...Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain (francisco.martinez@uab.es) ABSTRACT Andalusite porphyroblasts are totally...pelites containing the peak mineral assemblage andalusite, chlorite, chloritoid, margarite, paragonite...relatively richer and poorer in andalusite to model the assemblages in an andalusite-bearing rock that contains...contains a thin andalusite-rich band (ARB) during retrogression. Their compositions, prior to retrogression
Report (chapter)
staurolite and kyanite changed into others with andalusite-sillimanite, biotite and cordierite giving evidence...COM. ::;::::+'IAIRTF-P!C4 GRANITES STAUROLITE-ANDALUSITE ZONE ~CALCALK FIG. 2. Distribution of the main...in addition to the above-mentioned minerals, andalusite and cordierite are found. These minerals are...relatively simple with welldefined biotite and andalusite-cordierite assemblages, characteristic of a high...assemblages are overprinted by andalusite and sillimanite. The andalusite overgrows earlier garnet and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
FROM A SHEAR ZONE, SOUTHERN IBERIAN MASSIF, SE SPAIN J U A N J I MÉ N E Z -M I LL Á N 1 , *, M E R...Campus Universitario, Edificio B-3, 23071 Jaén, Spain Departamento de Geociencias, Universidade de Aveiro...Ciencias, Avda. Fuentenueva s/n, 18002 Granada, Spain 2 3 Abstract—Naturally deformed biotite in contact-metamorphosed...zone of the Southern Iberian Massif near Jaén (SE Spain) were studied by X-ray diffraction, optical microscopy...a shear zone of the Southern Iberian Massif (SE Spain) were examined to investigate the influence of deformation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
19, 661±677 P±T modelling of the andalusite±kyanite±andalusite sequence and related assemblages in...Bellaterra, Spain (francisco.martinez@uab.es) ABSTRACT The exceptional andalusite±kyanite±andalusite sequence...aggregates, which are overgrown by pleochroic andalusite near granites intruded along the fault. Slates...rocks, which is restricted to low pressure in the andalusite stability ®eld. The P±T path deduced from modelling...modelling shows a ®rst prograde event in the andalusite ®eld followed by retrogression into the kyanite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CIENCIAS, CAMPUS FUENTENUEVA S/N, 18071 GRANADA, SPAIN 2 DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY...K-feldspar + plagioclase ± garnet (Assemblage 2) to andalusite + biotite + K-feldspar + plagioclase (Assemblage...textures, the present assemblage is biotite + andalusite + sillimanite + muscovite + cordierite + Kfeldspar...crystallization of residual granitic melts in the andalusite stability field and the preservation of textural...Rif mountain chains of the adjacent regions of Spain and Morocco (Fig. 1). During the Neogene evolution
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(northern Morocco) and the Western Betics (southern Spain). Constraints from Raman spectroscopy of carbonaceous...(northern Morocco) and the Western Betics (southern Spain), the Alboran Domain forms a complex stack of metamorphic...thermometry. INTRODUCTION The Betic (southern Spain) and Rif (northern Morocco) chains represent the...Mesozoic times. From western Morocco to southern Spain, these moderately high topographic features form...Ronda and Beni Bousera peridotites, in southern Spain and northern Morocco,  2006 Blackwell Publishing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
FACULTAD DE CIENC1AS, FUENTENUEVA S/N, 18002—GRANADA, SPAIN Medium-grade metapelites from the Tbrrox unit (Western...silicate (Als) polymorphs (kyanite, fibrolite and andalusite) in rocks that were I Oxford University Press...Sil—And Metapelites from the Betic Belt (Southern Spain) f JOURNAL OF PETROLOGY VOLUME 37 NUMBER 5 ...segment of the Betic Zone of the Betic Cordillera, S. Spain [based on an unpublished map by R. L. Torrcs-Roldan;...(fibrolite-free schists); directly replaced by andalusite with undulatory zone 2: St + Bt + Grt + (± Ky)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fregeneda-Almendra pegmatite field, Central Iberian Zone (Spain and Portugal) Encarnación Roda-Robles & Romeu Vieira...Universidad del Pais Vasco/EHU, Apdo. 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain e-mail: encar.roda@ehu.es R. Vieira : A. Lima Geology...Legend: Group i) 1—simple interior; 2—quartz + andalusite conformable dykes; 3—simple dykes and apophyses;...granitic/riolitic and faults; 17—sillimanite isograd; 18—andalusite isograd; 19—biotite isograd the Variscan deformation:...K-feldspar > albite, muscovite, tourmaline ± andalusite ± garnet, (types 1, 2, 3 and 4); and (ii) in
 
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