Jacinto de Compostela Quartz

Gestalgar, Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain
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Name:	Named after pilgrims traveling to Santiago de Compostela, who carried it from other parts of Spain and used it as a kind of talisman, although the mineral does NOT occur in Santiago de Compostela itself. In Spanish mineralogical literature, the name is traditionally used exclusively for the red (hematite-included) variety of authigenic quartzes from continental gypsum-bearing marls of the Triassic Keuper formation. (They may also be found occasionally in younger Tertiary or Quaternary sediments, but in these cases the crystals were eroded out of the Keuper F.) Isolated biterminated crystals, or sometimes as groups or spheroidal aggregates, characteristically "floaters".

A variety of Eisenkiesel

Classification of Jacinto de Compostela Quartz

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Occurrences of Jacinto de Compostela Quartz

Geological Setting:

Common in the Triassic gypsum and marl of Spain and France.

Relationship of Jacinto de Compostela Quartz to other Species

Common Associates:

Gypsum

Clay

Aragonite

Other Names for Jacinto de Compostela Quartz

Synonyms:

Jacinto Quartz

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Localities for Jacinto de Compostela Quartz

(TL) indicates type locality. ? indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. All other localities listed without reference should be considered as uncertain and unproven until references can be found.


France
Aquitaine Landes Dax Canton d'Amou Bastennes	Lacroix (1901). Minéralogie de la France, Vol 3.

Spain
Aragón Teruel Albarracín Road to Gea de Albarracín	Calvo, M. (2008). Minerales de Aragón. Prames, Zaragoza. 463 pags.
Alpeñés El Coscojar	Calvo, M. (2008). Minerales de Aragón. Prames, Zaragoza. 463 pags.
Cella Hoya de la Sal	Calvo, M. (2008). Minerales de Aragón. Prames, Zaragoza. 463 pags.
Zaragoza Monterde Los Cerrillos	Calvo, M. (2008). Minerales de Aragón. Prames, Zaragoza. 463 pags.
Valencian Community Alicante Orxeta	Casanova Honrubia, Juan Miguel & Canseco Caballé, Manuel, 2002, Minerales de la Comunidad Valenciana : 237 p. Ed. Caja de Ahorros del Mediterráneo. Alicante
Pinoso Cerro de la Sal	Casanova Honrubia, Juan Miguel & Canseco Caballé, Manuel, 2002, Minerales de la Comunidad Valenciana : 237 p. Ed. Caja de Ahorros del Mediterráneo. Alicante
Castellón Sacañet Canales Preubas Mt.	MTI Mineralogía Topográfica Ibérica, 2008
Segorbe Algezares quarry	Casanova Honrubia, Juan Miguel & Canseco Caballé, Manuel, 2002, Minerales de la Comunidad Valenciana : 237 p. Ed. Caja de Ahorros del Mediterráneo. Alicante
Valencia Anna	Casanova Honrubia, Juan Miguel & Canseco Caballé, Manuel, 2002, Minerales de la Comunidad Valenciana : 237 p. Ed. Caja de Ahorros del Mediterráneo. Alicante
Bolbaite	Casanova Honrubia, Juan Miguel & Canseco Caballé, Manuel, 2002, Minerales de la Comunidad Valenciana : 237 p. Ed. Caja de Ahorros del Mediterráneo. Alicante
Chella	http://www.ibermineral.com/ : Casanova Honrubia, Juan Miguel & Canseco Caballé, Manuel, 2002, Minerales de la Comunidad Valenciana : 237 p. Ed. Caja de Ahorros del Mediterráneo. Alicante
Chelva Domeño CV-35 Highway cut	Casanova Honrubia, Juan Miguel & Canseco Caballé, Manuel, 2002, Minerales de la Comunidad Valenciana : 237 p. Ed. Caja de Ahorros del Mediterráneo. Alicante
Gestalgar	Casanova Honrubia, Juan Miguel & Canseco Caballé, Manuel, 2002, Minerales de la Comunidad Valenciana : 237 p. Ed. Caja de Ahorros del Mediterráneo. Alicante
Montroy	Gil Marco, Jenaro, 2000, Revista de Minerales. 2(1): 25-27
Olleria	CASANOVA HONRUBIA, JUAN MIGUEL & CANSECO CABALLÉ, MANUEL, 2002, Minerales de la Comunidad Valenciana : 237 p. Ed. Caja de Ahorros del Mediterráneo. Alicante
Requena	Casanova Honrubia, Juan Miguel & Canseco Caballé, Manuel, 2002, Minerales de la Comunidad Valenciana : 237 p. Ed. Caja de Ahorros del Mediterráneo. Alicante
Venta del Moro Jaraguas Las Salinas	Casanova Honrubia, Juan Miguel & Canseco Caballé, Manuel, 2002, Minerales de la Comunidad Valenciana : 237 p. Ed. Caja de Ahorros del Mediterráneo. Alicante

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