Regional Report: Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain

Alicante, located on the Costa Blanca coast on the eastern edge of Spain is not noted for its mineralogical diversity, however there are a small number of very interesting mineral localities within the region. Mineralogical highlights of the region include the Celestine crystals from Arneva, Clinozoisite/Epidote and Quartz from the Los Serranos Quarry, and of course Gypsum from the Gypsum quarry at Verdegás. Pseudohexagonal Magnesite crystals are found in a gypsum matrix at Albatera. The University of Alicante (Universidad de Alicante) Department of Earth Sciences maintains a mineral collection, and a local mineralogical society, the Grupo Mineralógico de Alicante arranges mineral collecting trips within the region for members.

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Aerinite - 13, 1, 14

Albite - 13

'Amber' - 8

Anhydrite - 9

'Apatite' - 13

Augite - 13

Baryte - 13

'Blue Quartz' - 1, 14

'Byssolite' - 13

Calcite - 13, 8, 21, 19

Celestine - 12, 4, 8, 5, 19

Chalcopyrite - 13

Chrysocolla - 13

Clinochlore - 14

Clinozoisite - 13

Datolite - 13

Dolomite - 1, 8, 14

Epidote - 13

Ferrohornblende - 13

Fluorite - 19

Grossular - 13

Gypsum - 9, 20, 10, 12

Halite - 9, 20, 10, 18

Hematite - 1, 9, 14

Ilmenite - 13

'Jacinto de Compostela Quartz' - 9, 16

Magnesite - 1, 9

Magnetite - 13, 9, 14

Malachite - 13

Marcasite - 5

'Melanite' - 13

Palygorskite - 13

Prehnite - 13

Pyrite - 9, 5

Quartz - 13

Rutile - 12

Scolecite - 13

'Teruelite' - 9

Titanite - 13

Tremolite - 13

40 minerals listed.

Locality Key

1	Albatera, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
2	Alicante Co., Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
3	Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
4	Arneva, Orihuela, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
5	Aspe, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
6	Callosa, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
7	Cap Negret, Altea, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
8	Cemex quarries, Alicante Co., Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
9	Cerro de la Sal, Pinoso, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
10	Cueva del Gigante mine, Cerro de la Sal, Pinoso, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
11	Estret de Busot, Busot, Alacantí, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain

12	Gypsum quarry, Verdegás, Alicante Co., Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
13	Los Serranos Quarry, Hondón de los Frailes, Albatera, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
14	Los Vives, Orihuela, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
15	Orihuela, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
16	Orxeta, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
17	Pinoso, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
18	Salero, Villena, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
19	San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
20	Segunda Terrible mine, Cerro de la Sal, Pinoso, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
21	Vila la Joiosa beach, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain

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