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Dolomite from
Marble quarries, Estremoz, Évora, Portugal


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Dolomite
Formula:CaMg(CO3)2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calcite18 photos of Dolomite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Dolomite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Marble quarries, Estremoz, Évora, Portugal
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:815594
Long-form Identifier:1:3:815594:8
GUID (UUID V4):3a7a281d-83e2-4847-89fe-58f6a17a3714
Nearest other occurrences of Dolomite
0.1km (0.0 miles) Cruz dos Meninos quarry, Estremoz, Estremoz, Évora, Portugal
0.1km (0.1 miles) Magratex quarry, Estremoz, Estremoz, Évora, Portugal
13.0km (8.1 miles) Marble quarries, Borba, Évora, Portugal
14.3km (8.9 miles) Fonte Figueira Mine, Ameixial (Santa Vitória e São Bento), Estremoz, Évora, Portugal
15.0km (9.4 miles) Texugo quarry, Bencatel, Vila Viçosa, Évora, Portugal
18.7km (11.6 miles) Parcela 3 quarry, Fonte da Moura quarries, Pardais, Vila Viçosa, Évora, Portugal
27.2km (16.9 miles) Bugalho Mine, São Brás dos Matos, Alandroal (Nossa Senhora da Conceição), São Brás dos Matos (Mina do Bugalho) e Juromenha (Nossa Senhora do Loreto), Alandroal, Évora, Portugal
42.6km (26.4 miles) Horta do Mateus e Zé Calado, Alter do Chão, Alter do Chão, Portalegre, Portugal
43.8km (27.2 miles) Carvoeiros, Alter do Chão, Alter do Chão, Portalegre, Portugal
59.3km (36.8 miles) Terra das Freiras quarry, Santiago do Escoural, Montemor-o-Novo, Évora, Portugal
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
333–354 Published online February 2014 White marble sculptures from the National Museum of Roman Art...reports the results of the archaeometric study of 51 marble sculptures and decorative elements from the capital...O isotope analysis was applied to identify the marble provenance. The comparison of the results with...use of different white marble varieties from the Estremoz Anticline (Portugal) as well as some Carrara...relevant parameters that serve to discriminate Estremoz Anticline marbles from other Iberian and classical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
marbles. A total of 135 marble specimens were collected in Spain and Portugal from the Betic chain (Alhaurin...Viana do Alentejo), and the Estremoz Anticline (Bencatel, Borba and Estremoz) areas. X-ray diffractometry...parameters that allow discriminating the sampled marble quarries. The carbonate minerals composition is distinctive...between these two dolomitic marble quarries. The Ossa Morena and Estremoz Anticline marbles share a similar...provenance studies on Thamusida (Kenitra, Morocco) Roman marble artefacts, a specific comparison between this new
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Article Mineralogical Insights to Identify Göktepe Marble in the Sculptural Program of Quinta Das Longas... A. Mineralogical Insights to Identify Göktepe Marble in the Sculptural Program of Quinta Das Longas...Archaeology (MNA), Praça do Império, 1400-026 Lisbon, Portugal; antoniocarvalho@mnarqueologia.dgpc.pt Correspondence:...Abstract: This archaeometric study is focused on the marble used in a group of fragmented sculptures found...at the Roman villa of Quinta das Longas (Elvas, Portugal). Dating from the 4th century AD, the pieces are
Report (chapter)
August 30, 2015 Global Heritage Stone: Estremoz Marbles, Portugal LUÍS LOPES1,2* & RUBEN MARTINS1 1 University...Évora, Portugal 2 Geophysics Centre of Évora, Rua Romão Ramalho, 59, 7002 554 Évora, Portugal *Corresponding...the Estremoz Anticline, Ossa-Morena Zone (Southern Branch of the European Variscides in Portugal). This...the Roman period, pieces of art made with Estremoz Marble were exported abroad and can be found in museums...Present day, Estremoz Marble objects can be found all over the world. The very rich marble based heritage
Report (issue)
DEPARTMENT OF MINES BUILDING STONES OF ONTARIO PART III MARBLE By D. F. HEWITT INDUSTRIAL MINERAL REPORT NO...parts: Part T II III IV V Introduction Limestone Marble Sandstone Granite Industrial Mineral Report No...acceptable. BUILDING STONES OF ONTARIO PART III: MARBLE TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Introduction ...........and Durability .......................... Ontario Marble Deposits ................................ Haliburton...township .............................. Grenville Marble Company ...........*.... 25 25 25 Porosity and
Report (issue)
uses of limestone and dolomite ...o******** 9 11 Ontario limestone quarries .........................Precambrian Limestone and Dolomite ......................o 11 12 Quarries ....................................*.. Stoklosar Marble Quarries Ltd., Madoc ........co.. Hastings Marble Products Ltd., Madoc .... * Madoc Marble Quarries Co., Madoc ....... 0 ......... Canada Talc Industries Ltd., Madoc .......e...e....oeo Grenville Marble Co., Cashel township ......o..... Rideau Aggregates Ltd., Mountain Grove * 0
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
with good crystals of quartz, calcite, selenite, dolomite, (with saddle shaped xls) and a few with good...of what he is offering col- mens were received: Dolomite: Dark brown saddle-shaped lectors in his unique...brown platy xls of marcasite in gray Put-in-Bay Dolomite (also small groups of lustrous bronzy platy xls...xls of marcasite in Tymochtee Shaly Dolomite, have been received from Eugene Kindt, Box 70, Put - in -...from a rather large pocket in the Put - in - Bay Dolomite So far as I know, it is the only epsomite found
Report (issue)
Description, Selection, And Procurement Of Shelburne Marble Samples Used To Study Effects Of Acid Rain by...this program, the Shelburne Marble from Danby, Vermont. This particular marble was chosen because: (1) it...VERMONT MARBLES In a geologically strict sense, marble is a metamorphic rock, the precursor carbonate-rich...coarse-grained calcite (CaC03) and/or dolomite (CaMg(C03)2). In commerce, marble is a term applied to any more...to as marble which contains little or no carbonate material; for example, verde antique "marble" from
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to be discovered, particularly in the Grenville Marble deposits. Directions are given to some of the better...derived from sedimentary rocks) and the Grenville Marble. Graywacke, arkose, shale or siltstone may well...and Black Lake to Edwards, outcrops of Grenville Marble are in contact with many coarse grained rocks....limestones, and sandy dolomitic limestone. Ogdensburg dolomite is an Ordovician dolomitic limestone, younger...crystallized quartz, dolomite, and calcite are relatively common in the limestone quarries near Norwood and
Report (chapter)
lyellcollection.org/ by guest on January 23, 2019 Connemara Marble, Co. Galway, Ireland: a Global Heritage Stone Resource...of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland 3 Connemara Marble Industries Ltd, Moycullen, Co. Galway, Ireland...*Correspondence: wysjcknp@tcd.ie Abstract: Connemara Marble, a well-known distinctive decorative stone from...Resource. Connemara Marble is a sillimanite-grade ophicarbonate, dominated by dolomite and calcite with...forsterite, tremolite clinochlore and phlogopite. The marble displays intricate corrugated layers that range
Report (volume)
.. Granular calcitic limestone and associated dolomite ........................ 1 2 4 4 4 5 6 7 8 9... IV CONTENTS. Page. Structure exposed at the quarries.......................................... West...Relations of dolomite and calcite in the Stockbridge limestone as bearing upon the origin of dolomite ........calcite (marble) with granular dolomite.... Interbedding of twinned calcite and twinned dolomite rock...................... Westward change from calcite marble to granular limestone in beds of the same formation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
to 5 cm across have been found in the Lockport Dolomite, particularly in Monroe and Niagara Counties....gypsum have been found in recent years in the Dolomite Products quarry, Walworth. Good sphalerite specimens...crystals to 2 cm associated with quartz and ferroan dolomite. Although of wide distribution in Virginia (Dietrich...2 cm from the Bull Run and Virginia Trap Rock quarries, Loudoun County; the Manassas quarry in Prince...species, including fluorite, barite, calcite, dolomite, and galena (Kearns and Campbell 1978). Similar
Report (issue)
Caldwell Mine Angelstone (Tatlock) quarry Omega Marble Tile and Terrazzo quarry Bathurst Quarry Foster...Star gold Mine Kaladar marble quarry Roblindale quarry Actinolite Mine Tweed marble quarry Tweed limestone...(Diamond) Mine Hazzards Corner marble quarries Pinewood Park Lake Road quarries Henderson and Conley talc...Mine Wallbridge Mine Stoklosar (Marmora Road) quarries Perry Mine Coe Mine Perry Lake mine Blakely Mine...Madoc marble quarry Seymour Mine Freeman quarry Dominion Mine Ackerman Mine Marmora Road quarries Deloro
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Carbon and Oxygen Isotope Composition of the Marble Inscriptions of Aléria, Corsica Mauro Brilli *...numerous inscriptions mainly carved on slabs of white marble; they constitute an important source of knowledge...these marbles could solve this problem. Carrara marble, in fact, has a narrow range of isotopic variability...used, as a second step, on a reduced number of marble inscriptions to evaluate the effectiveness of the...that in Corsica the presence of ancient local marble quarries is uncertain, even in Roman times. Keywords:
Report (issue)
AND DOLOMITE The following classification is suitable for laboratory work: TERM USED Dolomite CALCITE...CALCITE DOLOMITE MgO* percent 95-100 90- 95 50- 90 10- 50 0- 10 percent 0- 5 5- 10 10- 50 50- 90 90-100...is also used in this report: FIELD TERM Dolomite DOLOMITE MgO CaO percent 0- 10 10- 50 50-100 percent...following terms are used for chemical limestone and dolomite: High-Calcium Limestone. Limestone that contains...percent magnesium carbonate. High-Purity Dolomite. Dolomite that contains less than 3 percent impurities
Report (volume)
geologists............................................. Marble in general............................................................. Limestone and marble................................................. Page. 9...9 10 11 11 Definitions of marble.................................................. Chemical composition...Origin of limestone and marble.......................................... Calcite marble.............................................................. Dolomite marble............................................
Report (issue)
(Tatlock) quarry................................ Omega Marble Tile and Terrazzo quarr y.. . . . . . . . . . ........••...•...••........••......•..•.• Kaladar marble quarry ••.•••....•.........•..............• Roblindale........•..••....•..••.............••...... Tweed marble quarry . . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . .... . . . . . . .........•.. Hazzards Corner marble quarries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . Pinewood Park Lake Road quarries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . • . Henderson
Report (edition)
https://books.google.com GEORGIA ILMER MARBLE ,.COUNTY BLUFF FRONTISPIECE I. PLATE GEOLOGICAL...State Printer, Manager 1894 G .COUNTY EORGIA MARBLE ,BLUFF ILMER FRONTISPIECE I. PLATE With the...SEMI-CRYSTALLINE MARBLES ........... 54 VIII . MARBLE-DRESSING WORKS ............. 58 IX . SPECIMENS........ 62 X. MACHINES AND IMPLEMENTS USED IN MARBLE QUARRYING AND DRESSING ...... 64 XI . PHYSICAL...THE MARBLE INDUSTRY IN PICKENS COUNTY, GEORGIA. In 1840, Fritz T. Simmons began quarrying marble on a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(western Tuscany, Italy). 1 - The Monte Pisano marble MARCO FRANZINI* and MARCO LEZZERINI Dipartimento...Abstract: During the Middle Ages, the marble from the Monte Pisano quarries was the stone most often used in...of Pisa and Lucca. The historical quarries of Monte Pisano marble (MPM) are located near the villages...unknown. Eighty-six samples, collected from nine MPM quarries that once provided this building material, were...attempt was made to identify the individual source quarries for the most important monuments in and around
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COMPOSITION OF GYPSUM-CALCITE--DOLOMITE CRYSTALS AND METAMORPHIC MARBLE ASSEMBLAGES* G. CORTECCI and...composition of gypsum---calcite--dolomite crystals and metamorphic marble assemblages. Chem. Geol., 15:...crystals coexisting with those of calcite and dolomite in marble geodes from the Apuan Alps (Italy) display...2°/00. The 6 ~sO and 513 C values of calcite--dolomite--marble assemblages fall in the range of marine limestone...at a temperature higher than 40°C. The calcite--dolomite pairs are not in isotopic equilibrium, and their
Report (edition)
MA R BLES- OF GEORG I A PLATE !-FRONTI SPIECE MARBLE BLUFF, ON THE LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILROAD...claims, before architects and builders, that Georgia marble was one of the most beautiful and durable building...from the presidents of the tw@ oldest and largest marble-producing concerns in Georgia, testifying that...securing some of the largest -contracts in Georgia marble in this country. There continues to be great demand...Cherokee County, known to the trade as V erd Antique marble. Care has been taken to preserve the general character
Report (issue)
Specialty Minerals Marble Quarry . . . . . . S top 5 - Georgia Marble Company Marble Quarry . . . . . ...afternoon of the first day, we will viSit two marble quarries in contact metamorphosed Paleozoic limestone...international companies. The history of these and other marble quarry acquisitions in Arizona is given in the...rocks and 1 .2 Ga diabase dikes. There are no rock quarries on the southwest side of the S anta Catalinas...and Cooper (1973). (7.6) Day 1 - Afternoon Marble Quarries, Santa Rita Mountains Ted H. Eyde. Pantano
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
December 29, 1915) CONTENTS Page Varieties of marble other than crystalline in the State................................... 437 The crystalline marble.........................................................................446 Relation of calcite and dolomite..................................... .............................. 447 Characteristics of the marble................................................................................ 418 Mapping the marble...............................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
yellow grains in white “crystalline limestone” (marble) west of North River, Essex County; similar yellow...occurs in local abundance with forsterite in altered marble at the Lakeshore mine and in the Treasure State...Minor chondrodite has been found in the Crestmore quarries on Sky Blue Hill as colorless crystals with brucite...Riverside County; as pale brown grains in the dolomite of the Cottonwood copper prospect and in the Dewey...phologopite as anhedral grains forming up to 2 percent of marble along Tonata Creek, Okanogan County, Downloaded
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
olivine-grade contact metamorphosed chert nodules in dolomite marble, Kilchrist, Skye M. B. HOLNESS 1 Department...map showing the position of the Kilchrist marble quarries (now disused). The quarry marked ‘A’ contains...surfaces the nodules stand proud directly from the dolomite matrix (Fig. 3a). At the olivine-in isograd, the...the outer rim of the nodule, where diopside and dolomite are in direct contact. On weathered surfaces this...that the reaction will replace three volumes of dolomite for every volume of diopside. The site of first
 
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