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Aragonite from
Clay quarry, Ador, Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain


Classification
Species:Aragonite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Aragonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Clay quarry, Ador, Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1265655
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1265655:6
GUID (UUID V4):3c8a81c0-8e35-44d1-ad57-2567b2b9e1dc
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
indicators of Mesozoic Rifting (Iberian Basin, Spain). M.J. Herrero, R. Marfil, J.I. Escavy, M. Scherer...indicators of Mesozoic Rifting (Iberian Basin, Spain)., International Geology Review, DOI: 10.1080/00206814...indicators of Mesozoic Rifting (Iberian Basin, Spain). M.J. Herrero a , R. MarïŹla, J.I. Escavyb, M...GeolĂłgicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; bDepartment IngenierĂ­a y MorfologĂ­a del Terreno...Puertos, Universidad PolitĂ©cnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; cGGConsulting, Dorsten, Germany; dCAI TĂ©cnicas
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
23, 28003, Madrid, Spain Department of Botany and Geology, University of Valencia, Doctor Moliner 50...50, 46100, Burjassot, Spain Coastal Aquifers Research Group, Research Institute for Pesticides and Water...Jaume I, Avda. Sos Baynat s/n, 12071, Castellón, Spain d Coastal Aquifers Research Group, Spanish Geological...Geological Survey, C/ Cirilo Amorós 42, 46004, Valencia, Spain e Inter-American Institute of Water Technology...detrital aquifer and Lower detrital aquifer), a clay layer sepa­ rating the detrital formations, and
Book
stromatolitic and on coli tic deposits of Eastern Spain. These formed and accumulated in shallow, freshwater...fluvio-alluvial settings Introduction VII of N.E. Spain. This contribution makes a very good liaison between...and the autoecology of the supposed building community indicate that the blue-green algal deposits did...describe in great detail the precipitation of aragonite in recent Rivularia microstromatolites. They show...1 Lower Cambrian Stromatolites from Northwest Spain and Their Palaeoenvironmental Significance I. ZAMARRENO
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the orthorhombic structure, form the minerals aragonite, strontianite, cerussite, and witherite. Calcium...either rhombohedral (cal­ cite) or orthorhombic (aragonite) carbon­ ates. CRYSTALLOGRAPHY T h e essential...rhombohedral ACO3 A orthorhombic magnesite — aragonite — 267 Carbonate Mineral Symmetry Rhombohedral...in a pseudotrigonal or pseudohexagonal form. Aragonite forms pseudohexagonal prisms (idealized in Fig­...pyramids ( h k l faces) (Figures 2g, f ) . The aragonite twins in Figures 2b and 2c, which are idealized
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Different Civilization Periods in Menorca Island (Spain) Stefano Columbu 1, * , Anna Depalmas 2 , Giovanni...Different Civilization Periods in Menorca Island (Spain). Minerals 2022, 12, 218. https:// doi.org/10.3390/min12020218...and Ancient History, Valencia University, Av. Blasco Ibåñez 28, 46010 Valencia, Spain; gianni.gallello@uv...southeastern coast of Menorca (Balearic Islands, Spain). Cap de Forma consists of different structures...supply; chemical-physical degradation; ancient quarry with regard to jurisdictional claims in published
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
evolution of the Pliocene Villarroya Lake, northern Spain. A multidisciplinary approach P. Anadón a,*, F...CSIC, C. Lluı́s Sole Sabarı́s sn, 08028 Barcelona, Spain Departamento de Estratigrafı́a y Paleontologı́a...Universidad del Pais Vasco, EHU, Apdo 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain c Departamento de Geologı́a, Universitat de València...València, C. Dr. Moliner 50, 46100 Burjassot, Spain Accepted 1 August 2001 Abstract The Pliocene Villarroya...environment. Bulk mineralogy comprises carbonates, clay minerals, quartz and feldspars. The carbonates are:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
has been mined in adjacent parts of Randolph and Clay counties near Cragford. There the sulphide veins...dated Oct. 19, 1953, from Carl R. Englund, 740 Valencia Mesa Dr., Fullerton, Calif. In the lot were 12...xl group found on the dumps of another limestone quarry, this one south of Pella (Marion Co.), Iowa. Found...tan fluorite xls have been found in the Lockport quarry, Lockport (Henry Co.), Ky." LOUISIANA—Mark W. Mitchell...Timonium, Md. "The well known Campbell's limestone quarry at Texas, Baltimore Co., Md., has produced very
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of bertrandite specimens found at the Strickland Quarry, at Portland, Conn., last year. Walter Bagley spotted...unreported. On October 15th last I visited the Toll Gate Quarry, just iy2 miles south of Middletown, on Rout 9"Dave... Lakeland, Fla. "These are found in a dolomite quarry. They are generally black at this locality. In...Mineral Occurrences' column. The specimens sent are aragonite and all react under both long and short wave and...filled with a dark red-brown clay. By all appearances, most of the aragonite does not touch the inside faces
Catalog/List
to 3mm. Nice 3D specimen. 50x40x40mm. ÂŁ95. 3) ARAGONITE. Frizington, Cumberland. A n intergrown group...label). 55x30x25mm. ÂŁ165. 25) MALACHITE. Greystones Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall. Cavities in quartz/gossan veinstone...yellowish clay. All in massive magnetite matrix. 50x30x30mm. ÂŁ65. 27) MIMETITE. Merehead Quarry, Cranmore...70x35x30mm. ÂŁ24. 32) POLYBASITE and NATIVE SILVER Valencia Mine, Guanjuato, Mexico. Nice thumbnail showing...15x15x12mm. ÂŁ45. 33) POWELLITE and STILBITE. Pandav Lene Quarry, Maharashtra, India. A group of five very pale
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Departamento Geologıa, ÂŽ UniÕ. Valencia, Dr. Moliner, 50. 46100 Burjasot, Valencia, Spain c Instituto Jaume Almera...CSIC. Marti i Franques s r n, 08080 Barcelona, Spain d Rio Tinto Technical SerÕices, Castlemead, Lower...major, minor and trace elements, peatlands from E Spain elucidated variations in salinity related to the...peatlands from the subsiding Valencia–Castellon ÂŽ quaternary basin ĆœE Spain.. These correspond to back-barrier...Peat-marsh; Peat-bog; Palaeosalinity; Sea-level Holocene; Spain 1. Introduction The growing interest in the study
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
specimen. CONNECTICUT—From the abandoned basalt quarry at Granby, Hartford Co., Conn., we have a beautiful...specimen for our examination. It was a buff colored aragonite with a nodular surface. It was found in a cavity...4th St., Burlington, Iowa. "I have some of this aragonite to trade."—Mr. Snider informs us. KANSAS—Larry...inch grayish white cycad (tree) was dug out of a clay bank at road level by Ken Kyte, Box 161, Co567 ...separate cover we are sending you a specimen of aragonite crystals. W e have collected an assortment of
Report (issue)
de Valldemossa, km 7.5, 07071 Palma de Mallorca, SPAIN. Other contributors: Elaine Jones (Turtiary sediments)...Pedralbes, 07071 Palma de Mallorca, 08028 Barcelona, SPAIN. SPAIN. (ii) CONTENTS PREFACE .....................data from the Buntsandstein, Balearic Islands and Spain. Postulated Muschelkalk environments, Mallorcan...Nacional de Geologia. Rios Rosas 23, MADRID-3, SPAIN. The gran ting of such permission for a field excursion...platform is separated from the east coast of Spain by the Valencia T rough, a channel over 1 000m in depth
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain; marfil@ucm.es Departamento de Ingeniería y Morfología...Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain; ji.escavy@upm.es School of the Environment, University...Upper Triassic successions in the Iberian Basin (Spain), the occurrence of both idiomorphic bipyramidal...bipyramidal quartz crystals as well as pseudohexagonal aragonite crystals are related to mudstone and evaporite...Pakistan, and Africa. Similarly, pseudohexagonal aragonite crystals are located at three main sites in the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Bacterially mediated formation of diagenetic aragonite and native sulfur in Zechstein carbonates (Upper...accepted 3 March 1999 Abstract Neoformed diagenetic aragonite associated with organic-rich aggregations and...for the precipitation of aragonite. Low ή13 C values ( 10‰ PDB) of the aragonite indicate that some of its...been oxidized by bacterial sulfate reduction. Aragonite inclusions bear rhomb-shaped crystals of calcite...promoted the precipitation of aragonite instead of calcite. The aragonite precipitated in the near-surface
Report (issue)
primarily from an aragonite-mud precursor and were subjected to extensive neomorphism. The aragonite-to-calcite...88J-4 were collected in an abandoned limestone quarry 3 mi (4.8 km) north of the Interstate 40 interchange...abandoned quarry road that was cut on the south side of a canyon wall and leads to the quarry floor. The...of the Continental Divide quadrangle shows the quarry in the Todilto Limestone Member and the various...measured and studied on the highwall of an abandoned quarry. The Todilto Limestone Member is 6-7 ft (1.8-2
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
beautiful specimens have been gathHubbard (Brandywine) quarry in Wilm- ered in the past for jewelry. ington,... Louisville 7, Ky., has found some very nice aragonite specimens, of a smoky white color that fluoresces...Falls Church, Va. It comes from the Queens Hill quarry near Plattsmouth, Cass Co., Nebr. The coral was...uranium, is being mined from claims near Grants, Valencia Co., N . Mex. N E W YORK — Waller V. Morgan, 127... Ohio, about 10 miles ries at Bedford. south of Clay Center. I was very much interested in this pocket
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
compared to some old quarry roads is a super highway! The x,!s are found in red clay and we found quite...bornite have been found in gabbro at the old Hubbard quarry in Wilmington (New Castle Co.), Del. FLORIDA—"I...been found in the Appalachian Minerals Company quarry near Monticello (Jasper Co.), Ga. IDAHO—"I am enclosing...March-April, 1959, R&M. MARYLAND—At the Teeters quarry, New Windsor, Carroll Co., Md., small colorless..., about 15 miles north of Omaha in a limestone quarry."—on label. ROCKS AND MINERALS NEVADA—Agates of
Journal (issue)
matrix (Fig. 2) have been found in the Fairfax quarry (Triassic basalt), at Centreville, Fairfax County...Unfortunately, good mineral specimens in the Fairfax quarry are not widespread. The best specimens known were...concentric structures. The mineral occurs in light-brown clay associated with sandstone. It should be noted here...cm long), stellate groups (often attached to hard clay and resembling sunbursts and flowers) sheaf-like...gray to green Miocene clay composed of illite and quartz. Also found in the clay were fossil bones, white
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Varnedoe, Jr. "Talucah Cave is located in the community of Talucah near Vahlermoso Springs, in Morgan...old Mexico for over 20 years." ARKANSAS — Tallow clay, in dark red, tallow-like masses, and said to contain...of Mines, I heard of an active uranium mine or quarry a couple of miles from town. Following the highway...pollucite which I discovered at the Strickland Quarry, in Portland, during 1954. "Several institutions...proved to be fairly abundant in one section of the quarry wall, intergrown with lepidolite, spodumene, pink
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu AR AGONI TE PART 1: ARAGONITE FROM WESTERN EUROPE T here are many collecting...of classic localities is aragonite, this column’s featured mineral. Aragonite is an orthorhombic mineral...mineral with point group 2/m 2/m 2/m. Aragonite occurring as untwinned crystals is rare; its normal occurrence...stalactitic. As mentioned, twinned crystals of aragonite are common. Repeated twinning on {110} yields...examples are the most familiar to collectors. Aragonite may display polysynthetic lamellae and striations
Report (chapter)
sequences were identified. In Germany, Poland and Spain much thinner and slightly coarser Muschelkalk carbonate...1985; H a g d o r n 1991), Poland (Szulc 1993), and Spain (Calvet & Tucker 1988; Calvet et al. 1990). In...major Muschelkalk deposits in Poland, Germany and Spain (diagonal stippling). Downloaded from http://sp...Anisian mid-ramp carbonates; 2, Bfikk6sd quarry; 3, Gorica quarry; 4, Hetvehely road cut (Middle Anisian...mid-ramp carbonates is gradual, with decrease in clay content and cessation of dolomitization (Fig. 8)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from l x l inch up to 6 x 6 inches and occur in Clay Hills 2 miles west of Hagerman, across the Snake...sort of orange. "The calcite is found in a rock quarry located almost due south of the little Brown Church...gravel for road use, and nearly all contain a ball of clay, which accounts for the 'solid' rattle of the specimens...specimens. Am enclosing also some pieces of this clay and a portion of the shell of one I recently opened...in shape, 12" x 8" and contained enough of these clay fragments to fill three 1 lb. coffee cans. It is
Report (chapter)
transgressive beach-ridge system, Eocene Catalan Basin, NE Spain C. Taberner and C. Santisteban Geological Society...transgressive beach-ridge system, Eocene Catalan Basin, NE Spain C. Taberner & C. Santisteban S U M M A RY : Dolomitization...in the SE margin of the Eocene Catalan Basin, NE Spain. The dolomitized rocks occur just below erosion...overgrowths, and usually include traces of the original clay matrix (Fig. 5e). This suggests poikilitic growth...crystals are generally found isolated in lime and clay mud surrounding the siliciclastic components. Up
Book
Stromatolites in the Betic Cordillera, Southern Spain J. A. Vera and A. Martin-Algarra 319 Mesozoic...From the Penibetic (Betic Cordillera, Southern Spain) A. Martin-Algarra and 1. A. Vera 345 PART IV...related to increasing salinity of the environment. Aragonite precipitated within the ix x primary porosity...protected waters, coping with a continuous supply of clay and silt sediment. Absence of filamentous structures...composed of a framework of aragonitic mesoclots. The aragonite is precipitated as a consequence of microenvironmental
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Mexico Georgia Slovenia France/Spain Switzerland France Austria Spain Spain Italy Georgia Ceki 2 (Cehi)...Iljukhina System Table 1.3 18 19 20 Mexico Spain Uzbekistan Spain Croatia —1602m —1535m -—1520m —1508m —1475m...USA USA Malaysia Spain France Moldavia Mexico Great Britain Austria Austria USA USA Spain 531069m 183000m...breakdown by cave streams, or the slow release of clay fills from roof crevices, provides The Cave System...methane), the products of limestone solution, some fine clay sediments, and organic acids leached from guano
 
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