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Metacinnabar from
Las Cuevas Mine, Almadén Mine, Almadén, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Metacinnabar
Formula:HgS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Cinnabar6 photos of Metacinnabar associated with Cinnabar at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Metacinnabar data
Locality Data:Click here to view Las Cuevas Mine, Almadén Mine, Almadén, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Photo GalleryView Gallery (7 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1271340
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1271340:8
GUID (UUID V4):1f6f2f31-50be-45f5-b6bd-dd651a2f76fd
Nearest other occurrences of Metacinnabar
0.0km (0.0 miles) Almadén Mine, Almadén, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
0.5km (0.3 miles) Pozo de San Teodoro, Almadén Mine, Almadén, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
15.9km (9.9 miles) El Entredicho Mine, Almadenejos, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
References
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Journal (issue)
JANUARY–FEBRUARY 2019 Articles The Almadén mining district, Ciudad Real, Spain ...............................COVER: CINNABAR twin, 6.5 mm, on matrix, from Almadén, Spain. Gianfranco Ciccolini collection and photo...District, Ciudad Real, Spain Borja Sainz de Baranda Graf Miami, 3, 4-C 28027 Madrid (Spain) borjateresa@hotmail...Campus Universitario-28805 Alcala de Henares (Spain) The Almadén Mining District exploited the largest mercury...declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco. The Almadén District has yielded excellent cinnabar specimens
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fractionation during ore retorting in the Almadén mining district, Spain John E. Gray a,⁎, Michael J. Pribil...USA Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Plaza M. Meca 1, 13400 Almadén, Spain a r t i c l e i n f o Article...Cinnabar ore Mine waste calcine Mass dependent fractionation a b s t r a c t Almadén, Spain, is the world's...measure Hg isotopic compositions of cinnabar ore, mine waste calcine (retorted ore), elemental Hg (Hg0(L))...evaluate potential Hg isotopic fractionation. Almadén cinnabar ore δ202Hg varied from −0.92 to 0.15‰
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Munha The AlmadeÂn mercury mining district, Spain Received: 23 October 1998 / Accepted: 4 January...de AlmadeÂn y Arrayanes S.A., AlmadeÂn (Ciudad Real), Spain M. JeÂbrak Universite du QueÂbec aÁ MontreÂal...MontreÂal, DeÂpartement des Sciences de la Terre, CP 8888, suc. Centre Ville, MontreÂal (QUE) H3C 3P8, Canada... Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, Plaza M. Meca 1, 13400 AlmadeÂn, Spain E-mail: phiguera@igem-al.uclm...GeoloÂgicas, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain D. Morata Departamento de Geologõ a, Facultad de
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
might indicate earlier presence of the zincian metacinnabar and more complex metamorphic history of the...competed with the mines in Idrija (Slovenia) and Almadén (Spain) in the 16th century. The production of mercury...mercury production in the mines of Idrija and Almadén at that time. In addition to Venice, the mercury...processes (e.g. the two largest mercury deposits – Almadén in Spain and Idrija in Slovenia; Saupé 1990; Jébrak...replacement of serpentinite bodies (< 5.3 Ma in age; New Almadén and New Idria in California, USA; e.g. Studemeister
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
della Terra, UniÕersita` degli Studi di Firenze, Via La Pira 4, Florence 50121, Italy c Dipartimento di Scienze...geochemistry of the Hg deposits 3.1. LeÕigliani mine The Levigliani deposit is located at the eastern...18.9 Rb 62 Sr 157 Y 26.8 Zr 348 Nb 15.8 Ba 366.4 La 32.4 Ce 54.3 Hg 0.346 Cu 44 Zn 73 Pb - 10 Au - 0...by Orlandi et al., 1998.. 157 3.2. Ripa mine The Ripa mine Žtotal production about 600 tonnes Hg. is...zones was intensely exploited for Hg by underground mine workings, where mineralization extends for about
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
country rocks at the AlmadCn mercury deposit, Ciudad Real, Spain* FRANCIS SAUP~~and MICHEL ARNOLD Centre de...most negative values found at Almad&. The AlmadCn mine, most Hg mines and occurrences of the district,...Quartzite”; criadero meaning ore deposit). La Nueva Conception mine worked ore in this horizon and also ore...M. Arnold 3766 FIG. 1. Geologic sketch map of Spain showing the location of the Almaden district. Stippled...but the first episode is missing at the AlmadCn mine. These rocks belong to an alkali basalt suite that
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas, Pabellón II, Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina. c Instituto...setting, such as Se-rich polymetallic deposits, Almadén type Hg deposits, U-Ni-Co-As-Ag polymetallic deposits...includes bornite, chalcopyrite, cinnabar and metacinnabar, umangite, tiemannite, clausthalite, eukairite...included within such model, as is the case of the Las Termas deposit in Argentina. This deposit, which...Pampia terranes). 2.1.6. Almadén-type Hg deposits The cinnabar from Almadén deposit is likely to have
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Almad(n Mercury Deposit, Province of Ciudad Real, Spain* FRANCIS SAUPI• Centrede Recherches Pdtrographiques...somenativemercury,pyrite, and subordinate,late metacinnabar. The underlying,the intercalated,and the ov... the district. Outside of the district no other mine is similar to Almad(•n. almost continuousoperation...havinga gentleAppalachian-type relief (Fig. 2). The mine has been owned for centuries by the Almad(•n is...thismetal.It is alsoone of the few mines tredicho and Las Minetasnow formingthe E1Entrein the world, if not
Book (edition)
internal reflection (cinnabar intergrowth?) Metacinnabar Reflection Colour & Ø Reflectance Pleochroism...Schafarzikite Ilmenorutile Powellite Davidite(Ce, La, Y) Tapiolite-(Mn) Sphalerite Wurtzite Groutite... Mineral Descriptions Molybdenite in Graphite; Bogala Mine, Sri Lanka 51 Copper, native Synonym(s): Cuivre...of cuprite (bluish grey); North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co.,...vein in jasper (red internal reflections); Madenköy Mine, Çayeli, Rize Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey
Report (issue)
the current domestic production comes from one mine which has an expected life of 5 to 8 yr. Owing to...dominated world mercury production: Almaden in Spain, Idria in Yugoslavia, and Santa Barbara in Peru...first discovered about 1470. Since then, the Idria Mine has produced over 2.5 million flasks of mercury...the world for total mercury production. The Idria Mine was closed from 1977 to 1982 owing to a depressed...Barbara district, which included the Santa Barbara Mine in Peru, was for many years the world's leading
Book
On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G...the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALMA Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine, [near Alma
Book (edition)
VERSION DIGITAL DEL LIBRO COMPENDIO de LAS ESPECIES MINERALES DE LA REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA Compilado y parcialmente...actualizado por Milka K. de Brodtkorb En base a la edición de los tomos 1(2002), 2(2006) y 3(2007) cuyos...Pezzutti, S. Tourn y M.E. Vattuone. Colaboraron con las fotografías R. Alonso, F. Colombo, J. Coniglio, P...Montenegro, O. Morello, A. Ramos y S. Poma, y en la edición Roberto Miró ASOCIACIÓN MINERALÓGICA ARGENTINA...tomos 1 (2002), 2 (2006) y 3 (2007) de LAS ESPECIES MINERALES DE LA REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA se encuentran agotados
Book
in common laboratory conditions only the socalled real crystals arise, characterized by various distortions...properties of real crystals. A perfect or ideal crystal could never have such properties. Real crystals are...arrangement, but has also enabled the 16 measurement of real atom and ion diameters and also measurement of the...and electrical properties. Sometimes, however, the real cause of certain properties still remains unknown...Rheinbreitbach, FRG; Chessy, France; Rio Tinto, Spain; Moldova, Romania; Recsk, Hungary; Zlaté Hory, Czechoslovakia;
Book
in common laboratory conditions only the socalled real crystals arise, characterized by various distortions...properties of real crystals. A perfect or ideal crystal could never have such properties. Real crystals are...arrangement, but bas also enabled the 16 measurement of real atom and ion diameters and also measurement of the...and electrical properties. Sometimes, however, the real cause of certain properties still remains unknown...Rheinbreitbach, FRG; Chessy, France; Rio Tinto, Spain; Moldova, Romania; Recsk, Hungary; Zlate Hory, Czechoslovakia;
Book
in common laboratory conditions only the socalled real crystals arise, characterized by various distortions...properties of real crystals. A perfect or ideal crystal could never have such properties. Real crystals are...arrangement, but has also enabled the 16 measurement of real atom and ion diameters and also measurement of the...and electrical properties. Sometimes, however, the real cause of certain properties still remains unknown...Rheinbreitbach, FRG; Chessy, France; Rio Tinto, Spain; Moldova, Romania ; Recsk, Hungary; Zlate Hory,
Report (issue)
.B3 Graph showing dates associated with all the mine sites on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s...production, U.S. apparent consumption, and U.S. mine production of antimony from 1900 to 2012............................F2 Graph showing world cobalt mine and refinery production and apparent consumption.....................F2 Graph showing world cobalt mine production from 1950 to 2011......................F4. Pie chart showing percentage of world cobalt mine production in 2011, by country.................
Book
Karst and Caves, Japan Alpine Karst Altamira Cave, Spain: Archaeology America, Central America, Central and...Southwest Asiago Plateau, Italy Atapuerca Caves, Spain: Archaeology Australia Australia: Archaeological...Caves Phytokarst Picos de Europa, Spain Pierre Saint-Martin, France-Spain Pinega Gypsum Caves, Russia Piping...Caves, Hungary-Slovakia: Archaeology Altamira Cave, Spain: Archaeology America, Central: Archaeological Caves...Southeast: Archaeological Caves Atapuerca Caves, Spain: Archaeology Australia: Archaeological and Paleontological
Report (issue)
holdings. Prior to 1978, the development of complete mine property cost evaluations was impeded by still evolving...tool. Systems design work also continued on the mine simulation (MINSIM) program, an economic evaluation...reserves. These include implications that because a mine is operating it is profitable, that reported reserves...prices, which are variable over the life of the mine. Economic evaluation is complicated by the presence...and economic variables on viability of individual mine properties (17-18). Nonproducing deposits Producing
Report (issue)
(1979). Probe analyses (1) from Broken Hill gold mine, Coromandel , New Zealand. ACANTHITE. Nikolaeva...(1979). Probe analyses (4) from Broken Hill gold mine, Coromandel, New Zealand. AGUILARITE. Sugaki et...6528 (1983). Probe analysis, x-ray data from Sanru mine, Hokkaido, Japan. AGUILARITE. Sugaki et al., J....65-77 (1982). Microprobe analyses (5) from Sanru mine, Hokkaido. AGUILARITE. Vassalo Morales and Borodaev...Aufschluss 33, 367-373 (1982). Occurrence at Clara mine Black Forest. X-ray data, a 10.46, c 3.02A. AKERMANITE
Book
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lanthanum (La), the rare earth elements (REE) and yttrium (Y) Lead... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Canada: La Ronge and Glennie Domains, Northern Saskatchewan... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rod Zone – Jolu MineLa Ronge Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seabee Mine, Laonil Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...the late 1930s. In an 1898 study at the Omai gold mine in Guyana, ash samples of Baromalli (genus Catostemma
Report (volume)
disagree with his or hers; the differences are of no real consequence to the points being made. Although some...v e r s i t y , S t . Johns, Newfoundland (1979); La Trobe University, A u s t r a l i a (1979); by the...of the r e s o u r c e , because blowouts i n t o mine openings from n a t u r a l d e c r e p i t a t...are at top and l e f t (C). Sample from H i l l mine, Cave-in-Rock, southern I l l i n o i s fluorite-Pb-Zn...in a crystal of c a s s l t e r i t e from Araca mine, B o l i v i a . Scale bar in urn. From Kelley and
 
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