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Calcite from
Marble Quarries, Macael, Almería, Andalusia, Spain


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz1 photo of Calcite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Rutile1 photo of Calcite associated with Rutile at this locality.
Aragonite1 photo of Calcite associated with Aragonite at this locality.
Magnetite1 photo of Calcite associated with Magnetite at this locality.
Actinolite1 photo of Calcite associated with Actinolite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Marble Quarries, Macael, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:619668
Long-form Identifier:1:3:619668:4
GUID (UUID V4):095497c4-f5cd-4e4f-9847-632b7a65a313
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
7.9km (4.9 miles) Betic ophiolite, Cóbdar, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
8.8km (5.5 miles) Peñón de Cóbdar quarry, Cóbdar, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
13.0km (8.1 miles) San José Mine, Bayarque, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
13.1km (8.1 miles) Cueva Negra mine, Bayarque, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
16.9km (10.5 miles) Concession Beltraneja, "El Telegrama" adit, Cortijuelo Mines, Bacares, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
30.8km (19.1 miles) La Cena del Depósito concession, Cerro Minado Mines, Cuesta Alta, Huércal-Overa, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
35.6km (22.1 miles) Laízquez Mines, Huebro, Níjar, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
39.2km (24.3 miles) Descuido mine, Barranco Hondo, Pechina, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
39.4km (24.5 miles) Mina Casualidad, Baños de Alhamilla, Pechina, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
40.8km (25.3 miles) Cerro del Mortero Mines, Cuevas de los Úbedas, Almería, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Iberian marbles. A total of 135 marble specimens were collected in Spain and Portugal from the Betic chain...chain (Alhaurin de la Torre, Mijas, Macael), Ossa Morena (Alconera, Almadén de la Plata and Viana do...parameters that allow discriminating the sampled marble quarries. The carbonate minerals composition is distinctive...discriminating also between these two dolomitic marble quarries. The Ossa Morena and Estremoz Anticline marbles...provenance studies on Thamusida (Kenitra, Morocco) Roman marble artefacts, a specific comparison between this new
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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...(UNIZAR), C/Pedro Cerbuna, 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain Institut Català d’Arqueologia Clàssica (ICAC), Plaça...Tarragona, Spain Roman Art National Museum (MNAR), C/José Ramón Mélida, s/n, 06800 Mérida, Spain; trinidad...Abstract: This archaeometric study is focused on the marble used in a group of fragmented sculptures found
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February 2014 White marble sculptures from the National Museum of Roman Art (Mérida, Spain): sources of local...Department, Zaragoza University, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain *Corresponding author, e-mail: plapuent@unizar.es...06800 Mérida, Spain 3 Institut Català d´ Arqueologia Clàssica, 43003 Tarragona, Spain 4 Istituto di...reports the results of the archaeometric study of 51 marble sculptures and decorative elements from the capital...capital of Roman Lusitania, Augusta Emerita (Mérida, Spain). These artefacts found on display at the Spanish
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géodes including many with good crystals of quartz, calcite, selenite, dolomite, (with saddle shaped xls) and..."Limestone with algae nodules are known as Birdseye Marble, but the Hobble Creek Canyon locality is not a...VERMONT—A beautiful slab of black marble, labelled "Radio Black Marble", with one face polished, has been...BELGIUM—A very fine grained deep black marble slab (Belgian Black Marble) , one face polished, has been donated...Stroudsburg, Pa. This fine specimen comes from the marble quarries at Mazy, Belgium. BRAZIL—Another fine specimen
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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)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
50009 Zaragoza, Spain Institut Català d’Arqueologia Clàssica (ICAC), 43003 Tarragona, Spain; agutierrez@icac...applied for the archaeometric studies concerning marble provenance, despite its potential. This paper develops...obtained from the main marble quarries used in antiquity. With a total number of 473 marble samples from ten...diagrams to be applied in the identification of marble provenance studies, as a complementary tool of...of other analyses. Keywords: archaeometry; marble; provenance; cathodoluminescence; CL-SEM 1. Introduction
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
quartz J have yet seen." CALIFORNIA—The limestone quarries in Crestmore Riverside Co., Calif., considered...area, we have closed the Commercial and Lonestar quarries to collectors. W e feel that with blasting and...and wollastonite .Also brucite and blue xline calcite. These are not particularly showy as specimens...members of the olivene group and blue and white calcite cleavages. I did find in the Jensen pit in an area...to California and if you would like to see our quarries, of course I would be glad to show you around
Report (chapter)
marbles: examples of ‘graphitic’ marbles from Czech quarries ANETA ŠŤASTNÁ*, JAN JEHLIČKA & RICHARD PŘIKRYL...different metamorphic grades and types. Several marble groups could be distinguished: (1) well-ordered...determination of marbles represents a classical task for marble-producing regions all over the world. Many different...numerous varieties of impure crystalline marbles (calcite or dolomite), commonly including admixtures of...Silesicum area had the highest concentration of marble quarries in the Czech Republic. Marbles mined here have
Report (issue)
06)(OH)12][(CO3)∙3H2O]. (2) El Soplao cave, northern Spain; average electron microprobe analysis, H2O and CO3...te family. Occurrence: In cavities in calcite veins in marble formed through alteration of sphalerite...and Al-rich ferromanganese speleo-stromatolites (Spain). Association: Hydrozincite, fraipontite (Italy)...Apuan Alps, Italy. At El Soplao cave, northern Spain. Name: Honors scholar Domenico Zaccagna (1851-1940)...competent collector of minerals from the Carrara marble. Type Material: Natural History Museum, University
Report (issue)
dolomite ...o******** 9 11 Ontario limestone quarries ................................... l* 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)
grossular, forsterite, monticellite, diopside, calcite, and wollastonite. There are many scattered occurrences...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...phologopite as anhedral grains forming up to 2 percent of marble along Tonata Creek, Okanogan County, Downloaded
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...fine-to coarse-grained calcite (CaC03) and/or dolomite (CaMg(C03)2). In commerce, marble is a term applied...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....quartz, dolomite, and calcite are relatively common in the limestone quarries near Norwood and Norfolk...crystallized specimens of green fluorite, quartz, pyrite, calcite, and a variety of other secondary minerals. The
Report (issue)
mapped the Namanga-Bissel area. The Kenya Marble Quarries Co. Ltd. have for over 40 years worked the...near Turoka for agricultural lime and statuary marble, and a concise but complete account is given of...of the Kajiado area 10 —Plan of the Kenya Marble Quarries . . 11 —Plan of the diatomite deposit, near...structures of the area. The workings of the Kenya Marble Quarries Co. Ltd. are described and other economic prospects...excessive rainfall. The road to the Kenya Marble Quarries is in quite good condition, becoming impassable
Report (issue)
MARBLE RESOURCES OF KETCHIKAN AND WRANGELL DISTRICTS. By ERNEST F. BUECHAED. INVESTIGATION. Studies...brief examination of the marble areas on Prince of Wales, Kosciusko, Marble, Orr, Tuxekan, Heceta, Ham...12, when work was closed at Ketchikan. All the marble deposits that were producing and all that were...intrusive and metamorphic rocks associated with the marble deposits was determined by J. B. Mertie, of the...^ '<--, r't ^ DISTRIBUTION OF THE MARBLE. ^ Beds of marble occur in places along the mainland in
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... Connemara Marble is a sillimanite-grade ophicarbonate, dominated by dolomite and calcite with varying...forsterite, tremolite clinochlore and phlogopite. The marble displays intricate corrugated layers that range
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
Report (volume)
IV CONTENTS. Page. Structure exposed at the quarries.......................................... West...................... Relations of dolomite and calcite in the Stockbridge limestone as bearing upon the...Interbedding of twinned calcite (marble) with granular dolomite.... Interbedding of twinned calcite and twinned dolomite........................ Westward change from calcite marble to granular limestone in beds of the same formation........................... Dolomite and calcite marble quarries...................................... Lee
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineral. 2004, 16, 619–629 The provenance of “red marble” monuments from the 12th-18th centuries in Hungary...út 45, H-1112 Budapest, Hungary Abstract: “Red marble” (Liassic-Dogger nodular limestone, ammonitico...and especially in Hungary in the past centuries. Quarries are known from the Gerecse-Mts. (Hungary), Adnet...(Italy). Determination of the provenance of the “red marble” monuments is not feasible on the basis of petrographical...most typical and important Central European “red marble” occurrences (the Gerecse-Mountains, Hungary and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
contact metamorphosed chert nodules in dolomite marble, Kilchrist, Skye M. B. HOLNESS 1 Department of...concentric monomineralic bands of alternating calcite and olivine during breakdown of a diopside core...progression from 2 thin (<1 cm) homogeneous olivine-calcite rims close to the olivine-in isograd, to total...alternating monomineralic zones of olivine and calcite which developed in the Balnakeil Formation at the...map showing the position of the Kilchrist marble quarries (now disused). The quarry marked ‘A’ contains
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
barite mass with a pinkish tinge, coating colorless calcite xls and all on dark gray limestone. "Found at a...chalcedony pebbles around his town. KENTUCKY—Golden calcite xls in brown limestone were found around Fort Knox... (gypsum). The specimen comes from the gypsum quarries at Alabaster, Iosco Co., Mich. MINNESOTA—Manicato...MINNESOTA—Manicato, Blue Earth Co., Minn., is noted for its marble quarries. Most of the stone is medium-grained, buff...barite. Chalcopyrite, xls small, 1/16" to VA" Calcite Scheelite, small spots in limestone, fl. blue.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
beautiful translucent blue xls which I took to be calcite colored with caledonite." COLORADO — Richard Schooner...color and filled with pale goldenyellow xline calcite; one brassy-yellow xline pyrite also present. A...thread-like wire:, of millerite on dark smoky gray drusy calcite (on gray limestone). The specimen was found at...specimen from the locality, a white xline limestone. Marble — Natural Bridge, North Adams, Berkshire Co., Mass...MINERALS MISSOURI—Colorless, doubly terminated calcite xls embedded on white xled dolomite, have been
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sphalerite after galena, tetrahedrite, barite, and calcite have been found; hemimorphite and smithsonite pseudomorphs...2 cm from the Bull Run and Virginia Trap Rock quarries, Loudoun County; the Manassas quarry in Prince...variety of species, including fluorite, barite, calcite, dolomite, and galena (Kearns and Campbell 1978)...crystals to 6 cm across and associated with fluorite, calcite, witherite, galena, pyrite, quartz, and barite...well-developed crystal groups of galena, yellow calcite, pink dolomite, and marcasite; traditionally productive
 
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