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Pyrite from
Navajún, La Rioja, Spain


Locality type:Village
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Comments:Pyrite is found in Cretaceous marl. Almost perfect cubes with shiny faces of 4 cm in side are common. Have been collected cubes up to 20 cm.
Habit:Mostly cubic
Colour:Metallic yellow
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Abundance at site:Very common
Special Storage/
Display Requirements:
Stable, no breakdown problems.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chamosite8 photos of Pyrite associated with Chamosite at this locality.
Marl2 photos of Pyrite associated with Marl at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Navajún, La Rioja, Spain
Photo GalleryView Gallery (197 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:656314
Long-form Identifier:1:3:656314:1
GUID (UUID V4):97ea09cb-c93d-492c-a914-2c00be84f201
Localities for Pyrite in this Region
Ampliación a Victoria Mine, Navajún, La Rioja, Spain
Fuente del Moro, Navajún, La Rioja, Spain
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
0.8km (0.5 miles) Fuente del Moro, Navajún, La Rioja, Spain
2.5km (1.5 miles) Ampliación a Victoria Mine, Navajún, La Rioja, Spain
3.1km (1.9 miles) Valdenegrillos, San Pedro Manrique, Soria, Castile and Leon, Spain
8.8km (5.5 miles) Roadcut, Magaña, Soria, Castile and Leon, Spain
11.8km (7.4 miles) La Blanquiza Mine, Valdeperillo, Cornago, La Rioja, Spain
11.9km (7.4 miles) Valdeperillo, Cornago, La Rioja, Spain
13.4km (8.3 miles) Molino del Campillo, Valdeperillo, Cornago, La Rioja, Spain
13.6km (8.5 miles) Villarijo, San Pedro Manrique, Soria, Castile and Leon, Spain
15.1km (9.4 miles) Armejún, Villarijo, San Pedro Manrique, Soria, Castile and Leon, Spain
26.5km (16.5 miles) Petra II mine (Petra mine), Ólvega, Soria, Castile and Leon, Spain
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Massachusetts 01301 eric@TreasureMountainMining.com Pyrite Collecting Crystals Downloaded by [University of...of Arizona] at 22:28 17 December 2014 At Navajún, Spain Locality photos by the author; unless otherwise...road. H aving the chance to collect pyrite at Navajún, Spain, has been at the top of my bucket list...Arizona] at 22:28 17 December 2014 Figure 2. A 42-cm pyrite crystal cluster, similar to that shown in figure...cleaning; from Mina Ampliación a Victoria, Navajún, La Rioja, Spain. Figure 3. Locality map, prepared by
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sulfur-selenium isotope decoupling recorded in pyrite S. König, B. Eickmann, T. Zack, A. Yierpan, Wille...sulfur-selenium isotope decoupling recorded in pyrite, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (2018), doi: https://doi...sulfur-selenium isotope decoupling recorded in pyrite S. König1, B. Eickmann1, T. Zack2, A. Yierpan1...case study of cretacious Navajún pyrite from the mesozoic Cameros Basin, Spain, with known petrogenesis...microscale: Variable S isotope values within the analyzed pyrite coincide with rather constant Se isotope values
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Near-Infrared Observation and Microthermometry of Pyrite-Hosted Fluid Inclusions SHANNON E. LINDAAS,* JERZY...Abstract Pyrite occurs in many types of ore deposits. Although opaque to visible light, some pyrite samples...sections of pyrite from 64 deposits worldwide were examined using an infrared microscope. Pyrite transparency...temperature, gradually became opaque upon heating. Pyrite Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectra, taken...28° to 400°C, demonstrate that the degradation of pyrite transparency, with an increase in temperature,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
products from experiments of controlled alteration of pyrite and marcasite Jiří Sejkora1)*, Radana Malíková1)...samples - large crystals of pyrite from Navajún (Spain), crystals of pyrite from San Jose de Huanzala (Peru)...ve formě krychlí o rozměrech cca 2 × 2 × 2 cm (Navajún, Španělsko), drúzy pyritu o velikosti krystalů...Huanzala Huanzala Navajún Navajún Bílina Bílina Bílina Huanzala Huanzala Navajún Navajún Bílina Bílina Huanzala...Huanzala Huanzala Navajún Navajún Bílina Bílina Huanzala Huanzala Huanzala Navajún Navajún Navajún Bílina Bílina
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
natural sulfide minerals (violarite, marcasite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, and bornite) possibly formed by...pores were revealed for a natural pyrite cube from La Rioga, Spain, and the sample has a pore volume...2009, 2008, 2007), pyrrhotite by marcasite and pyrite (Qian et al. 2011; Xia et al. 2010, 2007), hematite...et al. 2014a), magnetite by pyrite (Qian et al. 2010) and by arsenian-pyrite (Qian et al. 2013), calaverite...scattering power. SANS measurements of chalcopyrite and pyrite samples were carried out at the 40 m pinhole SANS
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in low-grade metapelites of the Cameros Basin, Spain: Lack of correlation of well-ordered polytypes with...Campus Río San Pedro, 11510, Puerto Real, (Cádiz), Spain 2 Department of Geological Sciences, University...Basin, northern Iberian Range, Spain, as thin coatings on poikiloblastic pyrite crystals <25 cm on edge. Textural...cookeite in the Cameros Basin, Spain, where it is associated with pyrite ore deposits in a very low-grade...primarily as thin coatings on cubes and pyritohedra of pyrite up to 25 cm in size. The thickness of the coating
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Figure 2. Pyrite cube in marl (6.7 cm) from the Ampliación a Victoria mine, Navajún, La Rioja, Spain. Chris...Brazil. Carl Francis specimen. Figure 10 (below). Pyrite (4.6 cm) with prominent growth islands on cube...11 (above). Close-up (field of view 2.8 cm) of pyrite from the Belshazzar mine, Quartzburg district,...Westward Look Show Gold crystals - pseudomorph after pyrite, Bodaibo area, Russia, 2.3 cm Photo: Malte Sickinger
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
h e m g e o Denitrification of groundwater with pyrite and Thiobacillus denitrificans Clara Torrentó a... CSIC, C/Jordi Girona, 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain Department of Microbiology and Biodiversity Research...of Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 645, 08028 Barcelona, Spain Mineralogia Aplicada i Medi Ambient Group, Department...Barcelona, Martí i Franquès s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...September 2010 Editor: J. Fein Keywords: Denitrification Pyrite Dissolution Thiobacillus denitrificans Isotope fractionation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
appeared already by the end of the 18th century. For Spain, we should note the articles of Herrgen (1799-1801)...presence of jasper in Spain, without further details, and of chiastolite in La Carolina and “Minerales...Alfredo, Rio Tinto mine, Minas de Riotinto, Huelva, Spain. Volume VI. Miguel Calvo collection, Joaquim Callén...total of 4,017 pages. -Alfred Lacroix. Minéralogie de la France et de ses Colonies. The original edition,...edition was published, under the title Mineralogie de la France et de ses Anciens Territoires d’Outre-mer
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
& Minerals was titled “Collecting Pyrite Crystals at Navajún, Spain” and appeared in the January/February
Journal (issue)
........................................... 16 Pyrite..................................................tiger eye under water when sanding and polishing. Pyrite P by John Bennett from Gritty Greetings 06/2016...we just picked up. Sometimes a little nugget of pyrite will be dug up or fished out of a stream in a pan...realize what we have really found. This is because pyrite looks a lot like gold at first glance, as it has...has a metallic luster and the golden color. Pyrite is commonly mistaken for real gold by casual rockhounds
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
determination of trace-element concentrations in pyrite O. D. OSBORNE1, A. PRING2, R. S. POPELKA-FILCOFF1...Associate Editor: Wilson Crichton] ABSTRACT Thirty pyrite samples from a wide range of localities were analysed...significance level. Trace-element analyses of pyrite from Navajún in Spain by both techniques compare well with...activation analysis, NAA, pyrite, trace-element analysis. Introduction PYRITE (FeS2) is the most abundant...2012.076.5.04 # 2012 The Mineralogical Society pyrite in mine waste is a major environmental problem
Journal (issue)
Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff...shown here. I am very fond of the goethites from Spain and Georgia and find the colors and microarchitecture...12 cm, from Tharsis, Alosno, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain. Jeff Scovil photo. (top right) Goethite (“turgite”)...Goethite, 13 cm, from the La Arboleda open pit, Vizcaya, Basque County, Spain. Jeff Scovil photo. 16 ...photo. Wulfenite, 2 cm, from the Red Cloud mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Christi Cramer photo. Gold
Catalog/List
53009 PYRITE Mina Ampliación a Victoria, Navajún, La Rioja, Spain Home to the best Pyrite cubes in...is a pit about 2½ miles outside of the town of Navajún, where Pedro Ansorena Garret has been digging these...fine example of the type, showing an simple cubic Pyrite crystal embedded in a marl matrix ( a mixture of...for examples from Navajún. In excellent condition. [Note to all owners of Navajún Pyrites: Please - Do...with ANALCIME Poudrette Quarry, Mont. Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-duRichelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
nitrate-contaminated aquifer after addition of pyrite Clara Torrentó a,⁎, Jordi Urmeneta b, Neus Otero...18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain Departament de Microbiologia i Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio)...Barcelona (UB), Av. Diagonal 645, 08028 Barcelona, Spain Grup de Mineralogia Aplicada i Medi Ambient, Departament...Barcelona (UB), Martí i Franquès s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain d Centre Tecnològic GIRO, Rambla Pompeu Fabra 1...1, 08100 Mollet del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain b c a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 6
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
opaque ore minerals, such as wolframite, stibnite, pyrite, and enargite, by using near-infrared (NIR) petrography...of NIR fluid inclusion studies of ore minerals (pyrite, stibnite, enargite, and wolframite) from a series...high trace element (Co, Ni, Cu, As) content in pyrite, enargite (Fe, Bi), and wolframite (Sc, V, Fe)...observation of internal textures and fluid inclusions in pyrite (Richards and Kerrich, 1993; Kulis and Campbell...ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS; Günther et al., 1998; Heinrich et al., 2003)
Journal (issue)
Elna Hauck presented “Fe + S = Pyrite,” a case of fine crystallized pyrite from around the world. Brad Plotkin...a stunning specimen of brassy pyrite cubes from Navajún, La Rioja, Spain. Marine fossils from a phosphate...where little was collected other than some small pyrite crystals and epidote as slickensides, veinlets...several blades encrusted with a druse of crystallized pyrite. One lucky collector found euhedral crystals of...collectors found large crystals of pyrite. One sheared cubic pyrite crystal cross-section measured 1½"
Book
Pyrite Pyrite A Natural History of Fool’s Gold z DAVID RICKARD 1 3 Oxford University Press is... Data Rickard, David T. (David Terence), 1943– Pyrite : a natural history of fool’s gold / David Rickard...Fool’s Gold as Pyrite 10 Pyrite and the Founding of Canada 13 Frobisher’s Scam 14 Pyrite and the Founding...America 18 Fool’s Gold in the Modern World 20 1 2. Pyrite and the Origins of Civilization The Gods of Fire...Pharma 41 Pyrite and the Origins of the Modern Arms Industry 44 Pyrite Feeds the World 46 Pyrite, Civilization
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in a mss-iss-pyrite System at 650 °C: A Possible Magmatic Origin for Co-HSE-bearing Pyrite and the Role...in a mss-iss-pyrite System at 650 °C: A Possible Magmatic Origin for Co-HSE-bearing Pyrite and the Role...a mss-iss-pyrite System 6 at 650 °C: A Possible Magmatic Origin for Co-HSE-bearing Pyrite and the 7...Sudbury, ON, P3E 2C6, Canada 16 17 Abstract 18 Pyrite, the most abundant sulfide in the Earth’s crust...Although most pyrite is hydrothermal, previous experimental 20 studies have shown that pyrite can also have
Journal (issue)
Congo Back cover: Top left: Euclase, 2.2 cm, from the La Marina mine, Colombia. Top right: Topaz, 8.4 cm,...January–February, 2023 Figure 114. Emerald beryl with pyrite, 1.9 cm, from the Muzo mine, Muzo Municipality...collection; Tom Spann photo. Figure 125. Fluorite with pyrite, 10.5 cm, from the Huanzala mine, Huallanca, Bolognesi...Tom Spann photo. Figure 127. Pyrite, 11.2 cm, from Navajún, La Rioja, Spain. Now in client Forever Collection;...2023 121 Figure 132. Emerald with calcite and pyrite, 2.5 cm, from the Muzo mine, Muzo Municipality
Journal (issue)
collectible species. Interesting microcrystals of pyrite, quartz and marcasite have been recovered as well...Phantom fluorite Figures 27 and 28 Phantom fluorite Pyrite Figure 62 and 64 Exceptional phantom fluorite “Pineapple”...in various colors, lusters and crystal habits. Pyrite, marcasite and quartz, although scattered throughout...contain inclusions of sulfide minerals (see under Pyrite and Marcasite). Twinned calcite crystals are rare...fluorite occurs with purple dark-core phantoms and pyrite (Fig. 64) and as bicolored (yellow and purple)
Book
50 Sn 51 Sb 52 Te 53 I 54 Xe 55 Cs 56 Ba 57 La 72 Hf 73 Ta 74 W 75 Re 76 Os 77 Ir 78 Pt ...134 148 144 141 140 136 133 131 55 Cs 56 Ba 57 La 73 Ta 72 Hf 75 Re 74 W 76 Os 77 Ir 80 Hg ...2.2 1.9 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.1 2.5 55 Cs 56 Ba 57 La 73 Ta 72 Hf 75 Re 74 W 76 Os 77 Ir 80 Hg ...Ba 88 Ra 1+ 180 2+ 143 3 21 Sc 3+ 81 39 Y 57 La 5 4 22 Ti 3+ 76 4+ 68 6 7 24 Cr 23 V 2+ 88...Sn Cd Ru Pd Mo Xe Ba Pt Nd Dy Os Gd Er Hg Yb I La Sm Ir Cs Ti Bi Hf W Ag Sb Pr Ho Rh Au Eu In Tb Tm
Journal (issue)
other minerals that caught the Roman eye—fluorite, pyrite, carnelian, lapis lazuli, amber, cinnabar and azurite...were obtained from the mercury mines at Almadén, Spain, and at Idria, in present-day Slovenia. The leading...basic potassium iron sulfate from Sierra Almagrera, Spain. Verdazzuro, the copper-carbonate mineral malachite...their vast empire, but mainly from rich placers in Spain and mines in Britain, Austria and France. It also...necklaces. The gleaming, perfectly shaped pyrite cubes from Navajún, Spain, which are familiar to every modern
Journal (issue)
other minerals that caught the Roman eye—fluorite, pyrite, carnelian, lapis lazuli, amber, cinnabar and azurite...were obtained from the mercury mines at Almadén, Spain, and at Idria, in present-day Slovenia. The leading...basic potassium iron sulfate from Sierra Almagrera, Spain. Verdazzuro, the copper-carbonate mineral malachite...their vast empire, but mainly from rich placers in Spain and mines in Britain, Austria and France. It also...necklaces. The gleaming, perfectly shaped pyrite cubes from Navajún, Spain, which are familiar to every modern
Catalog/List
it has a “phantom layer” of minute Chalcopyrite/Pyrite crystals dusting the interface between the yellow... June 6, 2010 | 1:00 PM PT   29 49049 DIOPTASE La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Las Pintadas District...quite representative of the material from the Mina La Farola, home to a number of interesting minerals...45 PYRITE Ampliación a Victoria Mine, Navajún, La Rioja, Spain 49070 EXTREMELY LARGE PYRITE ON MATRIX...is an often heard comment when a Pyrite specimen from Navajun, Spain, is displayed. People find it hard
 
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