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Metacinnabar from
El Entredicho Mine, Almadenejos, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Metacinnabar
Formula:HgS
Formation:Primary
Comments:Excellent world-quality crystals and twins.
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Significance:Unusual or interesting association, relationships with other species, pseudomorphism etc. - see notes.
Abundance at site:Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Raman Spectroscopy
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Cinnabar9 photos of Metacinnabar associated with Cinnabar at this locality.
Mercury6 photos of Metacinnabar associated with Mercury at this locality.
Aragonite2 photos of Metacinnabar associated with Aragonite at this locality.
Pyrite1 photo of Metacinnabar associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Baryte1 photo of Metacinnabar associated with Baryte at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Metacinnabar data
Locality Data:Click here to view El Entredicho Mine, Almadenejos, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Photo GalleryView Gallery (10 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:720632
Long-form Identifier:1:3:720632:0
GUID (UUID V4):f5a053ba-9f3e-4fac-a404-f11011b16543
Nearest other occurrences of Metacinnabar
15.4km (9.6 miles) Pozo de San Teodoro, Almadén Mine, Almadén, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
15.9km (9.9 miles) Almadén Mine, Almadén, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
15.9km (9.9 miles) Las Cuevas Mine, Almadén Mine, Almadén, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
References
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Journal (issue)
2019 Articles The Almadén mining district, Ciudad Real, Spain ...........................................CINNABAR twin, 6.5 mm, on matrix, from Almadén, Spain. Gianfranco Ciccolini collection and photo. Visit...District, Ciudad Real, Spain Borja Sainz de Baranda Graf Miami, 3, 4-C 28027 Madrid (Spain) borjateresa@hotmail...Alcala Campus Universitario-28805 Alcala de Henares (Spain) The Almadén Mining District exploited the largest...surrounding areas, including the nearby village of Almadenejos. In the town of Almadén we can find: The Almadén
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
during ore retorting in the Almadén mining district, Spain John E. Gray a,⁎, Michael J. Pribil a, Pablo L....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))...concentrations of Hg (N1% in some areas) present in discarded mine wastes, including calcine at these sites (Gray et
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)
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)
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...(Saup6et al., 1977). The samplescollectedin the mine (Table 1) have Footwall sill (0.1/0.5m) abnormallyhigh
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
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