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Locality Name:
Marble Quarries, Macael, Almería, Andalusia, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 159396
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-159396.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Marble Quarries, Macael, Almería, Andalusia, Spain": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°18'24"N
Longitude: 2°17'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.306666666667,-2.2916666666667

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Brookite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Malachite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Serpentine	Spinel	Talc	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Dolomite ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Brookite Calcite Clay Corundum Feldspar Malachite Mica None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Serpentine Spinel Talc Titanite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2600
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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