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El Cardoso de la Sierra, Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spaini
Regional Level Types
El Cardoso de la SierraMunicipality
GuadalajaraProvince
Castile-La ManchaAutonomous Community
SpainCountry

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Mindat Locality ID:
239074
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:239074:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
El Cardoso de la Sierra, province de Guadalajara, Castille-La Manche, Espagne
German:
El Cardoso de la Sierra, Provinz Guadalajara, Kastilien-La Mancha, Spanien
Italian:
El Cardoso de la Sierra, provincia di Guadalajara, Castiglia-La Mancia, Spagna
Russian:
Эль-Кардосо-де-ла-Сьерра, Гвадалахара, Кастилия-Ла-Манча, Испания
Simplified Chinese:
埃尔卡尔多索德拉谢拉, 瓜達拉哈拉省, 卡斯蒂利亚-拉曼恰, 西班牙
Spanish:
El Cardoso de la Sierra, provincia de Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, España
Aragonese:
El Cardoso de la Sierra, Provincia de Guadalachara, Castiella-La Mancha, Espanya
Asturian:
El Cardoso de la Sierra, Provincia de Guadalaxara, Castiella-La Mancha, España
Basque:
El Cardoso de la Sierra, Guadalajara, Gaztela-Mantxa, Espainia
Breton:
El Cardoso de la Sierra, Proviñs Guadalajara, Kastilha-La Mancha, Spagn
Catalan:
El Cardoso de la Sierra, Guadalajara, Castella - la Manxa, Espanya
Cebuano:
Cardoso de la Sierra, Provincia de Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Espanya
Chechen:
Эль-Кардосо-де-ла-Сьерра, Испани
Dutch:
El Cardoso de la Sierra, Guadalajara, Castilië-La Mancha, Spanje
Esperanto:
El Cardoso de la Sierra, Provinco Gvadalaĥaro, Kastilio-Manĉo, Hispanio
Hungarian:
El Cardoso de la Sierra, Guadalajara, Kasztília-La Mancha, Spanyolország
Interlingua:
El Cardoso de la Sierra, Provincia Guadalajara, Castilia-La Mancha, Espania
Interlingue:
El Cardoso de la Sierra, Hispania
Irish Gaelic:
El Cardoso de la Sierra, Castilla-La Mancha, An Spáinn
Japanese:
エル・カルドソ・デ・ラ・シエラ, グアダラハラ県, カスティーリャ・ラ・マンチャ州, スペイン
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Эль-Кардосо-де-ла-Сьерра, Гвадалахара, Кастилия — Ла-Манча, Испания
Ladin:
El Cardoso de la Sierra
Lombard:
El Cardoso de la Sierra, Spagna
Luxembourgish:
El Cardoso de la Sierra, Provënz Guadalajara, Kastilien-La Mancha, Spuenien
Malay:
El Cardoso de la Sierra, Wilayah Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Sepanyol
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
El Cardoso de la Sierra, Guadalajara Séng, Castilla-La Mancha, Se-pan-gâ
Norwegian:
El Cardoso de la Sierra, Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spania
Occitan:
El Cardoso de la Sierra, Guadalajara, Castelha-La Mancha, Espanha
Polish:
El Cardoso de la Sierra, Guadalajara, Kastylia-La Mancha, Hiszpania
Portuguese:
El Cardoso de la Sierra, Guadalajara, Castela-Mancha, Espanha
Swedish:
Cardoso de la Sierra, Guadalajara, Kastilien-La Mancha, Spanien
Tatar:
Эль-Кардосо-де-ла-Сьерра, Испания
Traditional Chinese:
埃爾卡爾多索德拉謝拉, 卡斯提亞-拉曼查, 西班牙
Turkish:
El Cardoso de la Sierra, Guadalajara ili, Kastilya-La Mancha, İspanya
Ukrainian:
Ель-Кардосо-де-ла-Сьєрра, Гвадалахара, Кастилія-Ла-Манча, Іспанія
Venetian:
El Cardoso de la Sierra, Spagna
Vietnamese:
El Cardoso de la Sierra, Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Tây Ban Nha
Waray:
El Cardoso de la Sierra, Provincia de Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Espanya


El Cardoso de la Sierra is a municipality located in Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain.

This municipality is the true type locality for andalusite. It is not located in Andalusia, as mistakenly believed by the mineralogist who described the species.

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Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

4 valid minerals. 1 (TL) - type locality of valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

Andalusite (TL)
Formula: Al2(SiO4)O
Kyanite
Formula: Al2(SiO4)O
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Quartz var. Milky Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Quartz var. Rock Crystal
Formula: SiO2
References:
Quartz var. Smoky Quartz
Formula: SiO2
References:
Sillimanite
Formula: Al2(SiO4)O
References:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
var. Smoky Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
var. Rock Crystal4.DA.05SiO2
var. Milky Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 9 - Silicates
Sillimanite9.AF.05Al2(SiO4)O
Andalusite (TL)9.AF.10Al2(SiO4)O
Kyanite9.AF.15Al2(SiO4)O

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
O AndalusiteAl2(SiO4)O
O KyaniteAl2(SiO4)O
O QuartzSiO2
O SillimaniteAl2(SiO4)O
O Quartz var. Smoky QuartzSiO2
O Quartz var. Rock CrystalSiO2
O Quartz var. Milky QuartzSiO2
AlAluminium
Al AndalusiteAl2(SiO4)O
Al KyaniteAl2(SiO4)O
Al SillimaniteAl2(SiO4)O
SiSilicon
Si AndalusiteAl2(SiO4)O
Si KyaniteAl2(SiO4)O
Si QuartzSiO2
Si SillimaniteAl2(SiO4)O
Si Quartz var. Smoky QuartzSiO2
Si Quartz var. Rock CrystalSiO2
Si Quartz var. Milky QuartzSiO2

Fossils

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Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Cardoso_de_la_Sierra
Wikidata ID:Q1654705
GeoNames ID:6357861

Localities in this Region

  • Castile-La Mancha

Other Regions, Features and Areas that Intersect

Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate

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