El Gabarral quarry, Cuesta del Romeral, Antequera, Málaga, Andalusia, Spaini
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| El Gabarral quarry | Quarry |
| Cuesta del Romeral | Hill |
| Antequera | Municipality |
| Málaga | Province |
| Andalusia | Autonomous Community |
| Spain | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
37° 1' 30'' North , 4° 30' 59'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Antequera | 45,168 (2012) | 4.0km |
| Villanueva del Rosario | 3,356 (2018) | 13.8km |
| Archidona | 8,506 (2012) | 13.8km |
| Villanueva del Trabuco | 5,067 (2012) | 15.8km |
| Casabermeja | 3,274 (2012) | 16.6km |
Dolomite quarry included within the Triassic Keuper sequence (Subbetic olistostrome). The outcrop is a huge dolomite olistolite highly fractured which was quarried in the past XX century, to produce road aggregates for base and subbase formation.
Currently the quarry is abandoned and late alabastrine gypsum trenches were worked for gypsum production to construction.
Dolomites are dark grey, thinly bedded (2-4 cm) and fine grained texture (dolomicrite). Occasionally,calcite and gypsum veins fill joints running along dolomite matrix where mineralization occurs. Coelestine, sulphur and fluorite fill veins in calcite, forming attractive mineral association.
Sulphur was presented in the past in aesthetic association of interest to collectors, included as core and microcrystals on white alabastrine gypsum.
Currently dumping places and collapse of ancient trenches within the quarry make hard to find out aesthetic or representative specimens.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Aragonite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Celestine Formula: SrSO4 |
| ⓘ Dolomite Formula: CaMg(CO3)2 |
| ⓘ Fluorite Formula: CaF2 |
| ⓘ Gypsum Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| ⓘ Native Sulphur Formula: S8 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Sulphur | 1.CC.05 | S8 |
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
| ⓘ | Fluorite | 3.AB.25 | CaF2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| ⓘ | Aragonite | 5.AB.15 | CaCO3 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Celestine | 7.AD.35 | SrSO4 |
| ⓘ | Gypsum | 7.CD.40 | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Aragonite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Aragonite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Celestine | SrSO4 |
| O | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| O | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Celestine | SrSO4 |
| S | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| S | ⓘ Native Sulphur | S8 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Aragonite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Ca | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| Ca | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| Sr | Strontium | |
| Sr | ⓘ Celestine | SrSO4 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
- Betic CordilleraPassive Margin
EuropeContinent
Iberian PeninsulaPeninsula
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El Gabarral quarry, Cuesta del Romeral, Antequera, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain