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La Isleta del Moro, Cabo de Gata volcanic complex, Níjar, Almería, Andalusia, Spaini
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La Isleta del MoroVillage
Cabo de Gata volcanic complexVolcanic Complex
NíjarMunicipality
AlmeríaProvince
AndalusiaAutonomous Community
SpainCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
36° 48' 50'' North , 2° 3' 5'' West
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Mindat Locality ID:
399660
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:399660:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
La Isleta del Moro Arráez; La Isleta


La Isleta del Moro is a small village belonging to the municipality of Níjar, located on the coast and in the Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park. Andesitic and dacitic rocks belonging to the Cabo de Gata Volcanic Complex outcrops in its environment, along with abundant alluvial deposits. In the area you can find nodules and small silicified levels with interesting samples of quartz in its cryptocrystalline varieties, chalcedony, jasper and agates, accompanied by some opal.

La Isleta del Moro es una pequeña localidad perteneciente al municipio de Níjar, situada en la costa, y localizada en parque natural Cabo de Gata-Níjar. En su entorno afloran rocas andesíticas y dacíticas pertenecientes al Complejo Volcánico del Cabo de Gata, junto con abundantes depósitos aluviales. En la zona se pueden encontrar nódulos y pequeños niveles silicificados con interesantes muestras de cuarzo en sus variedades criptocristalinas, calcedonia, jaspe y ágata, acompañadas de algo de ópalo.

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Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz
var. Agate
4.DA.05SiO2
var. Amethyst4.DA.05SiO2
var. Chalcedony4.DA.05SiO2
4.DA.05SiO2
Opal4.DA.10SiO2 · nH2O
var. Moss Opal ?4.DA.10SiO2 · nH2O

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HHydrogen
H OpalSiO2 · nH2O
OOxygen
O Quartz var. AgateSiO2
O Quartz var. AmethystSiO2
O Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
O OpalSiO2 · nH2O
O QuartzSiO2
SiSilicon
Si Quartz var. AgateSiO2
Si Quartz var. AmethystSiO2
Si Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
Si OpalSiO2 · nH2O
Si QuartzSiO2

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Wikipedia:https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Isleta_del_Moro
Wikidata ID:Q5963917

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