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El Palo, Campo de Calatrava volcanic field, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spaini
Regional Level Types
El PaloMountain
Campo de Calatrava volcanic fieldVolcanic Field
Ciudad RealProvince
Castile-La ManchaAutonomous Community
SpainCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
38° 58' 0'' North , 3° 58' 59'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
38.96667,-3.98333
GeoHash:
G#: eyvjtmemm
GRN:
N26W03
Type:
Mountain
Köppen climate type:
Csa : Hot-summer Mediterranean climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Poblete964 (2012)3.5km
Ciudad Real74,014 (2013)5.2km
Miguelturra13,986 (2012)8.0km
Picón660 (2012)11.5km
Alcolea de Calatrava1,634 (2012)11.7km
Mindat Locality ID:
440790
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:440790:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Strombolian cone, in which mantle xenoliths occur within the pyroclastic fall deposits

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Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘSpinel4.BB.05MgAl2O4
Unclassified
ⓘ'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'-
ⓘ'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ SpinelMgAl2O4
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ SpinelMgAl2O4
AlAluminium
Alⓘ SpinelMgAl2O4

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
EuropeContinent
Iberian PeninsulaPeninsula
Spain

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References

López-Moro, Francisco Javier, Díez-Montes, Alejandro, Timón-Sánchez, Susana María, Llorens-González, Teresa, Sánchez-García, Teresa (2024) Peraluminous Rare Metal Granites in Iberia: Geochemical, Mineralogical, Geothermobarometric, and Petrogenetic Constraints. Minerals, 14 (3) 249 doi:10.3390/min14030249
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