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Quartz from
Les Ferreres Range area mines, Gavà, Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Les Ferreres Range area mines, Gavà, Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1484769
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1484769:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.1km (0.1 miles) ⓘLes Ferreres Range area, Gavà, Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘGavà Mines Archaeological Park area (Can Tintorer Mines), Gavà, Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘElvira Mine, Bruguers, Gavà, Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
8.9km (5.5 miles) ⓘCampderrós Mines, Vallirana, Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
12.6km (7.8 miles) ⓘSansón quarry (Sanson quarry), Puig d'Olorda, Barcelona, Barcelonès, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
13.1km (8.1 miles) ⓘSanta Creu d'Olorda, Collserola mountain range, Barcelona city, Barcelonès, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
13.1km (8.1 miles) ⓘSot de les Mines, Santa Creu d'Olorda, Collserola mountain range, Barcelona city, Barcelonès, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
13.9km (8.6 miles) ⓘCarretera de les Aigües quarry, Sant Pere Màrtir, Collserola mountain range, Barcelona city, Barcelonès, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
15.9km (9.9 miles) ⓘMontjuïc, Barcelona city, Barcelonès, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
16.8km (10.4 miles) ⓘBerta quarry and mine, Sant Cugat del Vallès-El Papiol, Vallès Occidental-Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
References
Díaz-Acha, Yael, Marc Campeny, Lluís Casas, Roberta Di Febo, Jordi Ibañez-Insa, Tariq Jawhari, Josep Bosch, Ferran Borrell, Susana E. Jorge-Villar, Jean-Marc Greneche, Esperança Tauler, and Joan C. Melgarejo. (2022) "Colours of Gemmy Phosphates from the Gavà Neolithic Mines (Catalonia, Spain): Origin and Archaeological Significance" Minerals 12, no. 3: 368. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12030368
 
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