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Muscovite from
Castañar Cave, Castañar de Ibor, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain


Locality type:Cave
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Castañar Cave, Castañar de Ibor, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1488112
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1488112:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
23.0km (14.3 miles) ⓘVillar del Pedroso granite, Villar del Pedroso, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
35.6km (22.1 miles) ⓘSierra de San Cristóbal, Logrosán, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
66.4km (41.2 miles) ⓘLa Parilla Mine, Miajadas, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
78.9km (49.0 miles) ⓘAlba 1 Quarry, Oliva de Plasencia, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
81.1km (50.4 miles) ⓘValdeflórez (Valdeflores; San José de Valdeflores Mine; San José de Valdeflórez Mine), Sierra de la Mosca, Cáceres, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
84.4km (52.4 miles) ⓘLa Parrilla Mine (Adelaida open pit mine), Almoharín, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
86.9km (54.0 miles) ⓘTrasquilón, Cáceres, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
94.9km (58.9 miles) ⓘEl Lobo Mine, Quintana de la Serena, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
References
Alonso-Zarza, A. M., Martin-Perez, A., Martin-Garcia, R., Gil-Pena, I., Melendez, A., Martinez-Flores, E., ... & Munoz-Barco, P. (2011). Structural and host rock controls on the distribution, morphology and mineralogy of speleothems in the Castañar Cave (Spain). Geological Magazine, 148(2), 211-225.
 
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