Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguayi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Artigas | City |
| Artigas Department | Department |
| Uruguay | Country |
This page is currently not sponsored. Click here to sponsor this page.
Type:
Largest Settlements:
| Place | Population |
|---|---|
| Artigas | 41,909 (2012) |
Artigas is the main city in the Artigas Department.
The Artigas amethyst workings are mainly located approximately 30km (19 miles) south of Artigas in an area of some 160km² 62 square miles).
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Goethite | 4.00. | Fe3+O(OH) |
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ | Quartz var. Agate | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | var. Amethyst | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | var. Chalcedony | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | var. Citrine ? | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 | |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Celadonite | 9.EC.15 | K(MgFe3+◻)(Si4O10)(OH)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Celadonite | K(MgFe3+◻)(Si4O10)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Quartz var. Agate | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz var. Amethyst | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Celadonite | K(MgFe3+◻)(Si4O10)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz var. Citrine | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Celadonite | K(MgFe3+◻)(Si4O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Agate | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Amethyst | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Celadonite | K(MgFe3+◻)(Si4O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Citrine | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | ⓘ Celadonite | K(MgFe3+◻)(Si4O10)(OH)2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Celadonite | K(MgFe3+◻)(Si4O10)(OH)2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
Fossils
There are 3 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.
| Occurrences | 3 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Youngest Fossil Listed | 0.01 Ma (Pleistocene) | ||||||
| Oldest Fossil Listed | 0.78 Ma (Pleistocene) | ||||||
| Stratigraphic Units |
| ||||||
| Fossils from Region | Click here to show the list. | ||||||
| Fossil Localities | Click to show 1 fossil locality |
Other Databases
| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artigas,_Uruguay |
|---|---|
| Wikidata ID: | Q712567 |
This page contains all mineral locality references listed on mindat.org. This does not claim to be a complete list. If you know of more minerals from this site, please register so you can add to our database. This locality information is for reference purposes only. You should never attempt to
visit any sites listed in mindat.org without first ensuring that you have the permission of the land and/or mineral rights holders
for access and that you are aware of all safety precautions necessary.
References
Morteani, Giulio, Kostitsyn, Y., Preinfalk, C., Gilg, H. A. (2010) The genesis of the amethyst geodes at Artigas (Uruguay) and the paleohydrology of the Guaraní aquifer: structural, geochemical, oxygen, carbon, strontium isotope and fluid inclusion study. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 99 (4) 927-947 doi:10.1007/s00531-009-0439-z
Arduin-Rode, Fiorella, Sosa, Graciela, van den Kerkhof, Alfons, Krüger, Yves, Bajnai, David, Pack, Andreas, Di Rocco, Tommaso, Oyhantçabal, Pedro, Wemmer, Klaus, Herwartz, Daniel, et al. (2024) World-class amethyst-agate geodes from Los Catalanes, Northern Uruguay: genetic implications from fluid inclusions and stable isotopes. Mineralium Deposita. doi:10.1007/s00126-024-01310-2
Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay