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Cueva de Baruta, Miranda, Venezuelai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Cueva de Baruta | Cave |
| Miranda | State |
| Venezuela | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
10° 25' 36'' North , 66° 51' 25'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
KÃķppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Nuestra SeÃąora del Rosario de Baruta | 244,216 (2018) | 2.3km |
| El Hatillo | 57,591 (2018) | 3.4km |
| El Cafetal | 80,029 (2018) | 5.5km |
| Caracas | 3,000,000 (2015) | 7.2km |
| Chacao | 64,609 (2012) | 7.7km |
Translated from the FB link below dated 21 June 2016:
"History of the Baruta Cave:
The Baruta Cave was discovered on January 6, 1956, when a group of workers was working in a limestone quarry as usual. The cave was totally closed, and until the aforementioned date, the discovery was not communicated with the outside, thus being able to recover speleothems of various minerals, which completely covered the cavity. Unfortunately, due to the human vandalism a few days after the cave was opened, it was completely destroyed, this national beauty being turned into a dirty and dusty hole. Later, the company that exploited the quarry continued exploiting it, destroying some 60 meters more of the main gallery. Currently*, because the front of the quarry (now abandoned) is a vertical wall, there are very frequent landslides of large blocks in front of the entrance of the cave.
* This review is from 1968. Currently, there is no Cueva de Baruta."
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| â Aragonite Formula: CaCO3 |
| â Azurite Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| â Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| â Dolomite Formula: CaMg(CO3)2 |
| â Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| â Opal Formula: SiO2 · nH2O |
| â Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| â | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| â | Opal | 4.DA.10 | SiO2 · nH2O |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| â | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| â | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| â | Aragonite | 5.AB.15 | CaCO3 |
| â | Azurite | 5.BA.05 | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| â | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | â Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| H | â Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| H | â Opal | SiO2 · nH2O |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | â Aragonite | CaCO3 |
| C | â Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| C | â Calcite | CaCO3 |
| C | â Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| C | â Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | â Aragonite | CaCO3 |
| O | â Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| O | â Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | â Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| O | â Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | â Opal | SiO2 · nH2O |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | â Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | â Opal | SiO2 · nH2O |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | â Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | â Aragonite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | â Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | â Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | â Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | â Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| Cu | â Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
South AmericaContinent
- AndesMountain Range
South America PlateTectonic Plate
- North Andean OrogenOrogenic Belt
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