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Sierra de Aracena, Los Marines, Huelva, Andalusia, Spaini
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Sierra de AracenaSierra
Los MarinesMunicipality
HuelvaProvince
AndalusiaAutonomous Community
SpainCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
37° 54' North , 6° 37' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
37.90000,-6.61667
GRN:
N26W04
Type:
Sierra
Köppen climate type:
Csa : Hot-summer Mediterranean climate
Mindat Locality ID:
73114
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:73114:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
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French:
Sierra de Huelva, Los Marines, Huelva, Andalousie, Espagne
German:
Sierra de Huelva, Los Marines, Huelva, Andalusien, Spanien
Russian:
Сьерра-де-Уэльва, Лос-Маринес, Уэльва, Андалусия, Испания
Simplified Chinese:
阿拉塞納山脈, 洛斯马里内斯, 韦尔瓦, 安達盧西亞, 西班牙
Spanish:
Sierra de Huelva, Los Marines, Huelva, Andalucía, España
Catalan:
Sierra de Huelva, Los Marines, Huelva, Andalusia, Espanya
Cebuano:
Sierra de Aracena, Huelva, Andalucía, Espanya
Dutch:
Sierra de Huelva, Los Marines, Huelva, Andalusië, Spanje
Esperanto:
Sierra de Aracena, Los Marines, Onubo, Andaluzio, Hispanio
Japanese:
アラセーナ山地, ウエルバ, アンダルシア州, スペイン
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Сьерра-де-Уэльва, Лос-Маринес, Уэльва, Андалусия (Испания автономиясы), Испания
Swedish:
Sierra de Aracena, Huelva, Andalusien, Spanien
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Sierra de Huelva, Los Marines, Huelva, Andalusiya, Ispaniya


Located in the North of Huelva province, Sierra de Aracena is the western part of Sierra Morena range.Include 26 townships.

Northern Unit of Evora-Beja-Aracena Massif, Southern Ossa Morena Zone, Iberian Massif, SW Spain.
Greenschist facies (paragenesis 1)) volcanosedimentary metatuffs, metabasites, metacinerites, carbonate rocks.
Diorite intrusion developing a thermometamorphic aureole (400-500°C) (paragenesis 2)).
The mineralogy of three different types of formation is especially interesting: Silicate rocks with hematite, carbonate rocks with hematite-rich pelite beds and carbonate rocks with braunite nodules.


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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List


19 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

Note: data is currently VERY limited. Please bear with us while we work towards adding this information!

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Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Aegirine-augite
Formula: (NaaCabFe2+cMgd)(Fe3+eAlfFe2+gMgh)Si2O6
Description: Mn-rich aegirine augite in paragenesis 2) of silicate rocks with hematite.
ⓘ Albite
Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)
Description: - Paragenesis 1) of silicate rocks with hematite. - Paragenesis 1) in calcite layers of carbonate rocks with hematite-rich pelite beds. - Paragenesis 1) in calcite layers of carbonate rocks with braunite nodules.
ⓘ Braunite
Formula: Mn2+Mn3+6(SiO4)O8
ⓘ Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
ⓘ Calcite var. Manganese-bearing Calcite
Formula: (Ca,Mn)CO3
Description: Paragenesis 1) in calcite layers of carbonate rocks with hematite-rich pelite beds. Paragenesis 1) in calcite layers of carbonate rocks with braunite nodules.
ⓘ 'Chlorite Group'
Description: Paragenesis 1) in calcite layers of carbonate rocks with hematite-rich pelite beds.
ⓘ Clinozoisite
Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Description: Paragenesis 1) in calcite layers of carbonate rocks with hematite-rich pelite beds.
ⓘ Diopside
Formula: CaMgSi2O6
Description: - Diopside Na/Fe in paragenesis 1) of silicate rocks with hematite. - Diopside Mn paragenesis 2) in calcite layers of carbonate rocks with braunite nodules : surrounds manganotremolite or rhodonite.
ⓘ Edenite
Formula: NaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Description: Paragenesis 2) in calcite layers of carbonate rocks with hematite-rich pelite beds : At the contact pelite/calcite layers.
ⓘ Epidote
Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Description: Nuclei of piemontite crystals in paragenesis 1) of silicate rocks with hematite.
ⓘ Hausmannite
Formula: Mn2+Mn3+2O4
ⓘ Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
Description: - Paragenesis 1) of silicate rocks with hematite. - Paragenesis 1) in calcite layers of carbonate rocks with hematite-rich pelite beds.
ⓘ 'Manganepidote'
Description: Paragenesis 1) in calcite layers of carbonate rocks with hematite-rich pelite beds : in calcite and at contact with pelite layers.
ⓘ Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Description: Paragenesis 1) in calcite layers of carbonate rocks with hematite-rich pelite beds.
ⓘ Phlogopite
Formula: KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Description: - Phlogopite in paragenesis 1) of silicate rocks with hematite. - Manganophlogopite in paragenesis 1) in calcite layers of carbonate rocks with braunite nodules.
ⓘ Piemontite
Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlMn3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Description: - Paragenesis 2) of silicate rocks with hematite. - Paragenesis 1) in calcite layers of carbonate rocks with braunite nodules : In calcite or in rims of manganotremolite.
ⓘ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Description: Paragenesis 1) of silicate rocks with hematite.
ⓘ Rhodonite
Formula: CaMn3Mn[Si5O15]
Description: Paragenesis 2) in calcite layers of carbonate rocks with braunite nodules : At the contact between calcite layers and braunite nodules (reaction phase).
ⓘ Spessartine
Formula: Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Description: - Paragenesis 2) of silicate rocks with hematite. - Paragenesis 1) in calcite layers of carbonate rocks with hematite-rich pelite beds : At the contact pelite/calcite layers. - Paragenesis 1) in calcite layers of carbonate rocks with braunite nodules.
ⓘ Tephroite
Formula: Mn2+2(SiO4)
ⓘ Tremolite
Formula: ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Description: Manganotremolite in paragenesis 1) in calcite layers of carbonate rocks with braunite nodules.
ⓘ Winchite
Formula: ◻{CaNa}{Mg4Al}(Si8O22)(OH)2
Description: - Paragenesis 1) of silicate rocks with hematite. - Paragenesis 1) in calcite layers of carbonate rocks with hematite-rich pelite beds : winchite in calcite.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘHausmannite4.BB.10Mn2+Mn3+2O4
ⓘHematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘCalcite5.AB.05CaCO3
ⓘvar. Manganese-bearing Calcite5.AB.05(Ca,Mn)CO3
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘTephroite9.AC.05Mn2+2(SiO4)
ⓘSpessartine9.AD.25Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3
ⓘBraunite9.AG.05Mn2+Mn3+6(SiO4)O8
ⓘClinozoisite9.BG.05a(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
ⓘEpidote9.BG.05a(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
ⓘPiemontite9.BG.05a(CaCa)(AlAlMn3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
ⓘDiopside9.DA.15CaMgSi2O6
ⓘAegirine-augite9.DA.20(NaaCabFe2+cMgd)(Fe3+eAlfFe2+gMgh)Si2O6
ⓘTremolite9.DE.10◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
ⓘEdenite9.DE.15NaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
ⓘWinchite9.DE.20◻{CaNa}{Mg4Al}(Si8O22)(OH)2
ⓘRhodonite9.DK.05CaMn3Mn[Si5O15]
ⓘMuscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
ⓘPhlogopite9.EC.20KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
ⓘAlbite9.FA.35Na(AlSi3O8)
Unclassified
ⓘ'Chlorite Group'-
ⓘ'Manganepidote'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ Clinozoisite(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Hⓘ EdeniteNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Hⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Hⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Hⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Hⓘ Piemontite(CaCa)(AlAlMn3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Hⓘ Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Hⓘ Winchite◻{CaNa}{Mg4Al}(Si8O22)(OH)2
CCarbon
Cⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Cⓘ Calcite var. Manganese-bearing Calcite(Ca,Mn)CO3
OOxygen
Oⓘ Aegirine-augite(NaaCabFec2+Mgd)(Fee3+AlfFeg2+Mgh)Si2O6
Oⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Oⓘ BrauniteMn2+Mn63+(SiO4)O8
Oⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Oⓘ Clinozoisite(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Oⓘ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Oⓘ EdeniteNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Oⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Oⓘ HausmanniteMn2+Mn23+O4
Oⓘ HematiteFe2O3
Oⓘ Calcite var. Manganese-bearing Calcite(Ca,Mn)CO3
Oⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Oⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Oⓘ Piemontite(CaCa)(AlAlMn3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ RhodoniteCaMn3Mn[Si5O15]
Oⓘ SpessartineMn32+Al2(SiO4)3
Oⓘ TephroiteMn22+(SiO4)
Oⓘ Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Oⓘ Winchite◻{CaNa}{Mg4Al}(Si8O22)(OH)2
NaSodium
Naⓘ Aegirine-augite(NaaCabFec2+Mgd)(Fee3+AlfFeg2+Mgh)Si2O6
Naⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Naⓘ EdeniteNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Naⓘ Winchite◻{CaNa}{Mg4Al}(Si8O22)(OH)2
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ Aegirine-augite(NaaCabFec2+Mgd)(Fee3+AlfFeg2+Mgh)Si2O6
Mgⓘ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Mgⓘ EdeniteNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Mgⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Mgⓘ Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Mgⓘ Winchite◻{CaNa}{Mg4Al}(Si8O22)(OH)2
AlAluminium
Alⓘ Aegirine-augite(NaaCabFec2+Mgd)(Fee3+AlfFeg2+Mgh)Si2O6
Alⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Alⓘ Clinozoisite(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Alⓘ EdeniteNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Alⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Alⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Alⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Alⓘ Piemontite(CaCa)(AlAlMn3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Alⓘ SpessartineMn32+Al2(SiO4)3
Alⓘ Winchite◻{CaNa}{Mg4Al}(Si8O22)(OH)2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ Aegirine-augite(NaaCabFec2+Mgd)(Fee3+AlfFeg2+Mgh)Si2O6
Siⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Siⓘ BrauniteMn2+Mn63+(SiO4)O8
Siⓘ Clinozoisite(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Siⓘ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Siⓘ EdeniteNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Siⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Siⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Siⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Siⓘ Piemontite(CaCa)(AlAlMn3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
Siⓘ RhodoniteCaMn3Mn[Si5O15]
Siⓘ SpessartineMn32+Al2(SiO4)3
Siⓘ TephroiteMn22+(SiO4)
Siⓘ Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Siⓘ Winchite◻{CaNa}{Mg4Al}(Si8O22)(OH)2
KPotassium
Kⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Kⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
CaCalcium
Caⓘ Aegirine-augite(NaaCabFec2+Mgd)(Fee3+AlfFeg2+Mgh)Si2O6
Caⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Caⓘ Clinozoisite(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Caⓘ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Caⓘ EdeniteNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Caⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Caⓘ Calcite var. Manganese-bearing Calcite(Ca,Mn)CO3
Caⓘ Piemontite(CaCa)(AlAlMn3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Caⓘ RhodoniteCaMn3Mn[Si5O15]
Caⓘ Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Caⓘ Winchite◻{CaNa}{Mg4Al}(Si8O22)(OH)2
MnManganese
Mnⓘ BrauniteMn2+Mn63+(SiO4)O8
Mnⓘ HausmanniteMn2+Mn23+O4
Mnⓘ Calcite var. Manganese-bearing Calcite(Ca,Mn)CO3
Mnⓘ Piemontite(CaCa)(AlAlMn3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Mnⓘ RhodoniteCaMn3Mn[Si5O15]
Mnⓘ SpessartineMn32+Al2(SiO4)3
Mnⓘ TephroiteMn22+(SiO4)
FeIron
Feⓘ Aegirine-augite(NaaCabFec2+Mgd)(Fee3+AlfFeg2+Mgh)Si2O6
Feⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Feⓘ HematiteFe2O3

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_de_Aracena
Wikidata ID:Q2996999
GeoNames ID:2521693

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Iberian PeninsulaPeninsula

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References

Eur. Jour. Mineral. , 1993, 5, pp. 961-970.
Jiménez-Millán, Juan, Velilla, Nicolás (1997) Hausmannite and braunite nodules from the Aracena area (Iberian Massif, SW Spain) Mineralogical Magazine, 61 (409) 898-902 doi:10.1180/minmag.1997.061.409.12
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