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Locality Name:
Valle De La Serena, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 232303
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-232303.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Valle De La Serena, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Osa Quarry
San Nicolás Mine

Latitude: 38°40'18"N
Longitude: 5°51'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.671666666667,-5.8591666666667

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As Be Bi Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mo O P Pb S Si Sn W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteArsenicArseniosideriteArsenopyriteBerylCarminiteChalcopyriteClayColumbite
CovelliteDiasporeFluoriteGypsumKobelliteMicaMixiteMolybdeniteNonePharmacosiderite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteTopaz

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hidalgoite  (*)
Koechlinite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mixite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Philipsbornite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Segnitite  (*)Sillénite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stolzite  (*)Topaz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O1110284194
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11102849052
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O182110283,1102844286
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O31110284214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi11102841966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311102841935
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)21110284178
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO22110283,1102845171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111028427198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS11102842600
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S51110284344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11102844165
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)1110284551
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11102842740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211102849617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111028424243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S41110284192
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11102847437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11102846890
Hidalgoite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)6111028457
Koechlinite  (*)NoneBi2MoO6111028439
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl11102841107
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O1110284168
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211102845800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22110283,11028417380
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O1110284428
Philipsbornite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6111028451
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111028439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22110283,11028461156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O11102841153
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)61110284134
Sillénite  (*)NoneBi12SiO20111028426
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111028421482
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)1110284156
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F22110283,1102841476



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R061061San Nicolás Mine, Valle De La Serena, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spainhttps://rruff.info/R061061
R060988San Nicolás Mine, Valle De La Serena, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spainhttps://rruff.info/R060988


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