Secondary minerals of the Mazarron-Aguilas, Mining District, Murcia Province, Spain

From: Mineralogical Record | Date: July 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Three small prospects in the Mazarron-Aguilas mining district-the Dolores prospect near Pastrana village, the La Atalaya prospect at the La Crisoleja site, and the La Umbria de Ramonete Valley prospect in the Lomo de Bas Mountains (all in Murcia Province, southeastern Spain)-have produced well-crystallized copper arsenates and associated secondary minerals. Outstanding among these are the new mineral cobaltarthurite for which the Dolores prospect is the type locality, world-class specimens of lavendulan, one of the first world occurrences of zalesiite, rare yukonite specimens and, perhaps, ...

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