Sorbas, Almería, Andalusia, Spaini
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Sorbas | Municipality |
| Almería | Province |
| Andalusia | Autonomous Community |
| Spain | Group of Countries |
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Largest Settlements:
| Place | Population |
|---|---|
| Sorbas | 2,679 (2012) |
Mindat Locality ID:
246639
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:246639:5
GUID (UUID V4):
b0aed2d0-385b-424c-9a97-dfb1cd91eba0
Other Languages:
French:
Sorbas, Almería, Andalousie, Espagne
German:
Sorbas, Almería, Andalusien, Spanien
Italian:
Sorbas, Almería, Andalusia, Spagna
Russian:
Сорбас, Альмерия, Андалусия, Испания
Simplified Chinese:
索尔瓦斯, 阿尔梅里亚, 安達盧西亞, 西班牙
Spanish:
Sorbas, Almería, Andalucía, España
Arabic:
سورباس, ألمرية, أندلوسيا, إسبانيا
Aragonese:
Sorbas, Almería, Andalucía, Espanya
Armenian:
Սորբաս, Ալմերիա, Անդալուզիա, Իսպանիա
Asturian:
Sorbas, Almería, Andalucía, España
Basque:
Sorbas, Almería, Andaluzia, Espainia
Bulgarian:
Сорбас, Алмерия, Андалусия, Испания
Catalan:
Sorbas, Almeria, Andalusia, Espanya
Cebuano:
Sorbas , Almería , Andalucía, Espanya
Dutch:
Sorbas, Almería, Andalusië, Spanje
Esperanto:
Sorbas, Almerio, Andaluzio, Hispanio
Farsi/Persian:
سورباس, آلمریا, اندلس, اسپانیا
Hungarian:
Sorbas, Almería, Andalúzia, Spanyolország
Interlingua:
Sorbas, Almería, Andalusia, Espania
Lithuanian:
Sorbasas, Almerija, Andalūzija, Ispanija
Macedonian:
Сорбас, Алмерија, Андалузија, Шпанија
Malay:
Sorbas, Almería, Andalusia, Sepanyol
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Sorbas, Almería, Andalucía, Se-pan-gâ
Occitan:
Sorbas, Almeria, Andalosia, Espanha
Polish:
Sorbas, Almería, Andaluzja, Hiszpania
Portuguese:
Sorbas, Almeria, Andaluzia, Espanha
Romanian:
Sorbas, Almería, Andaluzia, Spania
South Azerbaijani:
سورباس, آلمریا, ایسپانیا
Swedish:
Sorbas , Almería, Andalusien, Spanien
Traditional Chinese:
索爾瓦斯, 阿爾梅里亞, 安達盧西亞, 西班牙
Turkish:
Sorbas, Almería, Endülüs (özerk topluluk), İspanya
Ukrainian:
Сорбас, Альмерія, Андалусія, Іспанія
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Sorbas, Almería, Andalusiya, Ispaniya
Vietnamese:
Sorbas, Almería, Andalucía, Tây Ban Nha
Waray:
Sorbas, Almería, Andalucía, Espanya
Sorbas town gives name to surrounding Sorbas basin, a large Messinian evaporite gypsum deposit. Three active quarries extract a total amount of 3 million ton of high grade gypsum per year.
Around 5.5 million years ago the Mediterranean dried up through closure of its communication with the Atlantic Ocean due to tectonic uplift. In relation to this phenomenon, important deposits of gypsum were deposited in the Sorbas Basin, which locally exceed 130 m in thickness and that outcrop over an area of nearly 25 square kilometres.
Sorbas Basin geological map and cross section
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Rock Types Recorded
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| ⓘ Almandine Formula: Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3 |
| ⓘ Cordierite Formula: (Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18) |
| ⓘ Graphite Formula: C |
| ⓘ Gypsum Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O Localities: |
| ⓘ Sillimanite Formula: Al2(SiO4)O |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Graphite | 1.CB.05a | C |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Gypsum | 7.CD.40 | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Almandine | 9.AD.25 | Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3 |
| ⓘ | Sillimanite | 9.AF.05 | Al2(SiO4)O |
| ⓘ | Cordierite | 9.CJ.10 | (Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Graphite | C |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Almandine | Fe32+Al2(SiO4)3 |
| O | ⓘ Cordierite | (Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18) |
| O | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| O | ⓘ Sillimanite | Al2(SiO4)O |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Cordierite | (Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18) |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Almandine | Fe32+Al2(SiO4)3 |
| Al | ⓘ Cordierite | (Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18) |
| Al | ⓘ Sillimanite | Al2(SiO4)O |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Almandine | Fe32+Al2(SiO4)3 |
| Si | ⓘ Cordierite | (Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18) |
| Si | ⓘ Sillimanite | Al2(SiO4)O |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Almandine | Fe32+Al2(SiO4)3 |
| Fe | ⓘ Cordierite | (Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18) |
Fossils
There are 5 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.BETA TEST - 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 | 64 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Youngest Fossil Listed | 4.90 Ma (Pliocene) | |||||||||
| Oldest Fossil Listed | 11.6 Ma (Miocene) | |||||||||
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| Fossil Localities | Click to show 5 fossil localities |
Other Databases
| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorbas |
|---|---|
| Wikidata ID: | Q842658 |
| GeoNames ID: | 6355598 |
Localities in this Region
- Andalusia
- Almería
Other Regions, Features and Areas that Intersect
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
Iberian PeninsulaPeninsula
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