| Locality type: | Cave |
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| Species: | Aragonite |
| Formula: | CaCO3 |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Aragonite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Pozalagua Cave, Karrantza Harana/Valle de Carranza, Biscay, Basque Country, Spain |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1222135 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1222135:0 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | abeec89d-2549-4791-a010-3a53bc9a9504 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Aragonite |
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| 54.2km (33.7 miles) | ⓘNieves Mine (Nieves Quarry), Viérnoles, Torrelavega, Cantabria, Spain |
| 57.4km (35.7 miles) | ⓘReocín Mine, Reocín, Cantabria, Spain |
| 68.8km (42.8 miles) | ⓘHermosa Mine, Sel del Haya, Cobijón, Udías, Cantabria, Spain |
| 82.8km (51.5 miles) | ⓘLa Florida mining area, Sierra de Arnero, Cantabria, Spain |
| 83.0km (51.6 miles) | ⓘEl Soplao cave, La Florida mining area, Sierra de Arnero, Cantabria, Spain |
| References |
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Martínez-Arkarazo, I., Angulo, M., Zuloaga, O., Usobiaga, A., & Madariaga, J. M. (2007). Spectroscopic characterisation of moonmilk deposits in Pozalagua tourist cave (Karrantza, Basque Country, North of Spain). Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 68(4), 1058-1064. |
| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 539–552 Coordination of Sr and Mg in calcite and aragonite A. A. FINCH* AND N. ALLISON School of Geography...2008] ABSTR ACT Strontium and Mg in calcite and aragonite are widely used as proxies of temperature in palaeoenvironmental...examine Sr and Mg substitution in calcite and aragonite. We have measured the K-edge X-ray absorption...structure (EXAFS) of Mg and Sr-bearing calcite and aragonite, plus the carbonates: strontianite, hydromagnesite...amounts of Mg. The Sr substitutes ideally for Ca in aragonite but causes a small (2%) dilation of the site. |
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