Berta quarry and mine
Sant Cugat del Vallès-El Papiol, Vallès Occidental-Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Berta Quarry is a former stone and mineral quarry now being converted into a geopark.
Mindat lists 61 mineral species from the locale. It is the most visited mineral deposit in Catalonia.
The quarry closed in 2019 having been worked off and on since Roman times or earlier. There were some discussions about filling the quarry with landfill, but as of 2022 it seems that the local council will turn the quarry into a geology park and visitors centre.
The green fluorite from the site is particularly prized by Catalan mineral collectors.
Further reading
- https://www.mindat.org/loc-6997.html
- https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedrera_Berta (Catalan language)
- https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedrera_Berta (English, via Google translate)
- https://www.totsantcugat.cat/actualitat/medi-ambient/pedrera-berta-no-es-tocara_2172607102.html (Catalan language)
- https://www.totsantcugat.cat/actualitat/medi-ambient/pedrera-berta-no-es-tocara_2172607102.html (English, via Google translate)
If you are interested in other local specimens, we may have stock from the following locales:
Catalonia- Atrevida Mine, Bosc de Poblet, Vimbodí i Poblet, Conca de Barberà, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
- Berta quarry and mine, Sant Cugat del Vallès-El Papiol, Vallès Occidental-Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Monsant Mines, Hortsavinyà, Tordera, Maresme, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Montcada Hill Quarry, Montcada i Reixac, Vallès Occidental, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Osor Mines, Osor, Selva, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
- Puig de la Banya de Boc volcano, Llorà, Sant Martí de Llémena, Catalonia, Spain
- Sant Corneli Quarry (Can Savoia), Sant Corneli volcano, Fogars de la Selva-Tordera, Selva-Maresme, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Serrana Mine (Manganese Mine), El Molar, Priorat, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
- Toron Mines, Roca del Toron, Espinavell, Molló, Ripollès, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
Alternately, try browsing by province: • Andalusia • Aragon • Asturias • Canary Islands • Cantabria • Castile-La Mancha • Castile and Leon • Catalonia • Extremadura • La Rioja • Murcia • Navarre • Valencia •
For the rest of our stock from the whole of Spain, see below.