Coto San Guillermo
Jerez de Caballeros, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
A former iron ore mining area with several mines worked between 1907 and 1978.
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Mines in this area primarily exploited hematite and magnetite, but other mineral specimens are found, notably including ferro-actinolite and hedenbergite. Mindat lists 10 minerals from the site.
Mines in this area include:
- El Colmenar mine / Mina El Colmenar
- San Guillermo mine / Mina San Guillermo
- Santa Barbara mine / Mina Santa Bárbara
- Santa Justa mine / Mina Santa Justa
El Colmenar and Santa Barbara were later subsumed by the San Carlos quarry (Cantera San Carlos).
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If you are interested in other local specimens, we may have stock from the following locales:
Extremadura- Coto San Guillermo, Jerez de Caballeros, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
- Mirabel, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
- Monchi Mine, Burguillos del Cerro, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
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