Herculano Mine
El Puntal, Campos de Golf area, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
Herculano mine, or Mina Herculano, is a small mine near Cartagena that produces fine specimens of Calcite.
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There are several excellent articles about subsurface explorations of the mine below, in the further reading section.
The Foro de Minerales link shows a huge number of photos of different types of Calcite from the mine – apparently, the deeper you go, the richer and more unusual the Calcite.
Further reading
- https://www.mindat.org/loc-11545.html
- Socidad Murciana de Mineralogia (Google translate link, Spanish to English)
- Foro de Minerales (Google translate link, Spanish to English)
- https://www.gmalicante.org/Salidas2019/SALIDA914/SALIDA914.html
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