Monsant Mines
Hortsavinyà, Tordera, Maresme, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
The Monsant mines are a series of abandoned copper workings in the Bosc de la Mina area of Hortsavinyà.
Minerals found at the site include azurite, auricalcite, barite, bornite, calcite, chalcopyrite, chrysocolla, galena, goethite, garnet, hematite, magnetite, malachite, pyrite, quartz, siderite sphalerite, and some very nice examples of vesuvianite.
It appears the mines may be known by several names, including:
- Monsant mines
- Can Monsant
- Can Castelles
Further reading
- https://www.foro-minerales.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10841 (Spanish language)
- https://www.foro-minerales.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10841 (English, via Google translate)
- https://www.mindat.org/loc-131295.html
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.
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