Palazuelo de las Cuevas

There is evidence the Variscite from this locale was exploited in prehistory and during the Roman era, as well as by modern collectors.

There are several mines in the area, including Las Cercas, La Cogolla, and Los Fornicios. It appears Las Cercas has the largest dumps with remains of variscite.

Mindat lists 9 mineral species from the site, including baryte, crandallite, phosphosiderite, quartz, strengite, turquoise, variscite, wardite, and wavellite.

Further reading

• https://www.mindat.org/loc-3141.html
• A visit to the site, including locale photos. (Spanish language)
• A visit to the site, including locale photos. (English, via google translate)
• Spanish Inventory of Sites of Geological Interest (Spanish language)
• Spanish Inventory of Sites of Geological Interest (English, via google translate)

If you are interested in other local specimens, we may have stock from the following locales:

• Barruecopardo Mine, Barruecopardo, Salamanca, Castile and Leon, Spain
• Palazuelo de las Cuevas, San Vicente de la Cabeza, Zamora, Castile and Leon, Spain
• Profunda Mine, Cármenes, León, Castile and Leon, 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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