Soriana Quarry
Estopiñán del Castillo, Huesca, Aragon, Spain
Soriana Quarry is an aggregate quarry exploiting dolerite, primarily for roadways.
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The quarry is best known amongst mineral collectors for the nice quality pieces of Aerinite, massive blue blocks of the material. Quality specimens of scolecite and diopside are found on the site too.
Mindat lists 22 minerals, with aerinite probably being the best known from the locale.
Further reading
- https://www.mindat.org/loc-50517.html
- https://www.arno.es/es/arno-proyectos/cantera-y-planta-la-soriana/ (Spanish language)
- https://www.arno.es/es/la-cantera-la-soriana-en-la-revista-rocas-y-minerales/ (Spanish language)
If you are interested in other local specimens, we may have stock from the following locales:
Aragon- Cerro Patillas, Fuentes de Ebro, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain
- La Tejera ravine, La Cuna hill, Montalbán, Teruel, Aragon, Spain
- Soriana Quarry, Estopiñán del Castillo, Huesca, Aragon, 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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