Caracterización mineralógica, petrológica y petrofísica del mármol comercial Rojo Alicante (Cavarrasa, Alicante)

Rojo Alicante commercial marble which is extracted in Cavarrasa quarries (Alicante Province) is complex with regards to its petrology. It shows abundant breccia facies including tectonic, intraclastic and diagenetic breccias. The primary rock is a fossiliferous limestone (red pelagic limestone) with...

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Autores: Benavente García, David, Bernabéu, A., Fort González, Rafael, García del Cura, María Ángeles, La Iglesia Fernández, Ángel, Ordóñez Delgado, Salvador
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2000
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/102738
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/102738
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:552.46(460.315.2)
Rojo Alicante
Commercial marble
Pelagic limestone
Spain
Mineralogía (Geología)
Petrología
2506.11 Mineralogía
2506.13 Petrología Ignea y Metamórfica
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Resumo:Rojo Alicante commercial marble which is extracted in Cavarrasa quarries (Alicante Province) is complex with regards to its petrology. It shows abundant breccia facies including tectonic, intraclastic and diagenetic breccias. The primary rock is a fossiliferous limestone (red pelagic limestone) with veins and stylolites (biomicrite). Fossils are mainly fragments of thin-walled shells of the pelecypods. Some ostracods, pellets and foraminifers are also present. Pelecypod fragments are unsorted and reach some millimeters in length. Oxidised Fe-minerals, quartz, micas, calcium phosphates, ilmenite and clay minerals are accessory minerals of Rojo Alicante commercial marble. The mineralogy, porosity, hygric behaviour, and mechanical and esthetical properties of Rojo Alicante described in this paper prove that Rojo Alicante commecial marble is a good building material.