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Díaz-Acha, Yael, Marc Campeny, Lluís Casas, Roberta Di Febo, Jordi Ibañez-Insa, Tariq Jawhari, Josep Bosch, Ferran Borrell, Susana E. Jorge-Villar, Jean-Marc Greneche, Esperança Tauler, and Joan C. Melgarejo. (2022) "Colours of Gemmy Phosphates from the Gavà Neolithic Mines (Catalonia, Spain): Origin and Archaeological Significance" Minerals 12, no. 3: 368. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12030368

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Original EntryDíaz-Acha, Yael, Marc Campeny, Lluís Casas, Roberta Di Febo, Jordi Ibañez-Insa, Tariq Jawhari, Josep Bosch, Ferran Borrell, Susana E. Jorge-Villar, Jean-Marc Greneche, Esperança Tauler, and Joan C. Melgarejo. (2022) "Colours of Gemmy Phosphates from the Gavà Neolithic Mines (Catalonia, Spain): Origin and Archaeological Significance" Minerals 12, no. 3: 368. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12030368
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Full ReferenceDíaz-Acha, Yael, Marc Campeny, Lluís Casas, Roberta Di Febo, Jordi Ibañez-Insa, Tariq Jawhari, Josep Bosch, Ferran Borrell, Susana E. Jorge-Villar, Jean-Marc Greneche, Esperança Tauler, and Joan C. Melgarejo. (2022) "Colours of Gemmy Phosphates from the Gavà Neolithic Mines (Catalonia, Spain): Origin and Archaeological Significance" Minerals 12, no. 3: 368. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12030368
Plain TextDíaz-Acha, Yael, Marc Campeny, Lluís Casas, Roberta Di Febo, Jordi Ibañez-Insa, Tariq Jawhari, Josep Bosch, Ferran Borrell, Susana E. Jorge-Villar, Jean-Marc Greneche, Esperança Tauler, and Joan C. Melgarejo. (2022) "Colours of Gemmy Phosphates from the Gavà Neolithic Mines (Catalonia, Spain): Origin and Archaeological Significance" Minerals 12, no. 3: 368. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12030368

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Gavà Mines Archaeological Park (Can Tintorer Mines), Gavà, Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Les Ferreres Range area mines, Gavà, Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

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Les Ferreres Range area, Gavà, Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spainⓘ Alunite, ⓘ Crandallite, ⓘ Goethite, ⓘ Halloysite, ⓘ Jarosite, ⓘ Kaolinite, ⓘ Montgomeryite, ⓘ Phosphosiderite, ⓘ Quartz, ⓘ Shale, ⓘ Smectite Group, ⓘ Variscite
Les Ferreres Range area mines, Gavà, Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spainⓘ Alunite, ⓘ Crandallite, ⓘ Goethite, ⓘ Halloysite, ⓘ Hydrohalloysite, ⓘ Jarosite, ⓘ Kaolinite, ⓘ Phosphosiderite, ⓘ Quartz, ⓘ Smectite Group, ⓘ Variscite

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