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    La aplicación Minescope, v. 3.0 

    Arasanz, Raquel; Roquet Peña, Miguel; Corbella, Mercè; Cardellach, Esteve (2019)

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    Caracterización de las mineralizaciones supergénicas del Complejo Minero Neolítico de Gavà: implicaciones en arqueología 

    Díaz-Acha, Yael; Campeny, Marc; Borrell, Ferran; Bosch, Josep; Melgarejo, Joan Carles (2021-07-07)

    El complejo arqueológico de las Minas Prehistóricas de Gavà (Barcelona), atesora un entramado de minas construidas y explotadas entre el 5000-6000 AP (Borrell et al., 2015). Este complejo neolítico muestra una explotación ...

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    Colours of gemmy phosphates from the Gavà neolithic mines (Catalonia, Spain): origin and archaeological significance 

    Díaz-Acha, Yael; Campeny, Marc; Casas, Lluís; Di Febo, Roberta; Ibáñez-Insa, Jordi; Jawhari, Tariq; Bosch, Josep; Borrell, Ferran; Jorge-villar, Susana Esther; Greneche, Jean-Marc; Tauler, Esperança; Melgarejo, Joan Carles (2022-03-17)

    In the Neolithic Gavà mines, variscite and turquoise were exploited for ornaments manufacturing, although some prospective pits and tunnels were dug on other similar greenish minerals such as smectite or kandite. A 3D study ...

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    Critical elements in supergene phosphates: the example of the weathering profile at the Gavà Neolithic Mines, Catalonia, Spain 

    Díaz-Acha, Yael; Campeny, Marc; Tauler, Esperança; Bosch, Josep; Melgarejo, Joan Carles; Camprubí, Antoni; Vilanova-de-Benavent, Cristina; Jorge-Villar, Susana E.; Díaz-Ontiveros, Iria; Fernández-Lluch, David; Proenza, Joaquín A.; Andreazini, Aleu; Pastor, Míriam (2019-12-18)

    The essential role of Critical Elements (CE) in 21st century economy has led to an increasing demand of these metals and promotes the exploration of non-conventional deposits such as weathering profiles. The present work ...

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    Geological context and origin of the mineralization of the historic and prehistoric iron mines in the Gavà area, Catalonia, NE Iberian Peninsula 

    Díaz-Acha, Yael; Campeny, Marc; Melgarejo, Joan Carles; Bosch, Josep; Lehbib, Saleh; Torró, Lisard; Proenza, Joaquín A.; Castillo-Oliver, Montgarri; Camprubí, Antoni; Villanova-de-Benavent, Cristina; Andreazini, Aleu; Pastor, Míriam; Pujol-Solà, Núria; Amores, Sandra; Xu, Jingyao; Farré, Júlia (2019)

    Mining for iron resources in the Gavà area of Catalonia occurred intermittently during the Iberian and Roman epochs, the Middle Ages, and continuing until the industrial era, as evidenced by historical and archaeological ...

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    Machine learning algorithms applied to Raman spectra for the identification of variscite originating from the mining complex of Gavà 

    Díez-Pastor, José Francisco; Esther, Susana; Arnaiz-González, Álvar; García-Osorio, César Ignacio; Díaz-Acha, Yael; Campeny, Marc; Bosch, Josep; Melgarejo, Joan Carles (2018-11-22)

    Variscite is an aluminium phosphate mineral widely used as a gemstone in antiquity. Knowledge of the ancient trade in variscite has important implications on the historical appreciation of the commercial and migratory ...

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    Sandstone-hosted uranium deposits as a possible source for critical elements: the Eureka mine case, Castell-Estaó, Catalonia 

    Castillo-Oliver, Montgarri; Melgarejo, Joan Carles; Torró, Lisard; Vilanova-de-Benavent, Cristina; Campeny, Marc; Díaz-Acha, Yael; Amores-Casals, Sandra; Xu, Jingyao; Proenza, Joaquín A.; Tauler, Esperança (2019-12-30)

    The Eureka deposit in Castell-estaó in the Catalan Pyrenees is a Cu–U–V deposit, hosted by Triassic red-bed sandstones, and classified here as a low-temperature, sandstone-hosted stratabound metamorphite U deposit. The ...