Marble quarry west of Alicante, Spain
The largest marble quarry in Europe is located at Monte Coto next to Pinoso in the Spanish Alicante province. Here an Eocene limestone named "Crema Marfil" is exploited on a large scale.
Taken on 26
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2015
Submitted on 10 Feb 2018
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- Europe (3513)
- Southern Europe (1515)
- Spain (723)
- Exact location (-0.9730 W, 38.3590 N)
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stratigraphy, sedimentary rocks, resources
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Credit: Christoph Mayr (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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Xxx Xxxxx 5 years, 1 month ago
Nice pic!