Specialists in fine minerals from the Cantabric Mountain Range since 1985.

La Coquera Gallery

 

 

 

Coquera means mineral pocket in spanish. In some spanish cities, miners used to use it a lot, as for example in Asturias.
I have chosen this name to honour the hard and sometimes dangerous work of the miner. The coqueras is the place where the minerals of that area use to crystalize. I am going to try to make this section of the web the most updated.

 

Coquera, Vug, Mineral pocket.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is me! Half of me is inside a coquera in a Pb-Zn mine in Cantabria, Spain.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sphalerite on Calcite. "La Esperanza" (fourth level). Las Manforas Mine, Aliva, Macizo Central, Picos de Europa National Park, Cantabria, Spain. Sphalerite on Calcite. "Coquera del Turbinel" (third level), Las Manforas Mine, Aliva, Macizo central, Picos de Europa National Park, Cantabria, Spain. Sphalerite on Dolomite. Sublevel 2.5, Las Manforas Mine, Aliva, Macizo central, Picos de Europa National Park, Cantabria, Spain.

Las Manforas Mine, Aliva, Picos de Europa National Park, Cantabria, Spain. Gem Sphalerite, Calcite, Dolomite, Galena.

Fluorite and Barite. La Moscona Mine, Solís, Concejo de Corvera, Asturias, Spain

La Moscona Mine, Solís, Concejo de Corvera, Asturias, Spain. Yellow Fluorite, Calcite, Barite.

 

 

 

Berbes, Concejo de Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain. Fluorite, Barite.

 

Floater Fluorite. La Viesca Quarry, La Collada, Concejo de Pola de Siero, Asturias, Spain.

La Collada, Concejo de Pola de Siero, Asturias, Spain. Fluorite, Calcite.

Emilio Mine, Caravia, Asturias, Spain. Fluorite, Calcite, Barite, Quartz.

 

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