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Feldspar Quarry
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The feldspar mine is situated in Venezuela (South America). This mine
sits in the State of Trujillo.  In 1988 four samples were tested by spectrophotometer atomic absorption and gravimetric method over a dry weight material.  The chemical composition of the four samples was more
or less similar. This is the chemical composition of one sample:

% Humidity ( water )................ 0.16
Loss to red ( L.R. )................... 0.48
% Si O2.................................61.52
% K2 O....................................9.45
% Na2 O..................................4.75
% Al 2 O3...............................23.02
% Fe2 O3................................ 0.052

This chemical composition is similar to the results of a test made in 1988 by Ministry of Energy and Mine, Caracas, Venezuela.  On a survey of the zone by a geologist, he observed metavolcanic rocks belonging to the Sierra Nevada formation with the following characteristics:

lithologicals with high grade of metamorphism in open ceiling on the state of Trujillo. Lithology of the mine is composed by rocks of the Precambic age with gneiss, schist, quartz, and amphibolitic characteristics. The mine has little intrusions acid and alkaline.  Gneissis are of light color on surface, but have colors from dark grey to light brown to red. The biotitic and muscobitic micas ( isinglass ) are observed on little strips and also on strips of rocks feldspar - quartz. The gneisses are composed of feldspar - quartz feldspartic. The schist are well plenty developed and defined by feldspar strips.

Thesamples observed on field show leaflets with feldspar inserted strips. 
On the zone are mainly prevailing quartz - feldspar - amphibolitic - and micacea because contains quartz, feldspar, amphibolitic, and biotitic and muscobitic micas.  There are pegmatite feldspar, quartz, micaceas, philitics. These pegmatites sometimes look impregnated by white clay. The feldspar has color from pink to gray when altered.

Feldspar is of high quality.The zone has good way to a town on a highway.  The owner has legal rights over 500 hectares (about 1, 250 acres ).



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Phone: Ph: (58+51) 53 04 08 VENEZUELA
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