RT Journal Article T1 Caracterización mineralógica, petrológica y petrofísica del mármol comercial Rojo Alicante (Cavarrasa, Alicante) A1 Benavente García, David A1 Bernabéu, A. A1 Fort González, Rafael A1 García del Cura, María Ángeles A1 La Iglesia Fernández, Ángel A1 Ordóñez Delgado, Salvador AB Rojo Alicante commercial marble which is extracted in Cavarrasa quarries (Alicante Province) is complex with regards to its petrology. It shows abundant breccia facies including tectonic, intraclastic and diagenetic breccias. The primary rock is a fossiliferous limestone (red pelagic limestone) with veins and stylolites (biomicrite). Fossils are mainly fragments of thin-walled shells of the pelecypods. Some ostracods, pellets and foraminifers are also present. Pelecypod fragments are unsorted and reach some millimeters in length. Oxidised Fe-minerals, quartz, micas, calcium phosphates, ilmenite and clay minerals are accessory minerals of Rojo Alicante commercial marble. The mineralogy, porosity, hygric behaviour, and mechanical and esthetical properties of Rojo Alicante described in this paper prove that Rojo Alicante commecial marble is a good building material. PB Sociedad Geológica de España SN 1576-5172 YR 2000 FD 2000 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/102738 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/102738 LA spa NO Ejemplar dedicado a: V Congreso Geológico de España (Alicante, 10-14 julio 2000) DS Docta Complutense RD 6 abr 2025