PETROLOGICAL STUDY OF THE QUARRIES RELATED TO THE ALCAZABA OF ALMERIA

In this project, a series of stone samples from quarries and from the monumental complex of the Alcazaba of Almería were analysed in an attempt to establish the origin of the lithotypes used in the construction of the Alcazaba. The analysis techniques used were loupe-videomicroscopy, X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence and optical microscopy.