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espanolSe definen el concepto y naturaleza de la piedra calcarenita denominada mares de la isla de Mallorca, a partir de sus caracteristicas intrinsecas y de uso. Se realiza una clasificacion y caracterizacion tipologica a partir de la cronoestratigrafia y contexto geologico de esta piedra utilizada como material de construccion. Se proporcionan datos historicos y etnologicos sobre su produccion y aplicaciones. El mares de Mallorca, junto con las canteras donde se extrae, ademas de constituir un valioso patrimonio historico-etnologico-cultural, constituyen tambien un importante patrimonio geologico-natural que registra y nos permite seguir la evolucion y la historia geologica de la isla de Mallorca a traves de los ultimos 15 millones de anos, desde el Mioceno medio (Langhiense-Serravalliense) hasta el Pleistoceno superior. EnglishThe mares calcarenite stone of Mallorca, together with the quarries where it is extracted, is both a valuable ethnic-cultural heritage and an important natural-geological heritage which records and allows us to study the evolution and geological history of the island of Mallorca during the last 15 Ma, from the middle Miocene (Langhian-Serravallian) to the upper Pleistocene. In this paper, the concept and nature of the mares sandstone is defined by its intrinsic characteristics and use. First a typological classification is made from the chronostratigraphy and geological context of this stone which has been used as building material. We also provide historical and ethnological data concerning its production and applications. |
