Name 1
VITRINA RETROILUMINADA DE LA ÚLTIMA ETAPA
Name 2
BACKLIT SHOWCASE OF THE LAST PHASE
ID number
001.38.Almadén
Manager / Administrator
Reyes Ávila Bercial, Cerco San Teodoro, s/n, 13400-Almadén (Ciudad Real)
Ownership
Public
Institution
Minas de Almadén y Arrayanes, S.A
Local / Original ID Number
001.001.003.322
Type of Object
Knowledge, social care
Description
Short description
"The showcase is made up of three elements:
1. Image: Manufacture of mercury derivatives in the MAYASA laboratories
2. Explanation: During the 1970s, the mercury trade got into a crisis, this decline was caused by various poisonings caused by the misuse of some mercury derivatives in countries such as Japan and Iraq.
To deal with this crisis, the company Minas de Almadén y Arrayanes, S.A., began to manufacture triple-distilled mercury and various mercury compounds, such as yellow oxide, red oxide, mercurous chloride or mercuric chloride.
On the other hand, Minas de Almadén became a consulting company for geology, remote sensing, chemical and environmental analysis. Gone is the exploitation of the mine and the distillation furnaces, which last saw cinnabar in July 2003.
3. Facsimile reproduction of Royal Decree 535/1982 of the Ministry of Finance, on 26 February 1982, which approves the outline of the contract that would regulate all the relations between the company and the Spanish State that would constitute the ""Minas de Almadén y Arrayanes, S.A.;"" original document: Spain. Ministry of Finance, Archive of the Ministry of Finance. Published in the BOE No. 65, on 17/03/1982."
1. Image: Manufacture of mercury derivatives in the MAYASA laboratories
2. Explanation: During the 1970s, the mercury trade got into a crisis, this decline was caused by various poisonings caused by the misuse of some mercury derivatives in countries such as Japan and Iraq.
To deal with this crisis, the company Minas de Almadén y Arrayanes, S.A., began to manufacture triple-distilled mercury and various mercury compounds, such as yellow oxide, red oxide, mercurous chloride or mercuric chloride.
On the other hand, Minas de Almadén became a consulting company for geology, remote sensing, chemical and environmental analysis. Gone is the exploitation of the mine and the distillation furnaces, which last saw cinnabar in July 2003.
3. Facsimile reproduction of Royal Decree 535/1982 of the Ministry of Finance, on 26 February 1982, which approves the outline of the contract that would regulate all the relations between the company and the Spanish State that would constitute the ""Minas de Almadén y Arrayanes, S.A.;"" original document: Spain. Ministry of Finance, Archive of the Ministry of Finance. Published in the BOE No. 65, on 17/03/1982."
Measures
"Showcase:
length: 1.35m
width: 0.45m
height: 0.75m"
length: 1.35m
width: 0.45m
height: 0.75m"
Materials
Steel
Dating
2008
Author / Producer
Minas de Almadén
Illustrations
Original use
Present use
Museum.
Original location
Mining Park.
Present location
Mercury Museum (Mining Park)
STATE OF CONSERVATION
History of conservation:
Present state
good
Necessary activities:
DOCUMENTATION
Addresses /collections/links etc. where further in-depth information is accessible:
www.parqueminerodealmaden.es
Submitted
AYUNTAMIENTO ALMADEN
Submitted by
Águeda Moyano & Alicia Escudero
Date Submitted
25. 4. 2022
Date Edited
Never