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Macanal Formation, the Glossary

The Macanal Formation or Macanal Shale ((Formación) Lutitas de Macanal, Kilm, K1m) is a fossiliferous geological formation of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense and Tenza Valley in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes.^[1]

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Colombian emeralds
Geography of Boyacá Department
Geography of Casanare Department
Mining in Colombia
Paleontology in Colombia
Source rock formations

Acanthodiscus

Acanthodiscus is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus from the order Ammonitida and included in the persphinctacean family Berriasellidae. Macanal Formation and Acanthodiscus are Cretaceous Colombia.

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Altiplano Cundiboyacense

The Altiplano Cundiboyacense is a high plateau located in the Eastern Cordillera of the Colombian Andes covering parts of the departments of Cundinamarca and Boyacá. Macanal Formation and Altiplano Cundiboyacense are geography of Boyacá Department.

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Ammonoidea

Ammonoids are extinct spiral shelled cephalopods comprising the subclass Ammonoidea.

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Andes

The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America.

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Berriasian

In the geological timescale, the Berriasian is an age/stage of the Early/Lower Cretaceous.

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Bivalvia

Bivalvia, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts.

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Bogotá

Bogotá (also), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá during the Spanish Colonial period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital and largest city of Colombia, and one of the largest cities in the world.

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Boyacá Department

Boyacá is one of the thirty-two departments of Colombia, and the remnant of Boyacá State, one of the original nine states of the "United States of Colombia".

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Brine

Brine (or briny water) is water with a high-concentration solution of salt (typically sodium chloride or calcium chloride).

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Calcite

Calcite is a carbonate mineral and the most stable polymorph of calcium carbonate (CaCO3).

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Campohermoso

Campohermoso is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the subregion of the Lengupá Province.

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Casanare Department

Casanare (Departamento de Casanare) is a department located in the central eastern of Colombia.

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Cáqueza

Cáqueza is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca.

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Chámeza

Chámeza is a town and municipality in the Department of Casanare, Colombia.

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Chibcha language

Chibcha, Mosca, Muisca, Muysca (*/ˈmɨska/ *), or Muysca de Bogotá is a language spoken by the Muisca people of the Muisca Confederation, one of the many indigenous cultures of the Americas.

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Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.

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Colombian emeralds

Emeralds are green and sometime green with a blueish-tint precious gemstones that are mined in various geological settings. Macanal Formation and Colombian emeralds are geography of Boyacá Department and Mining in Colombia.

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Colombian Geological Survey

The Colombian Geological Survey (CGS) (Servicio Geológico Colombiano; formerly known as INGEOMINAS) is a scientific agency of the Colombian government in charge of contributing to the socioeconomic development of the nation through research in basic and applied geosciences of the subsoil, the potential of its resources, evaluating and monitoring threats of geological origin, managing the geoscientific knowledge of the nation, and studying the nuclear and radioactive elements in Colombia.

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Cordillera Oriental (Colombia)

The Cordillera Oriental (Eastern Ranges) is the widest of the three branches of the Colombian Andes. Macanal Formation and Cordillera Oriental (Colombia) are Altiplano Cundiboyacense.

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Cretaceous

The Cretaceous is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya).

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Cundinamarca Department

Department of Cundinamarca (Departamento de Cundinamarca) is one of the departments of Colombia.

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Depositional environment

In geology, depositional environment or sedimentary environment describes the combination of physical, chemical, and biological processes associated with the deposition of a particular type of sediment and, therefore, the rock types that will be formed after lithification, if the sediment is preserved in the rock record.

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Exogyra

Exogyra is an extinct genus of fossil marine oysters in the family Gryphaeidae, the foam oysters or honeycomb oysters. Macanal Formation and Exogyra are Cretaceous Colombia.

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Fómeque Formation

The Fómeque Formation (Formación Fómeque, Kif) is a geological formation of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. Macanal Formation and Fómeque Formation are Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Cretaceous Colombia, geography of Boyacá Department, geologic formations of Colombia, Lower Cretaceous Series of South America, Mining in Colombia, Shale formations, Shallow marine deposits and source rock formations.

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Flora

Flora (floras or florae) is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring (indigenous) native plants. The corresponding term for animals is fauna, and for fungi, it is funga.

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Gachalá

Gachalá is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Guavio Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca.

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Gama, Cundinamarca

Gama is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Guavio Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca.

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Garrote

A garrote (alternatively spelled as garotte and similar variants)Oxford English Dictionary, 11th Ed: garrotte is normal British English spelling, with single r alternate.

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Geological formation

A geological formation, or simply formation, is a body of rock having a consistent set of physical characteristics (lithology) that distinguishes it from adjacent bodies of rock, and which occupies a particular position in the layers of rock exposed in a geographical region (the stratigraphic column).

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Guavio Formation

The Guavio Formation (Calizas del Guavio, Kicg) is a geological formation of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. Macanal Formation and Guavio Formation are Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Berriasian Stage, Colombian emeralds, Cretaceous Colombia, geography of Boyacá Department, geologic formations of Colombia, Lower Cretaceous Series of South America, Shale formations and Shallow marine deposits.

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Guiana Shield

The Guiana Shield (Plateau des Guyanes, Bouclier guyanais; Hoogland van Guyana, Guianaschild; Planalto das Guianas, Escudo das Guianas; Escudo guayanés) is one of the three cratons of the South American Plate.

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Gypsum

Gypsum is a soft sulfate mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate, with the chemical formula.

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Industrial University of Santander

The Industrial University of Santander (Universidad Industrial de Santander), abbreviated in Spanish with the acronym UIS, is a public university, based in a coeducational, and research model.

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La Naveta Formation

The La Naveta Formation (Formación La Naveta, Kiln) is a geological formation of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. Macanal Formation and La Naveta Formation are Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Cretaceous Colombia, geologic formations of Colombia, Lower Cretaceous Series of South America, Shale formations and Shallow marine deposits.

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Labranzagrande

Labranzagrande is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the subregion of the La Libertad Province.

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Lake Tota

Lake Tota (Lago de Tota) is the largest lake in Colombia, located in the east of Boyacá department, inside the Sugamuxi Province, it is the source of the Upia River which flows into the Orinoco River basin. Macanal Formation and lake Tota are Altiplano Cundiboyacense and geography of Boyacá Department.

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Las Juntas Formation

The Las Juntas Formation or Las Juntas Sandstone ((Formación) Areniscas de Las Juntas, Kiaj, Kialj, K1j) is a geological formation of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense and Tenza Valley, Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. Macanal Formation and Las Juntas Formation are Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Colombian emeralds, Cretaceous Colombia, geography of Boyacá Department, geography of Casanare Department, geologic formations of Colombia and Lower Cretaceous Series of South America.

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Limestone

Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.

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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Colombia

Several stratigraphic units in Colombia have provided fossils. Macanal Formation and List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Colombia are Cretaceous Colombia, fossiliferous stratigraphic units of South America, geologic formations of Colombia and Paleontology in Colombia.

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Llanos Basin

The Llanos Basin (Cuenca Llanos) or Eastern Llanos Basin (Cuenca de los Llanos Orientales) is a major sedimentary basin of in northeastern Colombia. Macanal Formation and Llanos Basin are geography of Boyacá Department and geography of Casanare Department.

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Macanal

Macanal is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the subregion of the Neira Province.

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Mica

Micas are a group of silicate minerals whose outstanding physical characteristic is that individual mica crystals can easily be split into extremely thin elastic plates.

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Murca Formation

The Murca Formation (Formación Murca, Kim) is a geological formation of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. Macanal Formation and Murca Formation are Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Cretaceous Colombia, geography of Boyacá Department, geologic formations of Colombia, Lower Cretaceous Series of South America, Shale formations and Valanginian Stage.

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National University of Colombia

The National University of Colombia is a national public research university in Colombia, with general campuses in Bogotá, Medellín, Manizales and Palmira, and satellite campuses in Leticia, San Andrés, Arauca, Tumaco, and La Paz, Cesar.

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Neocomites

Neocomites is a genus of ammonite from the Lower Cretaceous, Berriasian to Hauterivian, and type genus for the Neocomitidae. Macanal Formation and Neocomites are Cretaceous Colombia.

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Ocetá Páramo

The Ocetá Páramo (Spanish: Páramo de Ocetá) is a páramo, which means an ecosystem above the continuous forest line yet below the permanent snowline. Macanal Formation and Ocetá Páramo are geography of Boyacá Department.

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Olcostephanus

Olcostephanus is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus belonging to the family Olcostephanidae. Macanal Formation and Olcostephanus are Cretaceous Colombia.

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Páez, Boyacá

Páez is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the subregion of the Lengupá Province.

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Quetame

Quetame is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Eastern Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca.

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Rift

In geology, a rift is a linear zone where the lithosphere is being pulled apart and is an example of extensional tectonics.

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Rosablanca Formation

The Rosablanca Formation (Formación Rosablanca, Kir) is a geological formation of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes and the Middle Magdalena Basin. Macanal Formation and Rosablanca Formation are Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Colombian emeralds, Cretaceous Colombia, geography of Boyacá Department, geologic formations of Colombia, Lower Cretaceous Series of South America, Shallow marine deposits and Valanginian Stage.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macanal_Formation

Also known as Macanal Shale, Macanal Shales.

, Rosablanca Formation, RWTH Aachen University, Society for Sedimentary Geology, Source rock, Tenza Valley, Total organic carbon, Trigonia, Type locality (geology), Valanginian, Villavicencio.

Macanal Formation, the Glossary

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See also

Colombian emeralds

Geography of Boyacá Department

Geography of Casanare Department

Mining in Colombia

Paleontology in Colombia

Source rock formations

References