[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.0.6″ background_image=”http:\/\/fincasolmark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/finca_solmark_aventura_tesoros_minerales_malaga_cab.jpg” custom_padding=”134px||346px|||”][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” admin_label=”Section” _builder_version=”3.29.3″ background_enable_color=”off” custom_margin=”2px|||||” custom_padding=”||3px|||” custom_padding_tablet=”50px|0|0px|0|false|false” custom_padding_phone=”” transparent_background=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,2_3″ padding_mobile=”on” column_padding_mobile=”on” admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”0px||5px|||” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.0.6″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#323232″ text_font_size=”5vw” text_line_height=”1.1em” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”0px||0px|” text_font_size_tablet=”9vw” text_font_size_phone=”13vw” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
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[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=”#aeaeac” admin_label=”Divider” _builder_version=”3.2″ custom_css_main_element=”width:20px;” hide_on_mobile=”off”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.0.6″ text_font=”|700|||||||” text_text_color=”#363636″ text_font_size=”18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”-10px||0px|” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]November, 2019[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.0.6″ text_font=”Libre Franklin||||||||” text_text_color=”#02b875″ header_font=”Libre Franklin||||||||” header_text_color=”#ad9a6b” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” min_height=”45px” custom_margin=”20px||-10px|||” custom_padding=”||0px|||” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider _builder_version=”3.29.2″ custom_margin=”||-7px|||”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row padding_mobile=”on” column_padding_mobile=”on” admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”0px|||” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.0.6″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#363636″ text_font_size=”1.2vw” text_line_height=”1.4em” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”10px||0px|” custom_padding=”25px||5px|||” text_font_size_tablet=”2.3vw” text_font_size_phone=”3.7vw” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]The province of Malaga is home to several hidden natural treasures.\u00a0Magic places<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0that\u00a0 hide behind the vegetation, mysterious coves <\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>unknown rocks <\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>dream viewpoints<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<\/strong>fantasy sand dunes <\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>among many others, form the Malaga landscape.\u00a0 And they all have small hidden jewels to discover:\u00a0the Malaga minerals.<\/strong><\/p>\n Malaga is a region of great geological variety<\/strong> with the richness of diverse and precious minerals of formidable colour and extraordinary uniqueness that only appear in this area, like\u00a0azurite<\/strong>\u00a0whose blue reminds of the Mediterranean in the summer afternoons or limonite<\/strong> of cinnamon colour similar to that of the Andalusian olive grove.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”3.29.3″][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.29.3″][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/fincasolmark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/finca_solmark_aventura_tesoros_minerales_malaga_03.jpg” _builder_version=”4.0.6″ max_width=”100%” module_alignment=”center” box_shadow_style=”preset1″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.29.3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.0.6″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#363636″ text_font_size=”1.2vw” text_line_height=”1.4em” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”0%||||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” text_font_size_tablet=”2.3vw” text_font_size_phone=”3.7vw” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]The mineral wealth of the Malaga province is especially important in\u00a0Carratraca<\/strong>,\u00a0the municipal area where Finca Solmark<\/a> is located\u00a0.<\/strong>\u00a0So our upcoming activities will include\u00a0\u2018Tours to learn about local Minerals\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0, where our friends will be able to discover the joys that are hidden under our feet.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.29.3″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.29.3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.0.6″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#363636″ text_font_size=”1.2vw” text_line_height=”1.4em” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”0%||||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” text_font_size_tablet=”2.3vw” text_font_size_phone=”3.7vw” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]To develop\u00a0 this activity, we received the collaboration of the scientific platform Meetings with science <\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>, coordinated by Enrique Viguera and Ana Grande, full professors of Genetics of the University of Malaga and the Geological Museum Class<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>promoted by\u00a0 geologist Juan Carlos Romero. 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An event that also served as a meeting point for different local businesses, which had the presence of the President of the Malaga Regional Council, Francisco Salado, and the Carratraca Mayoress, Francisca Jim\u00e9nez.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/fincasolmark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/finca_solmark_i_jornada_puertas_abiertas_medioambiente_ecologia_turismo_14.jpg” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.0.6″ custom_padding=”28px|||||” box_shadow_style=”preset1″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.29.3″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.29.3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.0.6″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#363636″ text_font_size=”1.2vw” text_line_height=”1.4em” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”10px||0px|” text_font_size_tablet=”2.3vw” text_font_size_phone=”3.7vw” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]The mining activity in the\u00a0Carratraca\u00a0<\/strong>area was very significantactivity during the first half of the twentieth century because of its abundance in minerals of industrial interest such as\u00a0nickel, chrome and steel<\/strong>, in addition to others without manufacturing applications but with the greatest visual beauty such as calcite rhombohedron,\u00a0limonites <\/strong>\u00a0with a cubic\u00a0structure – pyrite relics altered by geological processes, platinum, tourmaline, garnets, vermiculite or talc<\/em>. In the area there are even traces of an old diamond mine, abandoned possibly, due to its lack of profitability. Many of the minerals described are associated with a very abundant rock in the Sierra de Aguas and Alcaparain,\u00a0peridotites<\/strong>, a plutonic igneous rock from the mantle of the Earth, the layer that underlies the terrestrial crust at depths greater than 20 kilometres.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.0.6″][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.0.6″][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/fincasolmark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/finca_solmark_aventura_tesoros_minerales_malaga_01.jpg” _builder_version=”4.0.6″ box_shadow_style=”preset1″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.0.6″][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/fincasolmark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/finca_solmark_aventura_tesoros_minerales_malaga_02.jpg” _builder_version=”4.0.6″ box_shadow_style=”preset1″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row padding_mobile=”on” column_padding_mobile=”on” admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”0px|||” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.0.6″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#363636″ text_font_size=”1.2vw” text_line_height=”1.4em” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”10px||0px|” text_font_size_tablet=”2.3vw” text_font_size_phone=”3.7vw” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]The\u00a0\u2018Tours to find the minerals\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0are aimed at people of all ages who want to enjoy the beautiful shapes and colouring of the local minerals, and are ideal as an educational activity for small childres, since\u00a0 it is a valid way to learn while having fun in a natural environment and knowing firsthand about the minerals of Malaga.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22.7″ custom_padding=”20px||4px|||” bottom_divider_flip=”vertical”][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”1″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”3.25″ width=”90%” max_width=”90%” custom_padding=”27px||62px|||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_gallery gallery_ids=”242971,244589,244570,242974,244583,244580,244586,244577,244574″ posts_number=”100″ show_title_and_caption=”off” hover_icon=”%%52%%” module_class=”galeria-carratraca” _builder_version=”4.0.6″ title_font=”Libre Baskerville||||||||” title_font_size=”16px” text_orientation=”center” title_font_size_tablet=”13px” title_font_size_phone=”8px” title_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_css_overlay_icon__hover_enabled=”off”][\/et_pb_gallery][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.29.3″ custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”3.29.3″][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.29.3″][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/fincasolmark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/finca_solmark_i_jornada_puertas_abiertas_casita_rural.jpg” _builder_version=”3.29.3″ box_shadow_style=”preset1″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.29.3″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.2.1″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#363636″ text_font_size=”1.2vw” text_line_height=”1.4em” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”10px||0px|” custom_padding=”0px|||||” text_font_size_tablet=”2.3vw” text_font_size_phone=”3.7vw” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone”]ABOUT FINCA SOLMARK<\/strong><\/p>\n Finca Solmark<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is a Spanish-Swedish\u00a0Rural EcoTourism<\/strong>\u00a0engaged in the production, marketing and export to Europe of olive oil, avocado and other ecological products to Sweden. It offers charming rural accommodation and several projects to promote awareness, dissemination and environmental education.<\/em><\/p>\n Web:<\/strong>\u00a0http:\/\/fincasolmark.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n