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Siderite from
Puricelli Quarry, Cavagnano, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Siderite
Formula:FeCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Siderite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Puricelli Quarry, Cavagnano, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1021980
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1021980:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Siderite
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘSubalpina Quarry (Mantegazza Quarry; Gebel Quarry; Bianchi Quarry), Cavagnano, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘBonomi Quarry, Cuasso al Piano, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
5.5km (3.4 miles) ⓘValvassera mine, Valganna, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
30.1km (18.7 miles) ⓘMotto Piombino Mine, Gignese, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
31.2km (19.4 miles) ⓘMonte Falò, Coiromonte, Armeno, Novara Province, Piedmont, Italy
32.0km (19.9 miles) ⓘOrdecchia, Coiromonte, Armeno, Novara Province, Piedmont, Italy
36.9km (22.9 miles) ⓘAgueglio Alp, Esino Lario, Lecco Province, Lombardy, Italy
38.8km (24.1 miles) ⓘFreva Mine (Cuzzago Mine; Buèr Mine; Cuzzago & Nibbio Mine), Premosello-Chiovenda, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
38.9km (24.2 miles) ⓘIron mines (Crotto Mine; Tegano Mine), Dongo, Como Province, Lombardy, Italy
41.4km (25.7 miles) ⓘSassi Rossi mine, Cortabbio, Primaluna, Lecco Province, Lombardy, Italy
References
(as a monograph) 1972, Ed. Museo Civ. St. Nat. e Soc. It. Sci. Nat., Milano, 124 pp.
Gentile, P., Guastoni, A., Vergani, F., Molinari, S., Nestola, F. (2023): Cuasso al Monte (VA). Novità mineralogiche dai greisen delle cave di porfido quarzifero. Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 47, 256-272.Identified by Marco E. Ciriotti: XRD, EPMA, SEM-EDS, Raman Spectroscopy
Grill, E., Fagnani, G. (1943): Itinerari mineralogici. Comune di Cuasso al Monte. Natura, 34, 2, 63-69
Boscardin, M.; De Michele, V.; Scaini, G. (1972) Itinerari mineralogici della Lombardia. Museo Civico di Storia Naturale e Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali, Milano, Italy, 124 pp. (Originally published in: Natura, 61 (1), 5-120; the 1972 as an updated monograph)
 
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