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Muscovite from
Bonomi Quarry, Cuasso al Piano, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Comments:as yellow globular aggregates
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bonomi Quarry, Cuasso al Piano, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1022007
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1022007:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
0.3km (0.2 miles) ⓘSubalpina Quarry (Mantegazza Quarry; Gebel Quarry; Bianchi Quarry), Cavagnano, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘPuricelli Quarry, Cavagnano, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
6.4km (4.0 miles) ⓘMadonna d'Ongero, Carona, Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland
12.4km (7.7 miles) ⓘPonte Aranno, Novaggio, Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland
13.1km (8.1 miles) ⓘMonte Pellegrino, Miglieglia, Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland
13.1km (8.2 miles) ⓘVei, Miglieglia, Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland
13.1km (8.2 miles) ⓘLa Monda Mine, Aranno, Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland
18.1km (11.3 miles) ⓘCuriglia, Curiglia con Monteviasco, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
22.0km (13.7 miles) ⓘCannero Riviera ore body, Trarego Viggiona, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
26.4km (16.4 miles) ⓘParagneiss outcrop, Intragna, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, 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.
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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