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Pyrite from
La Selva prospect, San Nazzaro Val Cavargna, Como Province, Lombardy, Italy


Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view La Selva prospect, San Nazzaro Val Cavargna, Como Province, Lombardy, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:156644
Long-form Identifier:1:3:156644:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
7.7km (4.8 miles) ⓘValetta, Morobbia Valley, Bellinzona, Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland
9.9km (6.1 miles) ⓘGaeta Mine, San Siro, Como Province, Lombardy, Italy
11.4km (7.1 miles) ⓘMarble quarries, Musso, Como Province, Lombardy, Italy
11.7km (7.3 miles) ⓘIron mines (Crotto Mine; Tegano Mine), Dongo, Como Province, Lombardy, Italy
15.1km (9.4 miles) ⓘMalpensata pegmatitic dyke (Olgiasca-Malpensata; Croce Quarry; Secondi dyke), Piona Peninsula, Colico, Lecco Province, Lombardy, Italy
15.2km (9.4 miles) ⓘLaghetto pegmatitic dyke (Laghetto Quarry), Piona Peninsula, Colico, Lecco Province, Lombardy, Italy
15.3km (9.5 miles) ⓘLuna pegmatitic dyke, Dorio, Lecco Province, Lombardy, Italy
16.8km (10.5 miles) ⓘAlpe Sparesè, Dorio, Lecco Province, Lombardy, Italy
17.5km (10.8 miles) ⓘCastione, Arbedo-Castione, Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland
17.5km (10.9 miles) ⓘSommafiume pegmatitic dyke (Alpe Sommafiume; Marategno Mine), Dorio, Lecco Province, Lombardy, Italy
References
Fioretti, D. (1944) Antimonio nativo di La Selva, Val Cavargna. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano, 83, 2, 124-130
Fioretti, D., and Maglia, L. (1945) Itinerari mineralogici. Comune di San Bartolomeo Val Cavargna. Natura, 36, 2, 42-44
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)
Maglia, L. (1974) Ricerca mineraria in Val Cavargna (Como). Notizie del Gruppo Mineralogico Lombardo, 5, 4 (4-1974), 87-91.
 
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