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Cassiterite from
Perdu Cara Mine (Perdu Cara-Santa Vittoria veins; Perdu Cara deposit), Fluminimaggiore, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy


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Cassiterite

Perdu Cara Mine, Fluminimaggiore, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
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Cassiterite

Perdu Cara Mine, Fluminimaggiore, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
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Cassiterite

Perdu Cara Mine, Fluminimaggiore, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Perdu Cara Mine (Perdu Cara-Santa Vittoria veins; Perdu Cara deposit), Fluminimaggiore, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:422686
Long-form Identifier:1:3:422686:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
4.3km (2.7 miles) ⓘPerda Niedda Mine, Domusnovas, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
6.1km (3.8 miles) ⓘCanale Serci Mine (Monti Mannu Mine), Villacidro, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
11.5km (7.2 miles) ⓘNuraxi De Togoro Prospect, Gonnosfanadiga, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
11.6km (7.2 miles) ⓘPerda de Pibera Mine (Perda 'e Pibera; Riu Planu is Castangias), Gonnosfanadiga, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
18.8km (11.7 miles) ⓘBarisonis Mine (Barisonis stope), Rosas Mine Complex (Rosas Mine), Narcao, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
25.7km (16.0 miles) ⓘSan Pietro Mine, Monte Tamara mining area, Nuxis, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
36.4km (22.6 miles) ⓘMonte Santu Miali, Furtei mine, Furtei, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
36.4km (22.6 miles) ⓘFurtei mine, Furtei, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
43.4km (27.0 miles) ⓘPunta de Su Seinargiu (Su Seinargiu; Su Senargiu), Sarroch, Metropolitan City of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
87.6km (54.4 miles) ⓘPerda Majori Mine, Villaputzu, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
References
Zuffardi, P. (1958) Su nuova segnalazione di cassiterite in Sardegna e sulla presenza di tracce di stagno in alcuni adunamenti idrotermali sardi. Rendiconti Associazione Mineralogica Sarda, 63, 27–38
Stara, P., Rizzo, R., and Tanca, G.A. [with contributions of Vinci, A., and Astolfi, M.] (1996) Iglesiente e Arburese. Miniere e Minerali. Associazione Mineralogica Sarda, Associazione Mineralogica Domusnovas, Gruppo Mineralogico Arburese, Gruppo Mineralogico Paleontologico Piacentino, Gruppo Mineralogico Lombardo et al. Ed., Siena, Vol. 2, 192 pp.
Naitza , S., Conte, A.M., Cuccuru, S., Oggiano, G., Secchi, F., and Tecce, F. (2017) A Late Variscan tin province associated to the ilmenite-series granites of the Sardinian Batholith (Italy): The Sn and Mo mineralisation around the Monte Linas ferroan granite. Ore Geology Reviews, 80, 1259-1278
Moroni, Marilena, Rossetti, Piergiorgio, Naitza, Stefano, Magnani, Lorenzo, Ruggieri, Giovanni, Aquino, Andrea, Tartarotti, Paola, Franklin, Andrea, Ferrari, Elena, Castelli, Daniele, Oggiano, Giacomo, Secchi, Francesco (2019) Factors Controlling Hydrothermal Nickel and Cobalt Mineralization—Some Suggestions from Historical Ore Deposits in Italy. Minerals, 9 (7) 429 doi:10.3390/min9070429
 
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