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Bismuthinite from
Beura quarries, Beura-Cardezza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy


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Bismuthinite, etc.

Beura quarries, Beura-Cardezza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
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Bismuthinite

Beura quarries, Beura-Cardezza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
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Bismuthinite

Beura quarries, Beura-Cardezza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
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Bismuthinite

Beura quarries, Beura-Cardezza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
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Bismuthinite, etc.

Beura quarries, Beura-Cardezza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
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Bismuthinite

Beura quarries, Beura-Cardezza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
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Bismuthinite

Beura quarries, Beura-Cardezza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
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Bismuthinite

Beura quarries, Beura-Cardezza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
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Bismuthinite, etc.

Beura quarries, Beura-Cardezza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
04495480017272005686301.jpg
Bismuthinite

Beura quarries, Beura-Cardezza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
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Bismuthinite

Beura quarries, Beura-Cardezza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
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Bismuthinite

Beura quarries, Beura-Cardezza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Bismuthinite
Formula:Bi2S3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pyrite2
Chlorite Group2
K Feldspar1
- var Adularia1
Molybdenite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bismuthinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Beura quarries, Beura-Cardezza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Photo GalleryView Gallery (10 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:428179
Long-form Identifier:1:3:428179:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Bismuthinite in this Region
Maddalena quarry, Beura quarries, Beura-Cardezza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Rastellina Quarry, Beura quarries, Beura-Cardezza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Nearest other occurrences of Bismuthinite
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘMaddalena quarry, Beura quarries, Beura-Cardezza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘRastellina Quarry, Beura quarries, Beura-Cardezza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
3.0km (1.9 miles) ⓘPianasca Quarry, Villadossola, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
15.2km (9.5 miles) ⓘCani Mine, Vanzone con San Carlo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
16.3km (10.1 miles) ⓘVal di Crana pegmatites, Val di Crana, Toceno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
18.0km (11.2 miles) ⓘAlfenza Mine, Crodo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
18.0km (11.2 miles) ⓘEglio, Craveggia, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
19.0km (11.8 miles) ⓘPiano del Lavonchio (Piano dei Lavonchi), Rio Vasca, Craveggia, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
28.2km (17.5 miles) ⓘGischi glacier (incl. Gischihorn), Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
28.6km (17.8 miles) ⓘCannero Riviera ore body, Trarego Viggiona, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
References
Scaini, G., Roggiani, A.G. (1940): Itinerari mineralogici : Comune di Beura (Val d'Ossola) - Cave di gneiss tabulare (beola). Natura, XXXI, 1, 21-28
De Michele, V. (1974) Guida mineralogica d'Italia. Istituto Geografico De Agostini.
Albertini, C.; Parodi, G. C. (2007) Cosalite delle cave di gneiss di Beura e Villadossola (Verbano-Cusio-Ossola) [Cosalite from the gneiss quarries of Beura and Villadossola (Verbano-Cusio-Ossola)]. Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 31 (2). p.108-110.
 
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