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Powellite from
Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy


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Powellite, etc.

Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
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Powellite, etc.

Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
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Powellite, etc.

Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
Locality type:Commune
Classification
Species:Powellite
Formula:Ca(MoO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Molybdenite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Powellite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:60281
Long-form Identifier:1:3:60281:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Powellite
43.6km (27.1 miles) ⓘLodrino, Riviera, Riviera, Ticino, Switzerland
44.6km (27.7 miles) ⓘIragna, Lodrino, Riviera, Riviera, Ticino, Switzerland
48.6km (30.2 miles) ⓘBeura quarries, Beura-Cardezza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
56.6km (35.2 miles) ⓘVerampio-Crego area, Premia, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
71.4km (44.4 miles) ⓘLengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
71.9km (44.7 miles) ⓘAlpe Machetto Mine, Cascine Machetto, Quittengo, Campiglia Cervo, Biella Province, Piedmont, Italy
71.9km (44.7 miles) ⓘAlbigna glacier, Albigna Valley, Upper Val Bregaglia, Bregaglia, Maloja Region, Grisons, Switzerland
73.1km (45.4 miles) ⓘQuittengo, Campiglia Cervo, Biella Province, Piedmont, Italy
73.9km (45.9 miles) ⓘZocca Valley, Val Masino, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
77.9km (48.4 miles) ⓘSissone Valley, Chiesa in Valmalenco, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
References
Biffi P., Sbacchi M., Sinelli E., 2004. Gli arseniati di Cava del Prete e altre novità mineralogiche dal granofiro di Cuasso al Monte (Varese). Riv. Mineral. Ital., 28, 4: 232-239
Pezzotta, F.; Diella, V.; Guastoni, A. (1999) Chemical and paragenetic data on gadolinite-group minerals from Baveno and Cuasso al Monte, southern Alps, Italy. American Mineralogist, 84 (5). p.782-789.
 
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