Vote for your favorite mineral in #MinCup26! - Quartz vs. Asagiite
It's a classic vs a newbie as the most common named mineral in the crust Quartz is up against an exceedingly-rare sea foam-green mineral discovered just a few years ago Asagiite.
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Galena from
Subalpina Quarry (Mantegazza Quarry; Gebel Quarry; Bianchi Quarry), Cavagnano, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy


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Galena

Subalpina Quarry, Cavagnano, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
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Galena

Subalpina Quarry, Cavagnano, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
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Galena

Subalpina Quarry, Cavagnano, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
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Galena

Subalpina Quarry, Cavagnano, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
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Galena

Subalpina Quarry, Cavagnano, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
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Galena

Subalpina Quarry, Cavagnano, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
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Galena

Subalpina Quarry, Cavagnano, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
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Galena

Subalpina Quarry, Cavagnano, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
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Galena

Subalpina Quarry, Cavagnano, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Subalpina Quarry (Mantegazza Quarry; Gebel Quarry; Bianchi Quarry), Cavagnano, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:776710
Long-form Identifier:1:3:776710:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘLaghetto Quarry, Cavagnano, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
0.3km (0.2 miles) ⓘDel Prete Quarry, Cuasso al Piano, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
0.3km (0.2 miles) ⓘBonomi Quarry, Cuasso al Piano, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘPuricelli Quarry, Cavagnano, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘPiodé Mine, Besano, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
3.7km (2.3 miles) ⓘBoarezzo Mine (Pradisci prospect; Rio Carpane prospect), Boarezzo, Valganna, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
5.2km (3.2 miles) ⓘValvassera mine, Valganna, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
12.1km (7.5 miles) ⓘPonte Aranno, Novaggio, Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland
12.9km (8.0 miles) ⓘLa Monda Mine, Aranno, Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland
28.0km (17.4 miles) ⓘLa Selva prospect, San Nazzaro Val Cavargna, Como Province, Lombardy, 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)
Ottenziali, L. (Ed.) (1992) Natura in Lombardia. I minerali. Regione Lombardia, Giunta Regionale - Ecologia. 223pp.
 
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