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Pyrite from
Casario - Bric delle Piombere, Casario, Priola, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy


Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Casario - Bric delle Piombere, Casario, Priola, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:867464
Long-form Identifier:1:3:867464:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
4.3km (2.7 miles) ⓘBormida di Millesimo River, Calizzano, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy
7.5km (4.6 miles) ⓘRio Siogna Mine, Isola Grande, Murialdo, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy
8.0km (5.0 miles) ⓘCappello, Garessio, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
8.8km (5.5 miles) ⓘFrascheri Mine, Bardineto, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy
9.7km (6.0 miles) ⓘNucetto lignite mine (Bagnasco-Nucetto lignite mine), Nucetto, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
9.8km (6.1 miles) ⓘCase Principi Mine, Bardineto, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy
10.4km (6.5 miles) ⓘCosta Balzi Rossi, Magliolo, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy
12.5km (7.8 miles) ⓘPastori Mine, Pastori, Murialdo, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy
12.7km (7.9 miles) ⓘIsallo baryte deposit, Isallo, Magliolo, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy
13.5km (8.4 miles) ⓘBric Gettina Mine, Rialto, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy
References
Barelli, Vincenzo (1835) Cenni di statistica mineralogica degli Stati di S.M. il Re di Sardegna ovvero catalogo ragionato della raccolta formatasi presso Azienda Generale dell’Interno [Outline of the mineralogical statistics of the States of His Majesty the King of Sardinia, or a reasoned catalog of the collection formed at the General Administration of the Interior]. Giuseppe Fodratti.
Jervis, Guglielmo (1873) I tesori sotterranei dell'Italia descrizione topografica e geologica di tutte le localita nel Regno d'Italia [The underground treasures of Italy topographical and geological description of all the locations in the Kingdom of Italy] Vol. 1 - Regione Della Alpi.
Piccoli G.C. (2002): Minerali delle Alpi Marittime e Cozie. Provincia di Cuneo. Amici del Museo "F. Eusebio" di Alba, Ed., Alba, 366 pp.
Rossetti P., Ferrero S. (2008): The Zn–Pb deposits of Casario (Ligurian Alps, NW Italy): late Palaeozoic sedimentary–exhalative bodies affected by the alpine metamorphism. Geodinamica Acta, 21,117-137.
 
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