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Locality Name:
Puricelli Quarry, Cuasso Al Monte, Ceresio Valley, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 192054
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192054.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Puricelli Quarry, Cuasso Al Monte, Ceresio Valley, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°54'41"N
Longitude: 8°52'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.911388888889,8.8752777777778

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Amorphous	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arseniosiderite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Bastnäsite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Chlorite	Clay	Columbite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Kaolinite	Linarite	Mica	Mixite
Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Phenakite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Titanite	Topaz	Wurtzite	Zircon

Adamite ()*	Agardite-(Ce) ()*	Agardite-(Nd) ()*	Agardite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*
Anatase ()*	Arseniosiderite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*
Bertrandite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chamosite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*
Fluorite ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Galena ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hingganite-(Y) ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Linarite ()*	Microcline ()*	Mimetite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Phenakite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Synchysite-(Y) ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Wulfenite ()*
Wurtzite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zeunerite ()*	Zircon ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb Nd O P Pb S Si Sn Ta Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb Nd O P Pb S Si Sn Ti U Y Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arseniosiderite Arsenopyrite Autunite Bastnäsite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Chlorite Clay Columbite Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Kaolinite Linarite Mica Mixite
Monazite None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Phenakite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Sphalerite Titanite Topaz Wurtzite Zircon

49 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	254
Agardite-(Ce) ()*	Mixite	CeCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	43
Agardite-(Nd) ()*	Mixite	NdCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	18
Agardite-(Y) ()*	Mixite	YCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	90
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(AsO₄)₃·3H₂O	194
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	Ba_0.5Fe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·5H₂O	150
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	304
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	606
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	577
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	414
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1689
Hingganite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	BeY(SiO₄)(OH)	55
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	987
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1107
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	428
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	326
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	232
Synchysite-(Y) ()*	None	CaY(CO₃)₂F	55
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1476
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1655
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	372
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	939
Zeunerite ()*	Autunite	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·12H₂O	185
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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