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Cuasso al Monte porphyry quarries

Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: harmotome, hematite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Permian porphyry quarries near Varese with fluorite and harmotome in fissures

Classic Lombard collector locality documented in Rivista Mineralogica circles.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

quarry faces

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