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Opal from
Sissone Valley, Chiesa in Valmalenco, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy


Locality type:Valley
Classification
Species:Opal
Formula:SiO2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Opal data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sissone Valley, Chiesa in Valmalenco, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:146018
Long-form Identifier:1:3:146018:6
GUID (UUID V4):75e40236-f6e6-4404-81df-3412b67153e2
Nearest other occurrences of Opal
25.7km (15.9 miles) Unnamed pegmatite, Chiavenna, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
32.2km (20.0 miles) Parsettens Alp, Tinizong (Tinzen), Surses, Albula Region, Grisons, Switzerland
50.5km (31.4 miles) Cepina, Valdisotto, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
72.7km (45.2 miles) Madonna d'Ongero, Carona, Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland
78.3km (48.6 miles) Puricelli Quarry, Cavagnano, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
78.4km (48.7 miles) Subalpina Quarry (Mantegazza Quarry; Gebel Quarry; Bianchi Quarry), Cavagnano, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
78.4km (48.7 miles) Laghetto Quarry, Cavagnano, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
78.5km (48.8 miles) Bonomi Quarry, Cuasso al Piano, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
80.6km (50.1 miles) Lake Tremorgio, Fiesso, Prato (Leventina), Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
95.7km (59.4 miles) Piano del Lavonchio (Piano dei Lavonchi), Rio Vasca, Craveggia, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
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