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Cinnabar from
Grasso Alp, Margno, Lecco Province, Lombardy, Italy


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cinnabar
Formula:HgS
Formation:Primary
Comments:Deep red, tiny millimetric crusts on yellowish micaceous quartzite. During mining activities, small bulk masses (cm size) and small crystals (mm size) were found. Now rare.
Colour:deep red
Quality for species:Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)
Significance:Unusual or interesting association, relationships with other species, pseudomorphism etc. - see notes.
Abundance at site:Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cinnabar data
Locality Data:Click here to view Grasso Alp, Margno, Lecco Province, Lombardy, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1274230
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1274230:3
GUID (UUID V4):e7efa1a2-a352-4f50-99dc-baef5e26a49b
Nearest other occurrences of Cinnabar
32.6km (20.2 miles) Zorzone Mine, Zorzone, Vedra Valley, Oltre il Colle, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy
36.2km (22.5 miles) Cabianca Mount, Carona, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy
40.9km (25.4 miles) Val Vedello uranium deposit, Piateda, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
68.2km (42.4 miles) Piz Runal, Mathon, Muntogna da Schons, Viamala Region, Grisons, Switzerland
86.1km (53.5 miles) Malga Bissina, Fumo Valley, Daone Valley, Daone, Valdaone, Trento Province (Trentino), Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-South Tyrol), Italy
98.1km (61.0 miles) Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
98.8km (61.4 miles) Cani Mine, Vanzone con San Carlo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
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