Zircon from
Mont'Orfano (Montorfano), Mergozzo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

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Classification
Locality type:	Mountain
Species:	Zircon
Formula:	Zr(SiO₄)
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Zircon data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Mont'Orfano (Montorfano), Mergozzo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	155136
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:155136:5
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Nearest other occurrences of Zircon

2.8km (1.7 miles)	ⓘ Cirla Quarry (Monte Camoscio Quarry; Camoscio Quarry), Feriolo, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
3.3km (2.1 miles)	ⓘ Seula mine, Mount Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
3.6km (2.3 miles)	ⓘ Locatelli quarry, Mount Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
4.6km (2.9 miles)	ⓘ Candoglia, Mergozzo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
4.9km (3.0 miles)	ⓘ Ornavasso pegmatite, Ornavasso, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
5.2km (3.2 miles)	ⓘ Candoglia marble quarries, Candoglia, Mergozzo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
7.7km (4.8 miles)	ⓘ San Pietro Quarry (San Pietro Oratory), Nibbio, Mergozzo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
8.1km (5.0 miles)	ⓘ Migiandone Mine (Miggiandone), Ornavasso, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
8.2km (5.1 miles)	ⓘ Nibbio-Val Faera (Nibbio-Val Fredda) pegmatites, Nibbio, Mergozzo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
8.8km (5.5 miles)	ⓘ Cuzzago-Proman pegmatite veins, Premosello-Chiovenda, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
References
Tacconi E. (1905) Ulteriori osservazioni sopra i minerali del granito di Montorfano (parisite, ottaedrite, zircone, ecc.). Atti della Reale Accademia dei Lincei, serie 5, Rendiconti, Classe di scienze fisiche, matematiche e naturali: 14 (2° semestre): 88-93 Gallitelli P. (1938): Ricerche petrografiche sul Montorfano (Lago Maggiore). Mem. R. Acc. Sci. Lett. Arti Modena, 3, 1-92 Scaini G. (1939): Itinerari mineralogici. Comune di Mergozzo. Località: cave di granito bianco di Mont’Orfano. Natura, 30, 3, 155-159 *De Michele, V. (1974) Guida mineralogica d'Italia. Istituto Geografico De Agostini.* Ravagnani, D. (1974): I giacimenti uraniferi italiani e i loro minerali. Gruppo Mineralogico Lombardo - Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Ed., Milano, 188 pp. *Gramaccioli, C. M. (1975) Minerali Alpini e Prealpini* Vol. 1 and 2. Istituto Italiano Edizioni Atlas S.p.A. 472pp. Boriani A., Burlini L., Caironi V., Giobbi Origoni E., Sassi A., Sesana E. (1988): Geological and petrological studies on the hercynian plutonism of Serie dei Laghi - geological map of its occurrence between Valsesia and Lago Maggiore (N-Italy). Rend. Soc. Ital. Miner. Petrol., 43, 2, 367-384 Piccoli, G.C., Maletto, G., Bosio, P., Lombardo, B. (2007) Minerali del Piemonte e della Valle d'Aosta - Associazione Amici del Museo "F. Eusebio" Alba.**

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Zircon from Mont'Orfano (Montorfano), Mergozzo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

Zircon from
Mont'Orfano (Montorfano), Mergozzo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy