(Monte Giove, Vallone del Vannino, Val Formazza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemonte, Italia)
In the original description of monazite-(Nd) the type locality is not correct: Monte Glogstafel; although it is not so far from Monte Giove, it was indicated to to obscure the correct locality.
NOTE: specimens believed to be gadolinite-(Y) instead were shown by EDS-analysis to be "hingganite" (see also DeMartin et al., 1993).
References:
- Mattioli, V. (1985): Un nuovo minerale alpino nell'Ossola (No). Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 4/1985, 129-134.
- Graeser, St. & Schwander, H. (1987): Gasparite-(Ce) and monazite-(Nd): two new minerals to the monazite group from the Alps. Schweiz. Mineral. Petrogr. Mitt.: 67, 101-113.
- DeMartin, F., Pilati, T., Diella, V., Gentile, P. & Gramaccioli, C. M. (1993): A crystal-chemical investigation of Alpine gadolinite. Can. Mineral. 31, 127-136.
- 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, Ed., Alba (Cuneo) 607 pp.
Mineral List:12 entries listed. 10 valid minerals. 1 erroneous literature entry.
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