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Grignaschi quarry, Cosasca, Domodossola, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

(Cava Grignaschi, Cosasca, Trontano, Val d'Ossola, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemonte, Italia)

Gneiss quarry, abandoned, with pegmatite dykes.
This locality is located near Domodossola, but incluted in municipality of Trontano.

References:
- Boscardin, M.; Mattioli, G. & Pierini, C. (1982): Mikrolith und Columbite. LAPIS 7 (3), 17-19 [with analysis of one columbite and one pyrochlore group mineral from Grignaschi quarry]
- De Michele, V. (1974). Guida mineralogica d'Italia. Istituto Geografico De Agostini, Novara, 2 vol.
- 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:
'Allanite'
Almandine
'Apatite'
Arsenopyrite
Autunite
Bavenite
Beryl
Betafite
Chrysoberyl
'Columbite-Tantalite'
Euxenite-(Y)
Gahnite
'Garnet Group'
Laumontite
Metatorbernite
Microlite
Opal
var: Opal-AN

Scheelite
Schorl
Tantalite-(Fe)
Tanteuxenite-(Y) ?
Tapiolite-(Fe)
Torbernite
'Tourmaline'
Uraninite
Uranmicrolite
Vivianite
Xenotime-(Y)
Zircon


29 entries listed. 23 valid minerals.

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