Monte Pila Quarry, Balma, Quittengo, Cervo Valley, Biella Province, Piedmont, Italy

(Cava di Monte Pila, Balma, Quittengo, Cervo Valley, Biella, Piemonte, Italia)

In the area there are many quarries opened into a mica-amphibole syenite. The minerals of this locality have been found NNW of Balma Village and at West of the village, at the right hydrological side of the river Cervo.

Refs.:
Grill, E. (1955): Gadolinite e metatorbernite in Italia. Natura, 46(3), 128-130.
Ravagnani, D. (1974): I giacimenti uraniferi Italiani ed i loro minerali. Gruppo Mineralogico Lombardo-Museo Civico di storia Naturale di Milano, Eds, Milano, 150-151.
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, 607 pag.

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Mineral List:

	Autunite

	'Gadolinite'

	Gadolinite-(Y)

	Metatorbernite

	Orthoclase

	Torbernite

6 entries listed. 5 valid minerals.

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