(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.
Mineral List:6 entries listed. 5 valid minerals.
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