Wanni glacier - Scherbadung (Monte Cervandone) area, Kriegalp Valley (Chriegalp Valley), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

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Gebiet Wannigletscher - Scherbadung (Monte Cervandone), Kriegalptal (Chriegalptal), Binntal, Wallis (Valais), Schweiz (Suisse; Svizzera)

Scherbadung (Monte Cervandone) is a 3211 m high peak at the Swiss-Italian border.

Minerals reported from the Italian side are listed separately (see http://www.mindat.org/loc-2085.html).

References

- ALBERTINI, C. (1991): L'Alpe Devero ed i suoi minerali. Centro Studi Piero Ginocchi, Crodo, Italia. (in Italian)
- ALBERTINI, C. (1994): Mineralogische Seltenheiten vom Monte Cervandone (Alpe Devero/Italien - Binntal/Schweiz). Mineralien-Welt 5 (2), 18-32 und (3), 32-43. (in German)
- GRAESER, S. (1987): Neue Mineralfunde aus der Region Cherbadung/Cervandone (Schweiz/Italien). Schweizer Strahler 7 (XXI) (11), 473-486. (in German)
- Graeser, St. (1995): Weltweit einmalig: Klüfte mit Arsenmineralien in der Gneiszone Binntal-Devero. Lapis 20 (7-8), 21-23. (in German)
- Graeser, St. & Albertini, C. (1995): Wannigletscher und Conca Cervandone. Lapis 20 (7-8), 41-64. (in German)
- GRAESER, St. & ROGGIANI, A. G. (1976): Occurrence and genesis of rare arsenate and phosphate minerals around Pizzo Cervandone, Italy/Switzerland. Rend. Soc. Ital. Miner. Petrol. 32, 279-288.
- GRAESER, St. & ROGGIANI, A. G. (1978): Tilasite del Pizzo Cervandone (Valle Devero - Ossola) specie nuovo per l'Italia. Rend. Soc. Ital. Miner. Petrol. 34, 51-53. (in Italian)
- Kolitsch, U. (1998): Neue Mineralfunde vom Wannigletscher im Binntal, Schweiz. Mineralien-Welt 9 (3), 45-53. (in German)
- Praeger, M. & Crumbach, M. (2004): Neufunde vom Wannigletscher im Binntal. Lapis 29 (7-8), 59-64; 86.

External Links

- http://www.strahlenfoundation.com/home.php?action=locations&id=87

Mineral List

Aeschynite-(Y) Agardite-(Y) Albite Allanite-(Ce) Anatase Antlerite 'Apatite' Asbecasite (TL) Azurite Brochantite Cafarsite (TL) Carbonatecyanotrichite Cerussite Cervandonite-(Ce) Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Chernovite-(Y)

'Chlorite Group' Chrysocolla Clinochlore var: Ripidolite Cornubite Covellite Crichtonite 'Crichtonite-Senaite Series' Cyanotrichite Datolite Epidote Fergusonite-(Y) Fetiasite Fluorite Gadolinite-(Y) Gasparite-(Ce) Gypsum Hematite

Hematite var: Iron Rose Ilmenite Kyanite Magnetite Malachite Meta-autunite Metatorbernite Metazeunerite Monazite-(Ce) Muscovite Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Quartz var: Rock Crystal var: Smoky Quartz Ralstonite ? Rutile

Rutile var: Niobian Rutile Scheelite Schorl Senaite Stellerite Strashimirite Synchysite-(Ce) Tennantite Tilasite Titanite 'Tourmaline' Tyrolite Xenotime-(Y) Zálesíite Zeunerite

66 entries listed. 57 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).