Cervandonite-(Ce) - Monte Cervandone, Italy - 6 x 6.5 x 3.5 cm / main crystal: 0.8 cm

Mineral: Cervandonite-(Ce)
Locality: Monte Cervandone, Devero Alp, Baceno, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont (Piemonte), Italy
Dimensions: 6 x 6.5 x 3.5 cm / main crystal: 0.8 cm

Description: Mass: 143 g MIM number:1925 Fan shaped tuft of black crystals on a matrix of gneiss. Monte Cervandone is the type locality of this rare sorosilicate-arsenite of lanthanides. Photographer: Roberto Appiani Publications: "Segrete Geometrie - La collezione mineralogica Francesco Bedogné", "Gioielli delle Alpi italiane" Ex collection: Francesco Bedogné (Italie)