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Allumiere Quarries, Allumiere, Tolfa Mts District, Rome Province, Latium, Italy

(Cave di Allumiere, Allumiere, Distretto dei Monti della Tolfa, Roma, Lazio, Italia)

Ancient quarries on alunite, discovered in 1462 by Giovanni da Castro.

Refs.:
- De Michele, V. (1974): Guida mineralogica d'Italia. Istituto Geografico De Agostini, Novara, 2 vol
- Calderoni, G., Ferrini, V., Masi, U. (1985): Abundance and significance of Co and Ni in the sulfides and host rocks from the hydrothermal mineralization in the Tolfa Mountains (Latium, Central Italy). Periodico di Mineralogia, 119-128
Negretti,G.C.;Lombardi,G.;Morbidelli,L.:”Studio geopetrografico del complesso vulcanico tolfetano-cerite (Lazio).IV:Le manifestazioni vulcaniche acide del settore civitavecchiese tolfetano”,Quad.CNR,4,1-173 (1966).
I minerali del Museo Archeominerario "Kitsche de la Grange"Allumiere,Provincia di Roma.(2000)





Mineral List:
  		•  Albite
    var: Oligoclase-Albite
  		• 'Allanite'
  		• Alunite
  		• 'Andradite-Grossular Series'
  		• Anglesite
  		• Aurichalcite
  		• Baryte
  		• Biotite
  		• Calcite
  		• Cerussite
  		• Chalcocite
  		• Chalcopyrite
  		• Chalcostibite
  		• Cinnabar
  		• Covellite
  		• Epidote
  		• Fluorite
  		• Goethite
  		• Gypsum
  		• Hematite
  		• Kaolinite
  		• Magnetite
  		• Marcasite
  		• Melanterite
  		• Molybdenite
  		• Opal
  		• Orthoclase
    var: Adularia
  		• Pyrite
  		• Pyrolusite
  		• Quartz
  		• Rosasite
  		• 'Scapolite'
  		• Serpierite
  		• Siderite
  		• Smithsonite
  		• Sphalerite
  		• Spinel
  		• Stibnite
  		• Sulphur
  		• Tetrahedrite
  		• Vesuvianite
  		• Wavellite
  		• Wollastonite


    43 entries listed. 29 valid minerals. 12 erroneous literature entries.

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