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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.
Also kaolin quarries. Originated due to alteration of trachytic rocks.



References:
- Negretti, G.C.; Lombardi, G.; Morbidelli, L. (1966): ”Studio geopetrografico del complesso vulcanico tolfetano-cerite (Lazio). IV: Le manifestazioni vulcaniche acide del settore civitavecchiese tolfetano”. Quad. CNR, 4, 1-173.
- Lombardi, G. (1967): Ricerche su rocce alunitiche del settore di Tolfa-Allumiere (Lazio). Periodico di Mineralogia – Roma, 399-462.
- 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.
- I minerali del Museo Archeominerario "Kitsche de la Grange" Allumiere, Provincia di Roma (2000)





Mineral List:
'Adularia'
Albite
var: Oligoclase-Albite

'Allanite'
Alunite (TL)
'Andradite-Grossular Series'
Anglesite
Aurichalcite
Baryte
Biotite
Calcite
Cerussite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Chalcostibite
Cinnabar
Covellite
Epidote
Fluorite
Goethite
Gypsum
Hematite
Kaolinite
Magnetite
Marcasite
Melanterite
Mercury
Molybdenite
Opal
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Quartz
Rosasite
'Scapolite'
Serpierite
Siderite
Smithsonite
Sphalerite
Spinel
Stibnite
Sulphur
Tetrahedrite
Vesuvianite
Wavellite
Wollastonite


44 entries listed. 30 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral). 12 erroneous literature entries.

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