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Vallone Toppo di Lupo, Melfi, Monte Vulture, Potenza Province, Basilicata, Italy

Latitude: 40°57'55"N
Longitude: 15°36'18"E
Vallone Toppo di Lupo, Melfi, Monte Vulture, Potenza Province, Basilicata, Italia

Located 1 km before Foggianello (Melfi municipality).

NOTE: The grid reference is centered on the area.

Mineral List

'Apatite'
Baryte
Calcite
'Chabazite'
Diopside
var: Chromian Diopside

Enstatite
Ettringite
'Gismondine'
Haüyne
Hematite
Leucite
'Magnesian hastingsite'
Magnetite
'Melilite'
Monticellite
Nepheline
Nyerereite
Perovskite
'Phillipsite'
Phlogopite
Pyrrhotite
Spinel
var: Chromspinel

Thaumasite
Titanite
Zircon


25 entries listed. 17 valid minerals.

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References

- Stoppa, F., and Woolley, A.R. (1997): The Italian carbonatites: field occurrence, petrology and regional significance. Mineralogy and Petrology 59, 43-67.
- Stoppa, F., Jones, A.P., and Sharygin, V.V. (2009): Nyerereite from carbonatite rocks at Vulture volcano: implications for mantle metasomatism and petrogenesis of alkali carbonate melts. Central European Journal of Geosciences 1(2), 131-151.

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