Capo di Bove, Colli Albani, Roma, Lazio, Italia
A lava flow produced by the activity of the central crater of the volcano during the Tusculan-Artemisian period. It consists of melilite leucitite.
References
- Fornaseri, M., and Turi, B. (1969): Carbon and Oxygen Isotopic Composition of Carbonates in Lavas and Ejectites from the Alban Hills, Italy. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 23, 244-256.
- Melluso, L.; Conticelli, S.; de' Gennaro, R. (2010): Kirschsteinite in the Capo di Bove melilite leucitite lava. Mineralogical Magazine, 74, 887-902.
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14 entries listed. 10 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral). 2 type localities (others).
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