(Monte Calvario, Biancavilla, Complesso Vulcanico dell'Etna, Catania, Sicilia, Italia)
The minerals was discovered in metasomatized benmoreites.
At today the collecting is forbidden and the quarry is close.
Refs.:
- von Lasaulx, A. (1879): Mineralogische Notizen: Szaboit von Biancavilla (Etna). Z. Krist. Miner., 3, 288.
- Di Franco, S. (1942): Mineralogia Etnea. Atti dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali, Serie IV, 5, 175 pp.
- Preite, D. (1982): I minerali etnei di Biancavilla (CT). Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 6(4), 112-114.
- Preite, D. (1985): Note di mineralogia italiana: augite e flogopite di Biancavilla (CT). Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 9(4), 144.
- Preite, D. (1985): Die Fundstelle Biancavilla am Ätna, Italien. Lapis, 10(3), 23.
- Gianfagna, A. & Oberti, R. (2001): Fluoro-edenite from Biancavilla (Catania, Sicily, Italy): crystal chemistry of a new amphibole end-member. American Mineralogist, 86, 1489-1493.
- Gianfagna, A. (2006): Fluorophlogopite from Biancavilla (Mt Etna, Sicily, Italy): crystal chemistry of a new F-dominant analogue of phlogopite. International Mineralogical Association 19th General Meeting, Kobe, Japan, July 23-28, 2006; Conference Abstract Volume.
Mineral List:14 entries listed. 8 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals). 2 erroneous literature entries.
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