Isola di Vulcano, Lipari, Isole Eolie, Messina, Sicilia, Italia
Some old invidual localities on the island (Forgia Vecchia etc.) with the following phases: Aluminocopiapite (dubious occurrence), Bararite (dubious occurrence), Chabazite-Na, Gearksutite, Magnesioferrite (dubious occurrence), Se-rich Sulphur.
All other species are from the following specific localities: Faraglione Nico (or Nicu), Faraglione Ranni, La Fossa Crater, and Vulcanello.
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References
- Bernauer, F. (1941): Eine Gearksutit-Lagerstätte auf der Insel Vulcano. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften, 93, 65-80.
- Campostrini, I., Demartin, F. & Gramaccioli, C.M. (2010): Vulcano: ein außergewöhnlicher Fundpunkt von neuen und seltenen Mineralien. Mineralien-Welt, 21 (3), 40-57 (in German).
- Campostrini, I., Demartin, F., Gramaccioli, C. M. & Russo, M. (2011): Vulcano - Tre secoli di mineralogia. Associazione Micro-mineralogia Italiana, Cremona, Italy, 344 pp.
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