Grotta dell'Allume, Porto Levante, Isola di Vulcano, Lipari, Isole Eolie, Messina, Sicilia, Italia
The Grotta dell'Allume (literally "Alum Grotto") doesn't exist anymore because it collapsed in the 1940s. It was placed in the Faraglione Nico (see the corresponding mindat page). (Correction May 2010 by Frank de Wit: parts of the Grotta dell'Allume are still accessible in the Faraglione Ranni hill. See also
http://www.vulcanospeleology.org/sym07/ISV7x06.pdf.) [Link dead. Jan 2012]
For correct naming of the localities and adding minerals to the correct locality, please see
http://www.mindat.org/mesg-7-181492.html.
The correct type locality of magnesioaubertite (found in 1982 and described in 1988 - IMA 1982-015) is not the Grotta dell'Allume (as described in the type-description) but the Faraglione Ranni. Today it is still possible to find some rare samples of magnesioaubertite in its original type locality (Faraglione Ranni).
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References
- P.Forti, M.Panzica La Manna and A.Rossi (1994) The peculiar mineralogic site of the Alum cave (Vulcano, Sicily). Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology November 1994 p.35-44.
- GARAVELLI, A., GRASSO, M.F., VURRO, F. (1996): Mineral occurrence and depositional processes at Baia di Levante area (Vulcano Island, Italy). Mineralogica et Petrographica Acta, 39, 251-261.
- 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).
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