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Alban Hills, Rome Province, Latium, Italy

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(Colli Albani, Roma, Lazio, Italia)

The localities are in a protected area and collecting is forbidden.



References:
• Klaproth, M.H. (1797): Untersuchung des Leucit, Beiträge zur chemischen Kenntniss der Mineralkörper, Zweiter Band, Rottmann Berlin, 39-59
• 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.
• Barbieri, M., Cozzupoli, D., Federico, M., Fornaseri, M., & Tolomeo, L. (1973). Harkerite negli inclusi del peperino dei Colli Albani. Periodico di Mineralogia, 42, 687-688
• Barbieri, M., Cozzupoli, D., Federico, M., Fornaseri, M., Merlino, S., Orlandi, P., & Tolomeo, L. (1977). Harkerite from the Alban Hills, Italy. Lithos, 10, 133-141.
• Burragato, F., Mattias, P. & Parodi, G. (1978). Analisi all'infrarosso di alcune zeoliti dei Colli Albani (Lazio). Rendiconti della Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia, 34, 27-36.
• Federico, M. & Gianfagna, A. (1980): Al, Ca and Fe3+ bearing opal pseudomorph after melilite in ejecta and lavas of the Alban Hills, Italy. Periodico di Mineralogia, 49, 149-157
• FEDERICO M. and GIANFAGNA A. (1981) - Opale pseudomorfo su melilite da proietti e lave dei Colli Albani, Vulcano Laziale, Italia. Rend. S.I.M.P., 37 (I), 565
• FEDERICO M. and GIANFAGNA A. (1982-83) - The melilites of the ejecta and lavas from the Alban Hills (Rome, Italy). Rend. Soc. It. Mineral. Petrol., 38, 1387-1400
• GIANFAGNA A. (1985) - Occurrence of baddeleyite - ZrO2 - in an ejected block from Colle Cimino, Marino (Alban Hills, Italy). Period. Mineral., 54 (2-3), 129-133
• AURISICCHIO C., FEDERICO M. e GIANFAGNA A. (1986) - Chimismo dei clinopirosseni delle lave della Regione Vulcanica dei Colli Albani. Rend. S.I.M.P., 41 (1), 135-136
• AURISICCHIO C., FEDERICO M. and GIANFAGNA A. (1988) - The clinopyroxene chemistry in the H-K suite from the Alban Hills, Italy. Mineralogy and Petrology, 39, 1-19
• GIANFAGNA A. and TUZI F. (1988) - Pyrrhotite-, diopside- and phlogopite-bearing "coronas" around olivine from the Alban Hills, Italy. N. Jb. Miner. Mh, 12, 529-538
• GIANFAGNA A., MERLINO S. and PERCHIAZZI N. (1988) - Guarinite, a new finding in the sanidinite ejecta of the IV Hydromagmatic Unit from Albano Lake crater, Latium, Italy. Period. Mineral., 57, 81-84 (anno di stampa 1990)
• FEDERICO M., GIANFAGNA A. and ZANAZZI P.F. (1988) - Zirconium- bearing fassaite from the Alban Hills, Italy. N. Jb. Miner. Mh, 11, 495-502
• FREDA C., GAETA M., GIANFAGNA A., PALLADINO D. and TRIGILA R. (1990) - The Villa Senni Pyroclastic Formation (Alban Hills, Italy): magma behaviour and eruptive mechanism. PLINIUS (Suppl. EJM), 4, 64-65
• GIANFAGNA A. (1993): Non-metamict Thorite and Ekanite in Alban Hills "sanidinites" (Latium, Italy). PLINIUS (suppl. EJM), 10, 165-166
• GIANFAGNA A. and MARCOTULLI A. (1995) - Hydrothermal evidences and magma evolution from the mineralogical assemblage in the "Sperone" formation of Montecompatri (Alban Hills, Latium, Italy). Period. Mineral. , 64, 189-190
• GIANFAGNA A, BURRAGATO F. and MARCOTULLI A. (1995) - K-feldspars as volcanic paleosoil indicators: first investigation in the Alban Hills volcanic area, Latium, Italy. N. Jb. Miner. Mh., 9, 408-420.
• Caponera, I., Fiori, S., Pucci, R. (2003): Fluoborite, piombo nativo, richterite ed altri interessanti ritrovamenti nei Colli Albani. Il Cercapietre, 1-2
• Caponera, I., Fiori, S., Pucci, R., & Signoretti, E. (2007). I minerali dei Colli Albani. Un aggiornamento sugli ultimi dieci anni di ricerche. Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 31 (2), 74-91






Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Group 1 - Elements
  		• Copper1.AA.05
    Cu
    Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
  		• Galena2.CD.10
    PbS
  		• Pyrite2.EB.05a
    FeS
     
    2
  		• Pyrrhotite2.CC.10
    Fe
     
    7
    		S
     
    8
    		, (-4M), also given as Fe
     
    1-x
    		S (x = 0 - 0.2)
  		• Sphalerite2.CB.05a
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Group 3 - Halides
  		• Fluorite3.AB.25
    CaF
     
    2
    Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
  		• Baddeleyite4.DE.35
    ZrO
     
    2
  		• Cuprite4.AA.10
    Cu
     
    2
    		O
  		• Geikielite4.CB.05
    MgTiO
     
    3
  		• Maghemite4.BB.15
    Fe
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
  		• Magnesioferrite4.BB.05
    MgFe
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
  		• Magnetite4.BB.05
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
  		• Opal4.DA.10
    SiO
     
    2
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
  		• Periclase4.AB.25
    MgO
  		• Perovskite4.CC.30
    CaTiO
     
    3
  		• Pyrochlore4.DH.15
    (Ca,Na)
     
    2
    		Nb
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		(OH,F)
  		• Spinel4.BB.05
    MgAl
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
  		• Uranpyrochlore4.DH.15
    (U,Ca,Ce)
     
    2
    		(Nb,Ta)
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		(OH,F)
  		• Zirconolite4.DH.30
    CaZrTi
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
  		• Artinite5.DA.10
    Mg
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|CO
     
    3
    		] · 3H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Calcite5.AB.05
    CaCO
     
    3
  		• Hydromagnesite5.DA.05
    Mg
     
    5
    		[(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    4
    		(OH)
     
    2
    		] · 4H
     
    2
    		O
    Group 6 - Borates
  		• Cahnite6.AC.70
    Ca
     
    2
    		[AsO
     
    4
    		|B(OH)
     
    4
    		]
  		• Fluoborite6.AB.50
    Mg
     
    3
    		[(F,OH)
     
    3
    		|BO
     
    3
    		]
  		• Harkerite6.AB.70
    Ca
     
    24
    		Mg
     
    8
    		Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    8
    		(O,OH)
     
    32
    		(BO
     
    3
    		)
     
    8
    		(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    8
    		(H
     
    2
    		O,Cl)
  		• Vonsenite6.AB.30
    Fe
    2+
    2
    		Fe
    3+
     
    		[O
     
    2
    		|BO
     
    3
    		]
    Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
  		• Baryte7.AD.35
    BaSO
     
    4
  		• Ettringite7.DG.15
    Ca
     
    6
    		Al
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    4
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
    		 · 26H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Gypsum7.CD.40
    Ca[SO
     
    4
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Thaumasite7.DG.15
    Ca
     
    3
    		[CO
     
    3
    		|SO
     
    4
    		|Si(OH)
     
    6
    		] · 12H
     
    2
    		O
    Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
  		• Apatite-(CaF)8.BN.05
    Ca
     
    5
    		[F|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Group 9 - Silicates
  		• Afwillite9.AG.75
    Ca
     
    3
    		[HSiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 2H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Allanite-(Ce)9.BG.05
    {CaCe}{Al
     
    2
    		Fe
    2+
     
    		}[O|OH|SiO
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
  		• Analcime9.GB.05
    Na
     
    2
    		[Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    4
    		O
     
    12
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Andradite9.AD.25
    Ca
     
    3
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
      var: Melanite9.AD.25
    Ca
     
    3
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
  		• Anorthite9.FA.35
    Ca[Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    8
    		]
  		• Augite9.DA.15
    (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		,Al,Fe
    3+
     
    		,Ti)[(Si,Al)
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
      var: Fassaite9.DA.15
    (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		,Al,Fe
    3+
     
    		,Ti)[(Si,Al)
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
  		• Biotite9..
  		• Britholite-(Ce)9.AH.25
    Ca
     
    2
    		(Ce,Ca)
     
    3
    		[(OH,F)|(SiO
     
    4
    		,PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
  		• Cuspidine9.BE.17
    Ca
     
    4
    		[(F,OH)
     
    2
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
  		• Danburite9.FA.65
    CaB
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    8
  		• Diopside9.DA.15
    CaMg[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
  		• Ekanite9.EA.10
    (Ca,Fe
    2+
     
    		,Pb)
     
    2
    		(Th,U)[Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    20
    		]
  		• Forsterite9.AC.05
    Mg
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
  		• Franzinite9.FB.05
    (Na,K)
     
    6
    		Ca
     
    2
    		[(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		|Al
     
    6
    		Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    24
    		] · 0.5H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Gismondine (TL)9.GC.05
    Ca[Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    8
    		]·4.5H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Gismondine-Ca9.GC.05
    CaAl
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    8
    		·4H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Gonnardite9.GA.05
    Na
     
    2
    		Ca[Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 7H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Grossular9.AD.25
    Ca
     
    3
    		Al
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
  		• Hastingsite9.DE.15
    [Na][Ca
     
    2
    		][Fe
    2+
    4
    		Fe
    3+
     
    		][(OH)
     
    2
    		|Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    22
    		]
  		• Haüyne (TL)9.FB.10
    (Na,Ca)
     
    4-8
    		[Al
     
    6
    		Si
     
    6
    		(O,S)
     
    24
    		](SO
     
    4
    		,Cl)
     
    1-2
  		• Hedenbergite9.DA.15
    CaFe
    2+
     
    		[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
  		• Kaliophilite9.FA.05
    K[AlSiO
     
    4
    		]
  		• Kalsilite9.FA.05
    K[AlSiO
     
    4
    		]
  		• Larnite9.AD.05
    Ca
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
  		• Latiumite (TL)9.EG.45
    K
     
    2
    		Ca
     
    6
    		(Si,Al)
     
    11
    		O
     
    25
    		(SO
     
    4
    		,CO
     
    3
    		)
  		• Lazurite9.FB.10
    (Na,Ca)
     
    8
    		[(S,SO
     
    4
    		,Cl
     
    2
    		)|Al
     
    6
    		Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    24
    		]
  		• Leucite9.GB.05
    KAlSi
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
  		• Magnesiohastingsite9.DE.15
    Na[Ca
     
    2
    		][Mg
     
    4
    		Fe
    3+
     
    		][(OH)
     
    2
    		|Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    22
    		]
  		• Mesolite9.GA.05
    Na
     
    2
    		Ca
     
    2
    		[Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
     
    3
    		 · 8H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Monticellite9.AC.10
    CaMg[SiO
     
    4
    		]
  		• Nepheline9.FA.05
    (Na,K)[AlSiO
     
    4
    		]
  		• Nosean9.FB.10
    Na
     
    8
    		[SO
     
    4
    		|Al
     
    6
    		Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    24
    		]
  		• Phillipsite-K (TL)9.GC.10
    (K,Na,Ca
     
    0.5
    		,Ba
     
    0.5
    		)
     
    4-7
    		[Al
     
    4-7
    		Si
     
    12-9
    		O
     
    32
    		]
    .
     
    		 12H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Phlogopite9.EC.20
    KMg
     
    3
    		[(OH,F)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
  		• Richterite9.DE.20
    Na[CaNa][Mg
     
    5
    		][(OH)
     
    2
    		|Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    22
    		]
  		• Sanidine9.FA.30
    K[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
  		• Sodalite9.FB.10
    Na
     
    8
    		[Cl
     
    2
    		|Al
     
    6
    		Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    24
    		]
  		• Spadaite (TL)9.EC.45
    MgSiO
     
    2
    		(OH)
     
    2
    		·H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Stillwellite-(Ce)9.AJ.25
    (Ce,La,Ca)BSiO
     
    5
  		• Thorite9.AD.30
    (Th,U)[SiO
     
    4
    		]
  		• Titanite9.AG.15
    CaTi[O|SiO
     
    4
    		]
  		• Tobermorite9.DG.10
    Ca
     
    5
    		Si
     
    6
    		(O,OH)
     
    18
    		·5H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Vertumnite9.EG.25
    Ca
     
    4
    		Al
     
    4
    		Si
     
    4
    		O
     
    6
    		(OH)
     
    24
    		·3H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Vesuvianite9.BG.35
    Ca
     
    10
    		(Mg,Fe)
     
    2
    		Al
     
    4
    		Si
     
    9
    		O
     
    34
    		(OH)
     
    4
  		• Vicanite-(Ce)9.AJ.35
    (Ca,Ce,La,Th)
     
    15
    		As
    5+
     
    		(As
    3+
    0.5
    		,Na
     
    0.5
    		)Fe
    3+
     
    		Si
     
    6
    		B
     
    4
    		O
     
    40
    		F
     
    7
  		• Vishnevite9.FB.05
    (Na,K)
     
    8
    		[(SO
     
    4
    		,CO
     
    3
    		)|Al
     
    6
    		Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    24
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Wiluite9.BG.35
    Ca
     
    19
    		(Al,Mg,Fe,Ti)
     
    13
    		(B,Al,[ ])
     
    5
    		Si
     
    18
    		O
     
    68
    		(O,OH)
     
    10
  		• Wollastonite9.DG.05
    Ca[SiO
     
    3
    		]
  		• Zircon9.AD.30
    Zr[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Unclassified Minerals
  		• 'Apatite'-
  		• 'Apophyllite'-
  		• 'Chabazite'-
  		• 'Diopside-Hedenbergite Series'-
  		• 'Guarinite'-
    (Na, Ca, Zr, Si, F, O)
  		• 'Hellandite'-
  		• 'Hornblende'-
  		• 'Lapis Lazuli'-
  		• Melilite-
    (Ca,Na)
     
    2
    		(Al,Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)[(Al,Si)SiO
     
    7
    		]
  		• 'Olivine'-
    (Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
  		• 'Phillipsite'-
  		• 'Pyroxene Group'-
  		• 'Thomsonite'-


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