Hephaistosite from
La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy

La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
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Description
Type Locality:	La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy is the type locality for Hephaistosite
Quality of samples:	not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
References
References:	Campostrini I., Demartin F., Gramaccioli C.M. (2008): Hephaistosite, TlPb2Cl5 a new mineral species from La Fossa crater, Vulcano, Aeolian Islands, Italy. - Canadian Mineralogist 46, 701-708; Mitolo D., Pinto D., Garavelli A., Bindi L. & Vurro F. (2009): The role of the minor substitutions in the crystal structure of natural challacolloite, KPb2Cl5, and hephaistosite, TlPb2Cl5, from Vulcano (Aeolian Archipelago, Italy). Mineralogy and Petrology 96, 121-128.
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Hephaistosite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
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