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- Good crystals or important locality for species.

- World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). ~~Struck out~~ - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.


Brazil
Minas Gerais Poços de Caldas alkaline complex Poços de Caldas ⓘ PC17	Vlach, S. R. F., Ulbrich, H. H. G. J., Ulbrich, M. N. C., & Vasconcelos, P. M. (2018). Melanite-bearing nepheline syenite fragments and 40 Ar/39 Ar age of phlogopite megacrysts in conduit breccia from the Poços de Caldas Alkaline Massif (MG/SP), and implications. Brazilian Journal of Geology, 48, 391-402.

Finland
North Ostrobothnia Kuusamo ⓘ Iivaara Intrusion (Ijola)	Kramm, U., Kogarko, L. N., Kononova, V. A., & Vartiainen, H. (1993). The Kola Alkaline Province of the CIS and Finland: Precise Rb Sr ages define 380–360 Ma age range for all magmatism. Lithos, 30(1), 33-44. Kramm, U. (1994). Isotope evidence for ijolite formation by fenitization: Sr− Nd data of ijolites from the type locality Iivaara, Finland. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 115(3), 279-286.

France
French Polynesia Marquesas Islands ⓘ Ua Pou Island	Lacroix A. (1931): Les phonolites néphéliniques et leucitiques de l'île Ua Pou (Archipel des Marquises). Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, 20, 1161–1166. Bishop, A. C., & Woolley, A. R. (1973). A basalt-trachyte-phonolite series from Ua Pu, Marquesas islands, Pacific ocean. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 39(4), 309-326. doi.org/ 10.1007/BF00376471 Dupuy, C., Vidal, P., Barsczus, H. G., & Chauvel, C. (1987). Origin of basalts from the Marquesas Archipelago (south central Pacific Ocean): isotope and trace element constraints. Earth and planetary science letters, 82(1-2), 145-152. doi.org/10.1016/0012-821X(87)90114-2 Legendre, C., Maury, R. C., Caroff, M., Guillou, H., Cotten, J., Chauvel, C., ... & Rossi, P. (2005). Origin of exceptionally abundant phonolites on Ua Pou Island (Marquesas, French Polynesia): Partial melting of basanites followed by crustal contamination. Journal of Petrology, 46(9), 1925-1962. doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egi043

Italy
Lazio Rieti Province Rieti Santa Rufina ⓘ Cupaello Quarry	Sabatini, V. (1903). La pirossenite melilitica di Coppaeli. Boll. R. Com. geol. Ital., 34, 376. Cundari, A., & Ferguson, A. K. (1991). Petrogenetic relationships between melilitite and lamproite. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 107(3), 343-357. Villa, I., Serva, L., & Quercioli, C. (1991). Verso una datazione della lava di Cupaello (Rieti). Plinius, 4, 102-103. Stoppa, F., & Cundari, A. (1995). A new Italian carbonatite occurrence at Cupaello (Rieti) and its genetic significance. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 122(3), 275-288. Conticelli, S., D’antonio, M., Pinarelli, L., & Civetta, L. (2002). Source contamination and mantle heterogeneity in the genesis of Italian potassic and ultrapotassic volcanic rocks: Sr–Nd–Pb isotope data from Roman Province and Southern Tuscany. Mineralogy and Petrology, 74(2-4), 189-222. Isakova, A. T., Panina, L. I., & Stoppa, F. (2017). Genesis of kalsilite melilitite at Cupaello, Central Italy: Evidence from melt inclusions. Petrology, 25(4), 433-447.
Umbria Perugia Province Spoleto ⓘ Colle Fabbri	Laurenzi, M., Stoppa, F., & Villa, I. (1994). Eventi ignei monogenici e depositi piroclastici nel Distretto Ultra-alcalino Umbro-Laziale (ULUD): revisione, aggiornamento e comparazione dei dati cronologici. Plinius, 12, 61-65. Melluso, L., Conticelli, S., D’Antonio, M., Mirco, N. P., & Saccani, E. (2003). Petrology and mineralogy of wollastonite-and melilite-bearing paralavas from the Central Apennines, Italy. American Mineralogist, 88(8-9), 1287-1299. Stoppa, F. R. A. N. C. E. S. C. O., Cundari, A., Rosatelli, G. I. A. N. L. U. I. G. I., & Woolley, A. R. (2003). Leucite melilitolites in Italy: genetic aspects and relationships with associated alkaline rocks and carbonatites. Periodico di mineralogia, 72(1), 223-251. Capitanio, F. (2005). The Ricetto and Colle Fabbri wollastonite and melilite-bearing rocks of the Central Apennine, Italy. Comment on the paper of Melluso et al.(2003). American Mineralogist, 90, 1934-1939. Melluso, L., Conticelli, S., D’Antonio, M., Mirco, N. P., & Saccani, E. (2005). Replyto: Wollastonite-anorthite-gehlenite-, and fassaite-bearing rocks: Igneous petrological oddity or paralavas?. American Mineralogist, 90(11-12), 1926-1933. Stoppa, F., Rosatelli, G., Cundari, A., Castorina, F., & Woolley, A. R. (2005). Commenton: Reported data and interpretation of some wollastonite-and melilite-bearing rocks from the Central Apennines of Italy. American Mineralogist, 90(11-12), 1919-1925. Stoppa, F., & Rosatelli, G. (2009). Ultramafic intrusion triggers hydrothermal explosions at Colle Fabbri (Spoleto, Umbria), Italy. Journal of volcanology and geothermal research, 187(1-2), 85-92. Stoppa, F., & Sharygin, V. V. (2009). Melilitolite intrusion and pelite digestion by high temperature kamafugitic magma at Colle Fabbri, Spoleto, Italy. Lithos, 112(3-4), 306-320.
Terni Province ⓘ Polino	Stoppa, F. & Villa, I. 1991. Prima dati cronologici del distretto ultra-alcalino umbro-laziale. Paper presented at the Riassunti Workshop. Evoluzione dei bacini neogenici e loro rapporti con il magmatismo Plio-Quaternario nell'area tosco-laziale, 12-13 June, Pisa, Italy. Lupini, L., Williams, C. T., & Woolley, A. R. (1992). Zr-rich garnet and Zr-and Th-rich perovskite from the Polino carbonatite, Italy. Mineralogical Magazine, 56(385), 581-586. Stoppa, F., & Lupini, L. (1993). Mineralogy and petrology of the Polino monticellite calciocarbonatite (Central Italy). Mineralogy and Petrology, 49(3-4), 213-231. Laurenzi, M., Stoppa, F., & Villa, I. (1994). Eventi ignei monogenici e depositi piroclastici nel Distretto Ultra-alcalino Umbro-Laziale (ULUD): revisione, aggiornamento e comparazione dei dati cronologici. Plinius, 12, 61-65. Conticelli, S., D’antonio, M., Pinarelli, L., & Civetta, L. (2002). Source contamination and mantle heterogeneity in the genesis of Italian potassic and ultrapotassic volcanic rocks: Sr–Nd–Pb isotope data from Roman Province and Southern Tuscany. Mineralogy and Petrology, 74(2-4), 189-222. Rosatelli, G., Wall, F., Stoppa, F., & Brilli, M. (2010). Geochemical distinctions between igneous carbonate, calcite cements, and limestone xenoliths (Polino carbonatite, Italy): spatially resolved LAICPMS analyses. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 160(5), 645-661.

Kenya
Nandi County ⓘ Tinderet volcano	Binge, F. W. (1962). Geology of the Kericho Area. Report, Geological Survey of Kenya, 50. Le Bas, M. J., & Dixon, J. A. (1965). A new carbonatite in the Legetet hills, Kenya. Nature, 207(4992), 68-68. https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1038/207068a0.pdf Baker, B. H., Williams, L. A. J., Miller, J. A., & Fitch, F. J. (1971). Sequence and geochronology of the Kenya rift volcanics. Tectonophysics, 11(3), 191-215. doi.org/10.1016/0040-1951(71)90030-8 King, B. C., Le Bas, M. J., & Sutherland, D. S. (1972). The history of the alkaline volcanoes and intrusive complexes of eastern Uganda and western Kenya. Journal of the Geological Society, 128(2), 173-205. doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.128.2.0173 Deans, T., & Roberts, B. (1984). Carbonatite tuffs and lava clasts of the Tinderet foothills, western Kenya: a study of calcified natrocarbonatites. Journal of the Geological Society, 141(3), 563-580. doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.141.3.0563

Morocco
Drâa-Tafilalet Region Midelt Province Midelt Cercle Aït Oufella Caïdat ⓘ Tamazert Complex	Jeremine, E., & Dubar, G. (1947). * MINERALOGIE-NOTE SUR LES SYENITES NEPHELINIQUES A EUDIALYTE DU MASSIF ERUPTIF DU BOU AGRAO (HAUT-ATLAS, MAROC). COMPTES RENDUS HEBDOMADAIRES DES SEANCES DE L ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES, 224(13), 1022-1023. Jeremine, E. (1949). Étude pétrographique des roches éruptives et métamorphiques du massif de Bou Agrao. Notes. Serv. Geol. Maroc., 74, 119-147. Agard, J. (1960). Les carbonatites et les roches a'silicates et carbonates associe¤ s du massif de roches alcalines du Tamazeght (Haut Atlas de Midelt, Maroc) et les proble'mes de leur gene'se. In Proceedings of the 21st International Geological Congress, Norden, Norway (Vol. 13, pp. 293-303). Tisserant, D. (1976). DONNEES GEOCHRONOLOGIQUES SUR LE COMPLEXE DE ROCHES ALCALINES DU TAMAZEGHT (HAUT-ATLAS. DE MIDELT), MAROC. Bulletin du Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres, II, 3, 279-283. Aghchmi, E. M. (1984). Les carbonatites filoniennes de l'Oued Tamazeght et leurs relations avec les métasyénites (Haut Atlas de Midelt Maroc). Bouabdli, A., Dupuy, C., & Dostal, J. (1988). Geochemistry of Mesozoic alkaline lamprophyres and related rocks from the Tamazert massif, High Atlas (Morocco). Lithos, 22(1), 43-58. doi.org/10.1016/0024-4937(88)90028-X Bernard-Griffiths, J., Fourcade, S., & Dupuy, C. (1991). Isotopic study (Sr, Nd, O and C) of lamprophyres and associated dykes from Tamazert (Morroco): crustal contamination processes and source characteristics. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 103(1-4), 190-199. doi.org/10.1016/0012-821X(91)90160-J Mourtada, S. (1997). Pétrogenèse des carbonatites et contribution à l'étude des minéralisations (NB, Tr, Ba et Sr) associées: exemple du complexe alcalin de Tamazert (Haut-Atlas marocain) (Doctoral dissertation, Clermont-Ferrand 2). Mourtada, S., Le Bas, M. J., & Pin, C. (1997). Pétrogenèse des magnésio-carbonatites du complexe de Tamazert (Haut Atlas marocain). Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences-Series IIA-Earth and Planetary Science, 325(8), 559-564. doi.org/10.1016/S1251-8050(97)89455-4 Salvi, S., Fontan, F., Monchoux, P., Williams-Jones, A. E., & Moine, B. (2000). Hydrothermal mobilization of high field strength elements in alkaline igneous systems: evidence from the Tamazeght Complex (Morocco). Economic Geology, 95(3), 559-576. doi.org/10.2113/gsecongeo.95.3.559

UK
Scotland Highland North， West and Central Sutherland Assynt ⓘ Loch Borralan Complex	Shand, S. J. (1910). On borolanite and its associates in Assynt. Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society, 9, 202-215 (preliminary communication), 376-419 (second communication). doi.org/10.1144/transed.9.3.202 Shand, S. J. (1939). Loch Borolan laccolith, northwest Scotland. The Journal of Geology, 47(4), 408-420. doi.org/10.1086/624788 Tilley, C. E. (1958). Some new chemical data on assemblages of the Assynt Alkali Suite. Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society, 17(2), 156-164. doi.org/10.1144/transed.17.2.156 Miller, J. A., & Brown, P. E. (1965). Potassium–argon age studies in Scotland. Geological Magazine, 102(2), 106-134. doi.org/10.1017/S0016756800057459 Parsons, I. (1965). The sub-surface shape of part of the Loch Ailsh intrusion, Assynt, as deduced from magnetic anomalies across the contact, with a note on traverses across the Loch Borralan complex. Geological Magazine, 102(1), 46-58. doi.org/10.1017/S0016756800053863 Woolley, A. R. (1965). The Loch Borralan alkaline igneous complex (Doctoral dissertation, Royal Holloway, University of London). Brown, P. E., Miller, J. A., & Grasty, R. L. (1968). Isotopic ages of late Caledonian granitic intrusions in the British Isles. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, 36(3), 251-276. doi.org/10.1144/pygs.36.3.251 Woolley, A. R. (1970). The structural relationships of the Loch Borrolan complex, Scotland. Geological Journal, 7(1), 171-182. doi.org/10.1002/gj.3350070110 Parsons, I. (1972). Comparative petrology of the leucocratic syenites of the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. Geological Journal, 8(1), 71-82. doi.org/10.1002/gj.3350080107 Woolley, A. R., Symes, R. F., & Elliott, C. J. (1972). Metasomatized (fenitized) quartzites from the Borralan Complex, Scotland. Mineralogical Magazine, 38(299), 819-836. doi.org/10.1180/minmag.1972.038.299.06 Woolley, A. R. (1973). The pseudoleucite borolanites and associated rocks of the south-eastern tract of the Borralan complex, Scotland. British Museum (Natural History), Mineralogy, 2, 285-333. Matthews, D. W., & Woolley, A. R. (1977). Layered ultramafic rocks within the Borralan Complex, Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology, 13(3), 223-236. doi.org/10.1144/sjg13030223 Martin, R. F., Whitley, J. E., & Woolley, A. R. (1978). An investigation of rare-earth mobility: fenitized quartzites, Borralan Complex, NW Scotland. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 66(1), 69-73. doi.org/10.1007/BF00376086 Van Breemen, O., Aftalion, M., & Johnson, M. R. W. (1979). Age of the Loch Borrolan complex, Assynt, and late movements along the Moine Thrust Zone. Journal of the Geological Society, 136(4), 489-495. doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.136.4.0489 Notholt, A. J. G., Highley, D. E., & Harding, R. R. (1985). Investigation of phosphate (apatite) potential of Loch Borralan igneous complex, northwest Highlands, Scotland. Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy. Section B. Applied earth science, 94, 58-65. Thirlwall, M. F., & Burnard, P. (1990). Pb-Sr-Nd isotope and chemical study of the origin of undersaturated and oversaturated shoshonitic magmas from the Borralan pluton, Assynt, NW Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society, 147(2), 259-269. doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.147.2.0259 Young, B. N., Parsons, I., & Threadgould, R. (1994). Carbonatite near the Loch Borralan intrusion, Assynt. Journal of the Geological Society, 151(6), 945-954. doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.151.6.0945 Searle, M. P., Law, R. D., Dewey, J. F., & Streule, M. J. (2010). Relationships between the Loch Ailsh and Borralan alkaline intrusions and thrusting in the Moine Thrust zone, southern Assynt culmination, NW Scotland. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 335(1), 383-404. doi.org/10.1144/SP335.18

Uzbekistan
Navoiy Bukantau Mountains ⓘ Karashoho pipe	Golovko, A.V., Kaminsky, F.V. (2010) The Shoshonite-Absarokite-Picrite Karashoho Pipe, Uzbekistan: An Unusual Diamond Deposit in an Atypical Tectonic Environment. Economic Geology, 105, 825-840.

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