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Vetralla, Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy

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Corundum

Tre Croci, Vetralla, Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy

Sapphire

Tre Croci, Vetralla, Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy

Corundum

Tre Croci, Vetralla, Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy

Sapphire

Tre Croci, Vetralla, Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy

Corundum

Tre Croci, Vetralla, Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy

Sapphire

Tre Croci, Vetralla, Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy

Locality type:

Commune

Classification

Species:

Corundum

Formula:

Al₂O₃

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

Click here to view Corundum data

Locality Data:

Click here to view Vetralla, Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

59107

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:59107:0

GUID (UUID V4):

182885b9-9af3-4e4e-80cd-02f6d5d91555

Nearest other occurrences of Corundum

14.5km (9.0 miles)

ⓘ Bagnaia, Viterbo, Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy

References

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	Sacerdoti, Michele, Parodi, Gian Carlo, Mottana, Annibale, Maras, Adriana, Ventura, Giancarlo Della (1993) Asbecasite: crystal structure refinement and crystal chemistry. Mineralogical Magazine, 57 (387) 315-322 doi:10.1180/minmag.1993.057.387.14	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Ferrara, Corso Ercole I d'Este 32, 1-44100 Ferrara, Italy GIAN CARLO PARODI* Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle...'La Sapienza', Piazzale A. Moro 5, 1-00185 Roma, Italy Abstract The crystal structure of antimonian asbecasite...Tre Croci near Vetralla, Vico volcanic complex, Roman potassic province, Latium, Italy, has been refined...crystal structure, crystal chemistry, Switzerland, Italy. Introduction A_SBECAStTE, ideally Ca3TiAs6Be2Si2020-P3cl...(Mattioli, 1979); and (2) at Tre Croci near Vetralla (Viterbo province, Latium), within a unique large ejectum

	Tre, Largo S. Leonardo Murialdo 1, I-00146 Roma, Italy Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori...), Via Enrico Fermi 40 I00044 Frascati (Roma), Italy 3 Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia...N.G.V.), Via di Vigna Murata 605, I-00143 Roma, Italy 4 Istituto di Geologia Ambientale e Geoingegneria...- C.P. 10 Monterotondo Stazione, I-00016 Roma, Italy 2 [Received 30 March 2009; Accepted 6 July 2009]...300 Loc. Tramariglio, Alghero I-07041 Sassari, Italy DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2009.073.3.399 # 2009 The Mineralogical
	*(2000) Catalogue. Richard Tayler Minerals Catalogue* 82. Richard Tayler Minerals**	Catalog/List
	crystal inwhite Albite Alpe Rosso, Val Vigezzo Italy ½ ins £2 _ Ca Al SiO _____ ______ _ _ about_halfinssize...Sycnite Gutz Farm. Quadeville, Ontario. lxl £3 CORUNDUM Canada AIO - 125 Pure white to grey-blue mass...COR\IND\11\1 AIO 815 CORUNDUM SAPPIIIRE AIO 113 CORUNDll:"\1-SAPPHIRE AIO 90 CORUNDUM-SAPPHIRE AIO 110 COSALITE...Greenish masses with some black Spinet Trentino, Italy ½" £2 lx2 £5 . Pyroxene _ __ -·-- ·-·· .. -·- ·...···· __ . _ . 149 GANOPHYLLITE Molinello Mine, Italy ½x½ £3 Brown fibrous areas on quartz _K Na Mn Al
	*Martin, R. F. (2003) ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MINERAL NAMES: THIRD UPDATE. The Canadian Mineralogist, 41 (4) 1075-1096 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.41.4.1075*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Colonnata Valley, Carrara region, Apuan Alps, Italy. Merlino, S. & Orlandi, P. (2001): Am. Mineral....Sciences, University of Milano Bicocca, Milano, Italy. Found in a dolomite carbonatite vein, Zhelezny...History at the Università di Firenze, in Florence, Italy, in recognition of his work on the systematics of...volcanic complex, Tre Croci, near Vetralla, Viterbo Province, Italy. Della Ventura, G. et al. (2002):...a village about 10 km east of Mazarrón in the Province of Murcia, southeastern Spain. Jambor, J.L. et
	Ballirano, P., Maras, A., Buseck, P. R. (1996) Crystal chemistry and IR spectroscopy of Cl- and SO4-bearing cancrinite-like minerals. American Mineralogist, 81 (7) 1003-1012 doi:10.2138/am-1996-7-822	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	"La Sapienza,"P.le Aldo Moro 5, I-00185, Rome, Italy 2Departmentsof Geology and Chemistry, Arizona State...ersitd di Pisa, via S. Maria 53,1-56126, Pisa, Italy. shown by liottite, afghanite, and franzinite. They...standardswere used: wollastonite (Si and Ca), corundum (Al), orthoclase(K), jadeite (Na), barite (S)...Burragato,F., and Maras, A. (1991) Sodalite from Vetralla (Roman potassicprovince) and Bancroft (Ontario...franzinite in una perforazionegeotermicadei Sabatini (Lazio). Rendiconti della SocietA Italiana di Mineralogia
	*(1997) Richard Tayler Minerals Catalogue* 72. Richard Tayler Minerals**	Catalog/List
	icro plate on Sandine (arro~ed).(le Tre Croci Vetralla Italy) lxlins E4.50 498 ZEKANNITE (Zn Fe) (Te 0)...USA)alternative: larger cleavage half ins matrix fJ 112 CORUNDUM Al/2 0/3 rich bro'WTl-bronze cleavages in Syenite...Natrix. (Visp • Q arr y, ear San Vcnauu., Terni Province, Umbria, Ital ) 1/ x l/2irs ES CRYST AL S 162...hexagonal crysta1. sJightly rubbed surface. 238 CORUNDUM good hexagonal shape grey-blue single crystal...someblacr. SPIHEL(somewith octahedral xls) (Trentino Italy) lxl E2 lx2 E4 2x2 E6 178 HALLOYSITE Al/2 Si/2 0/5
	*(2000) March - April 2000. The Mineralogical Record* Vol. 31 (2) The Mineralogical Record, Inc.**	Journal (issue)
	quarry, Monte Somma/Vesuvius, Napoli, Campania, Italy. WAHJr photo. extreme, all the nosean crystals...from Cave San Vito, Monte Somma, Napoli, Campania, Italy. WAHJr photo. Figure 7. Dodecahedral haiiyne, pale...reentrants, 1.2 mm long. From the Alban Hills, Roma, Lazio, Italy. Speci men #2960, Cahn Collection, Yale University;...and areas north of Rome and on Mount Vesuvius in Italy; all noted for their under saturated, pyroclastic...elongated twins of sodalite from the Alban Hills in Italy, and Hubbard (1887) reported elongated nosean crystals
	*(1999) Richard Tayler Minerals Catalogue* 80. Richard Tayler Minerals**	Catalog/List
	___ CORDIERITE Mg Al SiO CORONADITE Pb Mn Mn O CORUNDUM AIO ___________ _ 563 94 64 89 183 56 510...£3 La Cetine Mine. Near Rosia, Sienna, Tuscany. Italy Quirang, Skye, Scotland 'A x A £4 Ramsley Mine...crystal inwhite Albite Alpe Rosso, Vai Vigezzo Italy about half ins size Ixl" £4 Near Elizabeth Lake... 238 815 CORUNDUM AIO CORUNDUM SAPPHIRE Al O_____ __ 90 CORUNDUM-SAPPHIRE Al O 113 CORUNDUM-SAPPHIRE...Cordoba with short wave due to possible U minerals Province, Argentina__________ Pure white masses Ivigtut
	*(2008, November) Geonieuws* Vol. 33 (09) Mineralogische Kring Antwerpen**	Journal (issue)
	vroegere Ceylon) : Kollonnagam, Rakwana, Sabaragamuwa Province. Het typemateriaal van geikieliet komt, zoals...plaatsen voor in Italië, o.a. Tre Croci, Vetralla, Lago Vico, Viterbo, Latium, en Case Collina, Pitigliano...die we deze maand aanbieden komen van de Bozeman Corundum Co. Mine, Gallatin County, Montana, USA. Baddeleyiet...baddelleyietkristalletjes, afkomstig van Bozeman Corundum Co. Mine, Gallatin County, Montana, USA. Verzameling...Planets 3(4), 403-407. Pham Van L. (2004), "Gem corundum deposits in Vietnam", Journal of Gemmology 29(3)
	*(1997) Richard Tayler Minerals Catalogue* 73. Richard Tayler Minerals**	Catalog/List
	micro plates on Sandine (arrowed).(le Tre Croci Vetralla Italy) Ixlins £4.50 396 TORBERNITE Cu UO PO/4 slightly...West Norway) • 1x2 £1.30 2x2 £2.70 • 2x4 £6 112 CORUNDUM Al/2 0/3 rich brown-bronze cleavages in Syenite...£4 189 IDOCRASE rich brown masses (Vai d1Aosta, Italy) lxl 60p 1x2 £1 2x2 £2 2x3 £3 307 OPAL SiO/2 H/20...possible Quartz. (Kolsva Sweden) 1x1 £1.50 238 CORUNDUM good hexagonal shape grey-blue single crystal...crystal sections in quartz (St Marcel. Piedmont, Italy) lxl £1.20 1x2 £2 2x2 £4.00 4 054 APATITE calcium
	*Hyršl, Jaroslav, Bernard, Jan (2013) Minerals and their Localities* - Supplement - Minerals described since 2004. Granit, Prague.**	Book (edition)
	CCM CM DANR EJM JMPS MM MP NJMA ZRMO Republic province prefecture county departement departamento ...the La Fossa crater, Vulcano Is., Lipari Islands, Italy. Anthropogenic on burning coal dumps of the Anna...the La Fossa crater, Vulcano Is., Lipari Islands, Italy. < 3. D(calc.) = 3.81. Ne,o = 1.710, 1.777, (+)...the La Fossa crater, Vulcano Is., Lipari Islands, Italy. AM 95, 382-385, 2010. Akaogiite TiO2 (4.D), an...Cavalluccio, Sacrofano caldera, Roma prov., Lazio, Italy. zRMO 136, I, 82-89, 2007. DAN 415, 242-246
	*Bernard, Jan, Hyršl, Jaroslav (2004) Minerals and their Localities* (1st ed.) Granit, Prague.**	Book (edition)
	expressed in clase. 7 - quartz. 8 - topaz, 9 - corundum, 10 - dia- percentage. The collected data on optics...expressed in abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture)...the revolution in 1997. Its mineral rich Katanga province was renamed Shaba by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga...Katanga administrative region again. The former Kivu province is now divided to three regions: INTRODUCTION...conditions in the gold-bearing "greenstone" in Abitibi province in northern Ontario and Quebec. Some genetic problems
	*Gupta, Alok K., Yagi, Kenzo (1980) Petrology and Genesis of Leucite-Bearing Rocks* - Minerals and Rocks No. 14. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-67550-8**	Book
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Birunga Volcanic Province . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leucite-Bearing.... . . . . . . Potassic Rocks of N avaj o-Hopi Province (USA) . . .. Leucite-Bearing Rocks of Leucite.... . . . . . . . . . . Leucite-Bearing Rocks of Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 50 55 58 59 61 63.... . . . 199 17.3.2 Genesis of Magmas of Roman Province ......... 206 17.3.3 Genesis of Shoshoni te ....Olivine Akermanite Melilite Sodamelilite Garnet Corundum Sp Wo Ra Mer Mo La Ph (Phlogo) Amph Hb Ru Sph
	*(1995) Richard Tayler Minerals Catalogue* 65. Richard Tayler Minerals**	Catalog/List
	aicro xl in Sanidine. Po111blealcto Tborite. (Vetralla ,V1terboProvinceLuio l Ital ) l I I E4 50...Basalt. (Vitiello Quarry, near Terzigno, Vesuvlus Italy) 1 x 1/2ins f5 1/2 x 1/2 f2.50 462 STELLERITE Zeolite... (Vispi Quarry,near San Venanzo Terni Province, U!Rbria,Italy) ½ x ½ El \' lxl El. no 166 GISMO~DINE...matrix An alteration of Brncite (lrt Raaaizo,Genova,Italy) 078 BYTOWNITE Feldspar group pale green phenocrysts...(Parigi,Hart!niana,Po, Dora Haira Massif,Piermnont,Italy) TypeLoc. lem EJ.SO 1/2 to 3/4ins ES.SO. 136 EUD
	*(1995) Richard Tayler Minerals Catalogue* 65. Richard Tayler Minerals**	Catalog/List
	Sanidine. Possible micro Thorite. {Vetralla ,Viterbo Province Lazio Region, Italy) M x M £4.50 103 CHURCHITE...cavities in matrix (Lagno Amendolare, l1t Somma, Italy) ½ x ½ ins £5 481 PHILLIP9ITE Zeolite group white...Basalt. (Vitiello Quarry, near Terzigno, Vesuvius Italy) 1/2 x 1/2 £2.50 1 x l/2ins £5 462 STELLERITE Zeolite...Matrix. (Vispi Quarry, near San Venanzo Terni Province, Umbria, It2ly) 1/2 x l/2ins £5 406 TETRANATROLITE...(R ay Hi ne Arizona U.S. AI 2 x2. 5i ns £ 5 112 CORUNDUM Al/2 0/3 rich brow n-bronze cleavages in Syen
	*(2004) March - April 2004. The Mineralogical Record* Vol. 35 (2) The Mineralogical Record, Inc.**	Journal (issue)
	Diamond-hard, scratches an iron file (Examples: diamond, corundum) 2. Quartz-hard, can be filed with difficulty...Substances that scratch quartz (Examples: diamond, corundum) 2. Substances that scratch glass (Examples: quartz...Fluorite 5. Apatite 6. Feldspar 7. Quartz 8. Topaz 9. Corundum 10. Diamond Table 1. Collation of hardness data...same mineral (Rosenbusch 1924). (standardized to corundum = 1000 and to quartz = 100) (Malzahn 2000) Mohs...still found in practical use today. Usually the corundum and diamond samples are mounted on wooden handles
	*Le Maitre, R. W. - Ed.* (2002) Igneous Rocks - A Classification and Glossary of Terms (2nd ed.) Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9780511535581**	Book
	and was followed by Bruno Zanettin (1980– 1984, Italy), Mike Le Bas (1984–2001, UK) and Bernard Bonin...(1975–80, Switzerland), Giuliano Bellieni (1980–84, Italy) and Alan Woolley (1984–2001, UK). During this time...constraints from the Barkly-West District, northern Cape Province, South Africa. Fifth International Kimberlite...the terms come from only seven countries – USA, Italy, Russian Federation, Norway, Germany, UK and France...times in the origin of new rock terms Number USA Italy Russian Federation from Greek Norway Germany UK
	*Back, Malcolm E., Mandarino, Joseph A. (2008) Fleischer's Glossary of Mineral Species 2008. The Mineralogical Record, Inc.*	Book (edition)
	Republic). W.D. Birch (Australia), Elena Bonaccorsi (Italy), Ernst A.J. Burke (Netherlands), L.J. Cabri (Canada)...M. Dcliens (Belgium). Giancarlo Delia Ventura (Italy), T.S. Ercit (Canada). Alexander Falster (USA)....(Canada). L.A. Groat (Canada). Alessandro Guastoni (Italy), William A. Henderson. Jr. (USA). D.D. Hogarth...(ltaly). Igor Pekov (Russia), atale Perchiazzi (Italy). Ole V. Petersen (Denmark). Fedcrico Pezzotta (ltaly)...Provvidenzakaolinquarry,Allumierc,Tolfa Mount district,Roma Province,Lazio,ltaly,NJMM 1976,40~17 (str.),AC 18, 249-252
	*(2022, January) Mogok. The Mineralogical Record* Vol. 53 (1) The Mineralogical Record, Inc.**	Journal (issue)
	.............................165 COVER: RUBY CORUNDUM in marble matrix, 13 cm (685 grams), nicknamed...Rhodochrosite on Manganite N'Chwaning Mine, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. 8.7 cm In 1978 a historic discovery...gemology, treatment, cutting and marketing of gem corundum from Mogok, and—as a kind of resonance of the...southeast of Mogok, which began producing fine ruby corundum crystals in the early 1990s. Mong Hsu had been...reaching international markets in 1992; the rough corundum forms sharp, elongated barrel-shaped crystals
	*Clopton, E. L., Wilson, W. E. (1996) The Mineralogical Record Index* - Volumes I - XXV 1970 - 1994. Mineralogical Record Inc.**	Book
	[the Santa Lucia and Sa Duchessa mines,] Sardinia [Italy] (by F. Olmi, C. Sabelli & G. Brizzi) 19:305-310...ALBERTINI, CLAUDIO Famous mineral localities: Baveno, Italy 14:157168 ALBITE Davis Hill near Bancroft, Ontario:...8:287-293 Minerals of the Alpine rodingites of Italy (by C. M. Gramaccioli) 10:85-89 Micromounting in...Arcu su Linnarbu, Capoterra, Cagliari, Sardinia [Italy] (by R. Vochten & G. Brizzi) 18:181-184 AREM, JOEL...Minerals from the upper Arno River Valley, Tuscany, Italy (by M. Corazza, G. Pratesi & R. Braga) 25:293-299
	Dill, Harald G. (2010) The “chessboard” classification scheme of mineral deposits: Mineralogy and geology from aluminum to zirconium. Earth-Science Reviews, 100 (1) 1-420 doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2009.10.011	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	minerals and staurolite supply and use. . . . . . Corundum and spinel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...mineralogy of corundum and spinel minerals . . . . 48.2. Magmatic deposits of corundum and spinel minerals...deposits of corundum and spinel minerals . . . . . . 48.4. Metamorphic deposits of corundum and spinel...spinel minerals . . . . . . 48.5. Corundum and spinel supply and use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diamond...Copper Cordierite/iolite Cordylite-(Ce) Coronadite Corundum, sapphire, ruby, padparadscha Corvusite Covellite
	Dill, Harald G. (2010) The “chessboard” classification scheme of mineral deposits: Mineralogy and geology from aluminum to zirconium. Earth-Science Reviews, 100 (1) 1-420 doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2009.10.011	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	minerals and staurolite supply and use. . . . . . Corundum and spinel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...mineralogy of corundum and spinel minerals . . . . 48.2. Magmatic deposits of corundum and spinel minerals...deposits of corundum and spinel minerals . . . . . . 48.4. Metamorphic deposits of corundum and spinel...spinel minerals . . . . . . 48.5. Corundum and spinel supply and use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diamond...Copper Cordierite/iolite Cordylite-(Ce) Coronadite Corundum, sapphire, ruby, padparadscha Corvusite Covellite
	*Schumann, Walter (1998) Minerals of the World. Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., New York. 224pp.*	Book
	calcite fluorite apatite orthoclase quartz topaz corundum diamond fingernail: rubbing fingernail: scratching...with volcanic vents. Found in: Tuscany, Vesuvius/Italy; Kamchatka/USSR; Ladakh/India; California, Nevada/USA...in: Saarland; Ruhr valley; Saxony; Vesuvius, Etna/Italy; Flekla/lceland; Hawai, Califorma/USA; Chile; Peru...Urals/USSR; Alsace-Lorraine/France; Vesuvius Etna/Italy; Saskatchewan/Canada; New Mexico; Texas/USA; Chile;...deposits. Found in: region around Vesuvius Etna/Italy; Hungary; Armenia; Kazakhstan/USSR; Egypt; Tanzania;
	*Schumann, Walter (1998) Minerals of the World. Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., New York. 224pp.*	Book
	calcite fluorite apatite orthoclase quartz topaz corundum diamond fingernail: rubbing fingernail: scratching...with volcanic vents. Found in: Tuscany, Vesuvius/Italy; Kamchatka/USSR; Ladakh/India; California, Nevada/USA...in: Saarland; Ruhr valley; Saxony; Vesuvius, Etna/Italy; Hekla/Iceland; Hawai, California/USA; Chile; Peru...Urals/USSR; Alsace-Lorraine/France; Vesuvius Etna/Italy; Saskatchewan/Canada; New Mexico; Texas/USA; Chile;...trona, colemanite, calcite. Found in: Tuscanny/Italy; Kaps region/USSR; California , Nevada/USA; Atacama/
	*Schumann, Walter (1998) Minerals of the World. Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., New York. 224pp.*	Book
	calcite fluorite apatite orthoclase quartz topaz corundum diamond Simple testing devices fingernail: rubbing...with volcanic vents. Found in: Tuscany, Vesuvius/Italy; Kamchatka/USSR; Ladakh/lndia; California, Nevada/USA...Urals/USSR; Alsacc-Lorraine/ f-rance; Vesuvius Etna/Italy; Saskatchewan/Canada; New Mexico; Texas/USA; Chile...deposits. Found in: region around Vesuvius Etna/Italy; Hungary; Armenia; Kazakhstan/USSR; Egypt; Tanzania;...◄ tine. Found in : Steiermark/Austria; Lombardy/Italy; California, Nevada, Pennsyl- vania/USA; Urals/USSR

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Corundum from Vetralla, Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy

Corundum from
Vetralla, Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy