Roccamonfina
Roccamonfina Volcanic Complex, Caserta, Campania, Italy
A locale best known for large white crystals of leucite, often in association with augite.
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The locale refers to the volcano of Roccamonfina, rather than the village, but the locale is not specific – finds may not be from a single area. It is worth noting that the village is within the caldera of the volcano itself.
Mindat lists 8 minerals from the site, with the Leucite being the most interesting.
The site is now part of a regional park, and is a protected area, so no collecting is allowed.
The caldera contains a range of interesting archaeological features, including traces of settlements from the fifth and sixth century BC – as well as other artifacts suggesting a settlement on the site from the third century BC.
The ‘Ciampate del Diavolo’ (Devils Footprints) was found here, near the volcano. They are footprints preserved in a pyroclastic flow deposit of around 350,000 years old; possibly made by Homo heidelbergensis or another early hominid.
The name comes from a local belief that the prints were made by the devil, as the only creature that could walk on lava. They are the second oldest footprints found outside of Africa.
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We may have specimens from specific locales around Italy.
Italian locales
- Ala Valley, Lanzo Valleys, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
- Alpe Machetto Mine, Cascine Machetto, Quittengo, Campiglia Cervo, Biella Province, Piedmont, Italy
- Calafuria, Livorno, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
- Gambatesa Mine, Reppia, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
- Le Cetine di Cotorniano mine, Chiusdino, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy
- Levane, Bucine, Arezzo Province, Tuscany, Italy
- Libiola Mine, Sestri Levante, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
- Paglio Pignolino Mine, Dossena, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy
- Praborna Mine, Saint-Marcel, Aosta Valley, Italy
- Roccamonfina, Roccamonfina Volcanic Complex, Caserta, Campania, Italy
- Serrabottini, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
- Triolet Glacier, Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy
- Viù Valley, Lanzo Valleys, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
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