Aliettite is a complex phyllosilicate mineral of the smectite group with a formula of (calcium, Ca_0.2magnesium, Mg₆(silicon, Si,aluminium, Al)₈oxygen, O₂₀(hydroxide, OH)₄·4hydrogen, H₂O) or . It is a soft, colorless to pale yellow or green earthy mineral which crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system, system as minute tabular to platy crystals. It was first described in 1968 for an occurrence in Monte Chiaro, Albareto, Parma Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy and named for the Italians, Italian mineralogist Andrea Alietti (born 1923). It occurs in Serpentinization, serpentinized ophiolites and their residual soil. It also occurs in altered Dolomite (rock), dolomite. Associated minerals include talc, Chlorite group, chlorite, Serpentine group, serpentine and calcite. In addition to the Type locality (geology), type locality in Italy it has been reported from Kinshasa, Katanga Province, Katanga; the Chelyabinsk Oblast of the southern Urals and the Turii alkaline Massif of the Kola Peninsula in Russia; the Zirabulak Mountains of Uzbekistan; and the Goldstrike Mine of Eureka County, Nevada, US.

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Smectite group Hexagonal minerals {{silicate-mineral-stub