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Locality Name:
Phlegrean Fields, Naples, Campania, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 108343
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-108343.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Phlegrean Fields, Naples, Campania, Italy": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bacoli
Monte Di Procida
Pianura
Pozzuoli
Soccavo

Latitude: 40°49'36"N
Longitude: 14°7'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.826666666667,14.125555555556

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As B Ba Br C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg N Na O P Pb S Se Si Th Ti W Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdranositeAlumAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeApatiteAragoniteArcaniteArsenopyrite
BaddeleyiteBaryteBlöditeCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChabaziteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCopiapite
CoquimbiteCorundumEpsomiteFeldsparFluoriteGypsumHalotrichiteHarmotomeKaoliniteLangbeinite
LucabindiiteLudwigiteMetavoltineNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneRocksalt
RutileRömeriteSabieiteScapoliteScheeliteSodaliteSpinelSulphurTamarugiteThomsonite
TitaniteTridymiteVoltaiteZirconZirconolite

88 IMA Minerals at location:
Adranosite  (*)Adranosite-(Fe)  (*)Alacránite  (*)Albite  (*)Alum-(K)  (*)
Aluminocoquimbite  (*)Alunite  (*)Alunogen  (*)Analcime  (*)Anhydrite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Blödite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chabazite-Na  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Clairite  (*)Coquimbite  (*)Dimorphite  (*)Efremovite  (*)Epsomite  (*)
Ferberite  (*)Fluoborite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Godovikovite  (*)
Goldichite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Haüyne  (*)
Hematite  (*)Huizingite-(Al)  (*)Halloysite-10Å  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kalinite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Krausite  (*)Leucite  (*)Liottite  (*)Lucabindiite  (*)
Magnesio-hastingsite  (*)Magnesiocopiapite  (*)Magnesiovoltaite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marialite  (*)
Mascagnite  (*)Metavoltine  (*)Mirabilite  (*)Misenite  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Nepheline  (*)Opal  (*)Pararealgar  (*)Phillipsite-Na  (*)Pickeringite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Realgar  (*)Rhomboclase  (*)Römerite  (*)
Russoite  (*)Rutile  (*)Salammoniac  (*)Sanidine  (*)Sassolite  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Selenium  (*)Sodalite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Sylvite  (*)
Tamarugite  (*)Thénardite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Trona  (*)Tschermigite  (*)Voltaite  (*)Vonsenite  (*)Yavapaiite  (*)
Zircon  (*)Zirconolite  (*)Zirkelite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adranosite  (*)Adranosite(NH4)4NaAl2(SO4)4Cl(OH)21687144
Adranosite-(Fe)  (*)Adranosite(NH4)4NaFe2(SO4)4Cl(OH)2268712,687146
Alacránite  (*)Not in a structural groupAs8S916871418
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1687068803
Alum-(K)  (*)AlumKAl(SO4)2·12H2O468705,68710,68712,6871392
Aluminocoquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAl2Fe2(SO4)6(H2O)12·9H2O268710,687125
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6368710,68712,68714966
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O568705,68710,68712,68713,68714272
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1687061627
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1687061588
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1687063250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1687139052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61687112060
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO2168706238
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)16871311547
Blödite  (*)BlöditeNa2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O168713130
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)268706,6871127770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1687064979
Chabazite-Na  (*)Chabazite(Na3K)[Al4Si8O24]·11H2O16870666
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216870627198
Clairite  (*)None(NH4)2Fe3+3(SO4)4(OH)3·3H2O1687128
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O168713136
Dimorphite  (*)NoneAs4S3268713,687145
Efremovite  (*)Langbeinite(NH4)2Mg2(SO4)316871413
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O168713484
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)168706551
Fluoborite  (*)NoneMg3(BO3)F3268708,6871552
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1687072740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16870624243
Godovikovite  (*)Sabieite(NH4)Al(SO4)216871419
Goldichite  (*)NoneKFe3+(SO4)2·4H2O16871312
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O568705,68710,68712,68713,687146890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1687061398
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O468710,68712,68713,68714409
Haüyne  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)168706158
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3368708,68711,6871514640
Huizingite-(Al)  (*)Not in a structural group(NH4)9Al3(SO4)8(OH)2·4H2O1687142
Halloysite-10Å  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O368710,68712,6871462
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6268712,687132228
Kalinite  (*)NoneKAl(SO4)2·11H2O16871354
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41687135591
Krausite  (*)NoneKFe3+(SO4)2·H2O368710,68712,6871321
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)268711,68713233
Liottite  (*)Cancrinite-sodaliteNa16Ca8Si18Al18O72(SO4)5Cl41687067
Lucabindiite  (*)Lucabindiite(K,NH4)As4O6(Cl,Br)1687144
Magnesio-hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)216870780
Magnesiocopiapite  (*)CopiapiteMgFe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O16871054
Magnesiovoltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Mg5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O1687122
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4468706,68707,68708,6871114899
Marialite  (*)ScapoliteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl368706,68708,68715139
Mascagnite  (*)Arcanite(NH4)2(SO4)368712,68713,6871461
Metavoltine  (*)MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12·18H2O468705,68710,68712,6871378
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O168713223
Misenite  (*)NoneK8(SO4)(SO3OH)61687054
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1687131236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)168715884
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O468710,68712,68713,687142994
Pararealgar  (*)NoneAs4S4268713,6871457
Phillipsite-Na  (*)HarmotomeNa6(Si10Al6)O32·12H2O16870627
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O468705,68710,68712,68713265
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2368706,68712,6871339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81687069056
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS268713,68714712
Rhomboclase  (*)Not in a structural group(H5O2)Fe3+(SO4)2·2H2O16871253
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O168710115
Russoite  (*)None(NH4)ClAs2O3(H2O)0.51687141
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21687135614
Salammoniac  (*)None(NH4)Cl268713,68714105
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)668706,68707,68708,68711,68713,68715598
Sassolite  (*)NoneB(OH)3268713,6871431
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1687064894
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe168705143
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl368706,68711,68715444
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS568705,68710,68712,68713,687142045
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl168706275
Tamarugite  (*)TamarugiteNaAl(SO4)2·6H2O468705,68710,68712,6871487
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)168713299
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O168706452
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1687061006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O268706,687074899
Trona  (*)NoneNa3(HCO3)(CO3)·2H2O168713129
Tschermigite  (*)Alum(NH4)Al(SO4)2·12H2O368712,68713,6871481
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O468705,68710,68712,68713111
Vonsenite  (*)LudwigiteFe2+2Fe3+O2(BO3)268706,6870862
Yavapaiite  (*)NoneKFe3+(SO4)21687138
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)268706,687075251
Zirconolite  (*)Zirconolite(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)2O7268706,68707140
Zirkelite  (*)Fluorite(Ti,Ca,Zr)O2-x16870727



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R140323Solfatara Di Pozzuoli, Pozzuoli, Phlegrean Fields, Naples, Campania, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R140323
R150030Solfatara Di Pozzuoli, Pozzuoli, Phlegrean Fields, Naples, Campania, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R150030


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