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Locality Name:
Camaldoli Della Torre, Torre Del Greco, Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 156648
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156648.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Camaldoli Della Torre, Torre Del Greco, Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°47'13"N
Longitude: 14°24'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.786944444444,14.413055555556
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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Si V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Si V 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAtacamiteCancrinite-sodaliteClayFeldsparMicaNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyroxene
SodaliteSpinelVolborthite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Atacamite  (*)Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Fayalite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Sanidine  (*)
Sodalite  (*)Volborthite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)30544
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)0371
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O40350
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)0598
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl0444
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O0155


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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