Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Villa Inglese Quarries, Torre Del Greco, Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 29836
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29836.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 40°45'27"N
Longitude: 14°25'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.7575,14.418888888889

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Atacamite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chabazite	Corundum	Feldspar
Garnet	Harmotome	Ludwigite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Scapolite	Sodalite
Spinel	Tridymite	Vesuvianite	Volborthite

Andradite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Augite ()*
Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chabazite-K ()*	Diopside ()*	Fayalite ()*
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Haüyne ()*
Hematite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Leucite ()*	Lime ()*	Magnesioferrite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Meionite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Phillipsite-K ()*	Sanidine ()*
Siderite ()*	Sodalite ()*	Spinel ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Volborthite ()*
Vonsenite ()*

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 B C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si V

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Apatite Aragonite Atacamite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chabazite Corundum Feldspar
Garnet Harmotome Ludwigite None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyroxene Rocksalt Scapolite Sodalite
Spinel Tridymite Vesuvianite Volborthite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1534
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	544
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chabazite-K ()*	Chabazite	(K₂NaCa_0.5)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	30
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	371
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	271
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	350
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	158
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	341
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	233
Lime ()*	Rocksalt	CaO	11
Magnesioferrite ()*	Spinel	MgFe³⁺₂O₄	98
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	176
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	884
Phillipsite-K ()*	Harmotome	K₆(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	71
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	598
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	444
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1395
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O	155
Vonsenite ()*	Ludwigite	Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	62

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...