Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Pollena - Trocchia Area, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 132201
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132201.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pollena - Trocchia Area, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Lagno Di Pollena
Pollena Quarries

Latitude: 40°51'0"N
Longitude: 14°23'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.85,14.399444444444

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	Aragonite	Calcite	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chabazite	Clay	Feldspar	Fluorite
Garnet	Harmotome	Humite	Malachite	Melilite	Mica	None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scapolite	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Thomsonite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Zircon

Analcime ()*	Andradite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Chabazite-K ()*	Clinohumite ()*
Davyne ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fayalite ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*	Fluorite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Gehlenite ()*	Grossular ()*	Haüyne ()*
Hedenbergite ()*	Humite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Kalsilite ()*	Leucite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Malachite ()*	Meionite ()*	Merlinoite ()*	Microsommite ()*
Montesommaite ()*	Periclase ()*	Phillipsite-K ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sanidine ()*	Sarcolite ()*	Siderazot ()*	Siderite ()*	Sodalite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thorianite ()*	Thorite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zeophyllite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 N Na O P Pb S Si Th Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca F H K O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Aragonite Calcite Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite Chabazite Clay Feldspar Fluorite
Garnet Harmotome Humite Malachite Melilite Mica None Olivine Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Scapolite Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Thomsonite Vesuvianite Wollastonite Zircon

49 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	68728	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	2	68727,68728	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	68728	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	68728	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	68728	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	68728	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	68727,68728	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	68728	309
Chabazite-K ()*	Chabazite	(K₂NaCa_0.5)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	1	68728	30
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	1	68728	236
Davyne ()*	Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite	[(Na,K)₆(SO₄)_0.5Cl][Ca₂Cl₂][(Si₆Al₆O₂₄)]	2	68727,68728	17
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	68727	9895
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	68728	371
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	68728	271
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	68728	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	2	68727,68728	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	68727,68728	24243
Gehlenite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂Al(SiAl)O₇	1	68728	114
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	68728	1544
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	1	68728	158
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	68728	741
Humite ()*	Humite	Mg₇(SiO₄)₃F₂	2	68727,68728	80
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	68727	341
Kalsilite ()*	None	KAlSiO₄	1	68728	49
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	0		233
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	68728	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	68728	12537
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	2	68727,68728	176
Merlinoite ()*	None	K₅Ca₂(Si₂₃Al₉)O₆₄·24H₂O	1	68728	17
Microsommite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Cancrinite	[(Na,K)₆(SO₄)][Ca₂Cl₂][(Si₆Al₆O₂₄)]	1	68728	7
Montesommaite ()*	None	K₉(Si₂₃Al₉)O₆₄·10H₂O	1	68728	3
Periclase ()*	Rocksalt	MgO	1	68727	114
Phillipsite-K ()*	Harmotome	K₆(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	68728	71
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	68728	2273
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	68728	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	68727,68728	598
Sarcolite ()*	None	Na₄Ca₁₂Al₈Si₁₂O₄₆(SiO₄,PO₄)(OH,H₂O)₄(CO₃,Cl)	1	68727	6
Siderazot ()*	None	Fe₃N_1.33	2	68727,68728	4
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	68728	6417
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	1	68728	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	68727,68728	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	68727,68728	1934
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	68728	452
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	1	68727	236
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	68728	1006
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	2	68727,68728	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	2	68727,68728	1247
Zeophyllite ()*	None	Ca₁₃Si₁₀O₂₈(OH)₂F₈·6H₂O	0		18
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	68727,68728	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R130095	Pollena Quarries, Pollena - Trocchia Area, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy	https://rruff.info/R130095

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