Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Trapolino Quarry (Cava Nuova), Sant'Anastasia, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 156630
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156630.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Trapolino Quarry (Cava Nuova), Sant'Anastasia, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°51'0"N
Longitude: 14°26'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.85,14.433333333333

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.

Analcime	Apatite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Nickeline
None	Pyroxene	Sodalite	Tridymite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Ankerite ()*	Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Calcite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Hematite ()*
Merlinoite ()*	Montesommaite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sodalite ()*
Thorianite ()*	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 Ce Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Th Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Th Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apatite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Nickeline
None Pyroxene Sodalite Tridymite Zircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Apatite	(Ce,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃(OH)	115
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Merlinoite ()*	None	K₅Ca₂(Si₂₃Al₉)O₆₄·24H₂O	17
Montesommaite ()*	None	K₉(Si₂₃Al₉)O₆₄·10H₂O	3
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	884
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	444
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	236
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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