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:
Vitiello Quarry (Cava Vitiello), Terzigno, Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 156649
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156649.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vitiello Quarry (Cava Vitiello), Terzigno, Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°47'50"N
Longitude: 14°28'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.797222222222,14.467222222222

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	Atacamite	Calcite	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clay	Harmotome	Ludwigite	Lévyne	Mica
Natrolite	None	Sodalite	Spinel	Thomsonite	Titanite

Analcime ()*	Atacamite ()*	Calcite ()*	Davyne ()*	Hausmannite ()*
Haüyne ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Lazurite ()*	Lévyne-Na ()*	Merlinoite ()*
Mesolite ()*	Microsommite ()*	Phillipsite-K ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Sodalite ()*
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Titanite ()*	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 Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Atacamite Calcite Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite Clay Harmotome Ludwigite Lévyne Mica
Natrolite None Sodalite Spinel Thomsonite Titanite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	544
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Davyne ()*	Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite	[(Na,K)₆(SO₄)_0.5Cl][Ca₂Cl₂][(Si₆Al₆O₂₄)]	17
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	350
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	158
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	341
Lazurite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₇Ca(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(SO₄)(S₃)^1-·H₂O	37
Lévyne-Na ()*	Lévyne	Na₆(Si₁₂Al₆)O₃₆·18H₂O	3
Merlinoite ()*	None	K₅Ca₂(Si₂₃Al₉)O₆₄·24H₂O	17
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	425
Microsommite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Cancrinite	[(Na,K)₆(SO₄)][Ca₂Cl₂][(Si₆Al₆O₂₄)]	7
Phillipsite-K ()*	Harmotome	K₆(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	71
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	444
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Vonsenite ()*	Ludwigite	Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	62

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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