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:
Torre Del Greco, Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 158510
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158510.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Torre Del Greco, Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Camaldoli Della Torre
Villa Inglese Quarries

Latitude: 40°46'20"N
Longitude: 14°24'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.772222222222,14.415833333333

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	Clay	Corundum
Feldspar	Garnet	Harmotome	Ludwigite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyroxene	Rocksalt
Scapolite	Sodalite	Spinel	Tridymite	Vesuvianite	Volborthite

Andradite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Augite ()*
Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chabazite-K ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*
Fayalite ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Hausmannite ()*
Haüyne ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Leucite ()*	Lime ()*
Magnesioferrite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Meionite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Phillipsite-K ()*
Phlogopite ()*	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:

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

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	68743	1534
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	68743	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	68743	3250
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	2	68742,68743	544
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	68742,68743	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	68742,68743	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	68743	27770
Chabazite-K ()*	Chabazite	(K₂NaCa_0.5)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	1	68743	30
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	68742	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	68743	4135
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	2	68742,68743	371
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	68743	271
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2	68742,68743	2740
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	68743	1188
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	2	68742,68743	350
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	1	68743	158
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	68743	14640
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	68743	341
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	1	68743	233
Lime ()*	Rocksalt	CaO	1	68743	11
Magnesioferrite ()*	Spinel	MgFe³⁺₂O₄	1	68743	98
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	68742,68743	14899
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	1	68743	176
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	68743	884
Phillipsite-K ()*	Harmotome	K₆(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	68743	71
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	68742	2273
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	68742,68743	598
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	68743	6417
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	2	68742,68743	444
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	68743	1934
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	68743	1395
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O	2	68742,68743	155
Vonsenite ()*	Ludwigite	Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	1	68743	62

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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