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Locality Name:
Solfatara Di Pozzuoli, Pozzuoli, Phlegrean Fields, Naples, Campania, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 2093
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2093.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Solfatara Di Pozzuoli, Pozzuoli, Phlegrean Fields, Naples, Campania, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bocca Grande Fumarole

Latitude: 40°49'41"N
Longitude: 14°8'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.828055555556,14.141388888889

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As B Ba Br C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg N Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdranositeAlumAluniteAmorphousAnalcimeArcaniteArsenopyriteBaryteBlöditeClay
CoquimbiteEpsomiteFeldsparGypsumHalotrichiteKaoliniteLangbeiniteLucabindiiteMetavoltineNatrolite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRutileSabieiteSulphurTamarugiteVoltaite

46 IMA Minerals at location:
Adranosite  (*)Adranosite-(Fe)  (*)Alacránite  (*)Alum-(K)  (*)Alunite  (*)
Alunogen  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Blödite  (*)Coquimbite  (*)
Dimorphite  (*)Efremovite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Godovikovite  (*)Goldichite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Huizingite-(Al)  (*)Halloysite-10Å  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kalinite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Krausite  (*)Leucite  (*)Lucabindiite  (*)
Mascagnite  (*)Metavoltine  (*)Mirabilite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Opal  (*)
Pararealgar  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Realgar  (*)Russoite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Salammoniac  (*)Sanidine  (*)Sassolite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Tamarugite  (*)Thénardite  (*)Trona  (*)Tschermigite  (*)Voltaite  (*)
Yavapaiite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adranosite  (*)Adranosite(NH4)4NaAl2(SO4)4Cl(OH)21687144
Adranosite-(Fe)  (*)Adranosite(NH4)4NaFe2(SO4)4Cl(OH)21687146
Alacránite  (*)Not in a structural groupAs8S916871418
Alum-(K)  (*)AlumKAl(SO4)2·12H2O092
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6168714966
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O168714272
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Blödite  (*)BlöditeNa2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O0130
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O0136
Dimorphite  (*)NoneAs4S31687145
Efremovite  (*)Langbeinite(NH4)2Mg2(SO4)316871413
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O0484
Godovikovite  (*)Sabieite(NH4)Al(SO4)216871419
Goldichite  (*)NoneKFe3+(SO4)2·4H2O012
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1687146890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O168714409
Huizingite-(Al)  (*)Not in a structural group(NH4)9Al3(SO4)8(OH)2·4H2O1687142
Halloysite-10Å  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O16871462
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Kalinite  (*)NoneKAl(SO4)2·11H2O054
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Krausite  (*)NoneKFe3+(SO4)2·H2O021
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)0233
Lucabindiite  (*)Lucabindiite(K,NH4)As4O6(Cl,Br)1687144
Mascagnite  (*)Arcanite(NH4)2(SO4)16871461
Metavoltine  (*)MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12·18H2O078
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O0223
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O01236
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1687142994
Pararealgar  (*)NoneAs4S416871457
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O0265
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS168714712
Russoite  (*)None(NH4)ClAs2O3(H2O)0.51687141
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Salammoniac  (*)None(NH4)Cl168714105
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)0598
Sassolite  (*)NoneB(OH)316871431
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1687142045
Tamarugite  (*)TamarugiteNaAl(SO4)2·6H2O16871487
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)0299
Trona  (*)NoneNa3(HCO3)(CO3)·2H2O0129
Tschermigite  (*)Alum(NH4)Al(SO4)2·12H2O16871481
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O0111
Yavapaiite  (*)NoneKFe3+(SO4)208



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R140323Solfatara Di Pozzuoli, Pozzuoli, Phlegrean Fields, Naples, Campania, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R140323
R150030Solfatara Di Pozzuoli, Pozzuoli, Phlegrean Fields, Naples, Campania, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R150030


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