Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 29835
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29835.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pollena Quarries, Pollena - Trocchia Area, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°51'0"N
Longitude: 14°23'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.85,14.399722222222

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 ()*	Fayalite ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Galena ()*	Gehlenite ()*	Grossular ()*	Haüyne ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Humite ()*	Kalsilite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Malachite ()*	Meionite ()*
Merlinoite ()*	Microsommite ()*	Montesommaite ()*	Phillipsite-K ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*	Siderazot ()*	Siderite ()*	Sodalite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thorite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Wollastonite ()*	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 Pb S Si Th Zn Zr

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

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

42 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	309
Chabazite-K ()*	Chabazite	(K₂NaCa_0.5)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	30
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	236
Davyne ()*	Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite	[(Na,K)₆(SO₄)_0.5Cl][Ca₂Cl₂][(Si₆Al₆O₂₄)]	17
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	371
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	271
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gehlenite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂Al(SiAl)O₇	114
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1544
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	158
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	741
Humite ()*	Humite	Mg₇(SiO₄)₃F₂	80
Kalsilite ()*	None	KAlSiO₄	49
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	176
Merlinoite ()*	None	K₅Ca₂(Si₂₃Al₉)O₆₄·24H₂O	17
Microsommite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Cancrinite	[(Na,K)₆(SO₄)][Ca₂Cl₂][(Si₆Al₆O₂₄)]	7
Montesommaite ()*	None	K₉(Si₂₃Al₉)O₆₄·10H₂O	3
Phillipsite-K ()*	Harmotome	K₆(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	71
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	598
Siderazot ()*	None	Fe₃N_1.33	4
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	452
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1006
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	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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