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


mindat Locality ID: 45823
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-45823.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pozzuoli, Phlegrean Fields, Naples, Campania, Italy": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Antiniana (Scarfoglio)
Monte Olibano
Pisciarelli Di Agnano
Solfatara Di Pozzuoli

Latitude: 40°49'40"N
Longitude: 14°8'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.827777777778,14.143333333333

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: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdranositeAlumAluniteAmorphousAnalcimeArcaniteArsenopyriteBaryteBlöditeCalcite
Cancrinite-sodaliteClayCopiapiteCoquimbiteCorundumEpsomiteFeldsparGypsumHalotrichiteKaolinite
LangbeiniteLucabindiiteMetavoltineNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneRutileRömerite
SabieiteSodaliteSpinelSulphurTamarugiteVoltaite

57 IMA Minerals at location:
Adranosite  (*)Adranosite-(Fe)  (*)Alacránite  (*)Alum-(K)  (*)Aluminocoquimbite  (*)
Alunite  (*)Alunogen  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Blödite  (*)Calcite  (*)Clairite  (*)Coquimbite  (*)Dimorphite  (*)
Efremovite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Godovikovite  (*)Goldichite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)Huizingite-(Al)  (*)Halloysite-10Å  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kalinite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Krausite  (*)Leucite  (*)Lucabindiite  (*)
Magnesiocopiapite  (*)Magnesiovoltaite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Mascagnite  (*)Metavoltine  (*)
Mirabilite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Opal  (*)Pararealgar  (*)Pickeringite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Realgar  (*)Rhomboclase  (*)Römerite  (*)Russoite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Salammoniac  (*)Sanidine  (*)Sassolite  (*)Sodalite  (*)
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)2268712,687146
Alacránite  (*)Not in a structural groupAs8S916871418
Alum-(K)  (*)AlumKAl(SO4)2·12H2O368710,68712,6871392
Aluminocoquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAl2Fe2(SO4)6(H2O)12·9H2O268710,687125
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6368710,68712,68714966
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O468710,68712,68713,68714272
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1687139052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61687112060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)16871311547
Blödite  (*)BlöditeNa2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O168713130
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16871127770
Clairite  (*)None(NH4)2Fe3+3(SO4)4(OH)3·3H2O1687128
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O168713136
Dimorphite  (*)NoneAs4S3268713,687145
Efremovite  (*)Langbeinite(NH4)2Mg2(SO4)316871413
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O168713484
Godovikovite  (*)Sabieite(NH4)Al(SO4)216871419
Goldichite  (*)NoneKFe3+(SO4)2·4H2O16871312
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O468710,68712,68713,687146890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O468710,68712,68713,68714409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316871114640
Huizingite-(Al)  (*)Not in a structural group(NH4)9Al3(SO4)8(OH)2·4H2O1687142
Halloysite-10Å  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O368710,68712,6871462
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6268712,687132228
Kalinite  (*)NoneKAl(SO4)2·11H2O16871354
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41687135591
Krausite  (*)NoneKFe3+(SO4)2·H2O368710,68712,6871321
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)268711,68713233
Lucabindiite  (*)Lucabindiite(K,NH4)As4O6(Cl,Br)1687144
Magnesiocopiapite  (*)CopiapiteMgFe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O16871054
Magnesiovoltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Mg5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O1687122
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416871114899
Mascagnite  (*)Arcanite(NH4)2(SO4)368712,68713,6871461
Metavoltine  (*)MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12·18H2O368710,68712,6871378
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O168713223
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1687131236
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O468710,68712,68713,687142994
Pararealgar  (*)NoneAs4S4268713,6871457
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O368710,68712,68713265
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2268712,6871339462
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS268713,68714712
Rhomboclase  (*)Not in a structural group(H5O2)Fe3+(SO4)2·2H2O16871253
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O168710115
Russoite  (*)None(NH4)ClAs2O3(H2O)0.51687141
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21687135614
Salammoniac  (*)None(NH4)Cl268713,68714105
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)268711,68713598
Sassolite  (*)NoneB(OH)3268713,6871431
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl168711444
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS468710,68712,68713,687142045
Tamarugite  (*)TamarugiteNaAl(SO4)2·6H2O368710,68712,6871487
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)168713299
Trona  (*)NoneNa3(HCO3)(CO3)·2H2O168713129
Tschermigite  (*)Alum(NH4)Al(SO4)2·12H2O368712,68713,6871481
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O368710,68712,68713111
Yavapaiite  (*)NoneKFe3+(SO4)21687138



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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