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Phlegrean Fields, Naples Province, Phlegrean Volcanic complex, Campania, Italy

(Campi Flegrei, Napoli, Campania, Italia)

Caldera of a quaternary volcano located north west of Naples. The erupted lavas vary in composition from K-basalts to alkali-trachyte and phonolite.

Ref.:

- Breislak, S.,(1798): Topografia Fisica della Campania, Brazzini Firenze

- Scacchi, A., (1848): Memorie Geologiche della Campania, Rend. Acc. Sci. Napoli, 41, 8-43

- Roth, J. (1857): Der Vesuv und die Umgebung von Neapel, XVII. Das phlegraeische Gebiet, Wilhelm Hertz, Berlin, 479 ff

- vom Rath, G. (1866): Mineralogisch-geognostische Fragmente aus Italien. Zeitschrift der deutschen geologischen Gesellschaft, 18, 614 ff

- Scacchi, A., (1890): La Regione Vulcanica Fluorifera della Campania, (II Edition). Mem. Regio Com. Geol. d'It. Vol IV, Firenze

- Rittmann, A., (1950): Sintesi Geologica dei Campi Flegrei, Boll. Soc. Geol. It., LXIX-II, 117-128

- Pichler, H. (1970): Italienische Vulkangebiete II, Bornträger Berlin Stuttgart

- Di Vito, M., Lirer, L., Mastrolorenzo, G., Rolandi, G., Scandone, R. (1985): Volcanological Map of Campi Flegrei; Min. Prot. Civ., Univ. degli Studi di Napoli

- Lirer, L., Luongo, G., Scandone, R., (1987): On the Volcanological Evolution of Campi Flegrei, EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 68, 226-234.
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- Rosi, M., Sbrana, A. (1987): Phlegrean fields, Quaderni de “la Ricerca scientifica” -114- , Vol.9, Consiglio nazionale delle ricerche, Roma

- http://vulcan.fis.uniroma3.it/campi_flegrei/Campi_flegreitext.html




Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities


Mineral List:
'Alum Group'
Alum-(K)
Alunogen
Apatite-(CaF)
Arsenopyrite
'Arsenschwefel'
Augite
Biotite
Calciobetafite (TL)
Calcite
Coquimbite
Dimorphite (TL)
Epsomite
Glauberite
Goldichite
Gypsum
Halotrichite
Haüyne
Hematite
'Hornblende'
Kalinite
Kaolinite
Krausite
Liottite
Magnesiohastingsite
Magnetite
Marialite (TL)
Mascagnite
Mendozite ?
Metavoltine
Mirabilite
Misenite (TL)
Natrolite
Nepheline
Opal
Orpiment
Pararealgar
Pickeringite
Pyrite
Realgar
Rutile
Salammoniac
Sanidine
Sodalite
Sulfurite
var: Arsensulfurite

Sulphur
Tamarugite
Thenardite
Titanite
Trona
Tschermigite
Voltaite (TL)
Yavapaiite
Zircon
Zirconolite


71 entries listed. 50 valid minerals. 5 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region:
Italy
 
  • Campania
    • Phlegrean Volcanic complex
      • Naples Province
        • Phlegrean Fields
          • Bacoli
          • Cape Miseno

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