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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 contents from all localities listed at bottom of page


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


    55 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
    Italy
     
    • Campania
      • Phlegrean Volcanic Complex
        • Naples Province
          • Phlegrean Fields

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