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Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

(Complesso Somma-Vesuvio, diverse municipalità, Napoli, Campania, Italia)

The active Vesuvius volcano is a distinct locality within the arcuate shaped Monte Somma, which represents the remains of an older, much larger volcanic cone.

Several quarries and oucrops exist in this area (all now in a National Park and collecting is strictly forbidden).


References:

-Monticelli T., Covelli N., 1825. Prodromo della mineralogia vesuviana. Da'Torchi Del Tramatre, Napoli, XXXIV, 486 pp., 19 tavv.

-Scacchi, A. (1872) Contribuzioni mineralogiche per servire all Storia dell’ Incendio Vesuviano, del mese di Aprile. Part 1, Naples (1872); Part 2 (1874).

-Rath, G. vom, 1874: Über das Krystallsystem des Leucits, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, Erg. Bd. VI, 198-229, J.C. Poggendorff, Leipzig

-Rath, G. vom, 1874: Glimmerkristalle (Biotit) vom Vesuv, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, Erg. Bd. VI, 366-372, J.C. Poggendorff, Leipzig

-Scacchi, A. (1887) Catalogo dei Minerali Vesuviani, Naples.

- Zambonini, F., & Prior, G. T., 1909. On the identity of Guarinite and Hiortdahlite. Mineralogical Magazine, 15: 247-259.

- Pelloux A., (1927): The Minerals of Vesuvius, American Mineralogist, Vol. 12, 14-19

- De Michele, V. (1974). Guida mineralogica d'Italia. Istituto Geografico De Agostini, Novara, 2 vol

-Carati M., 1982. Guida alla mineralogia vesuviana. Guide Calderini, Bologna.

- Preite, D. (1983): Minerali del Vesuvio al microscopio. Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 7(4), 129-133.

- Preite, D. (1993): Die Mineralien des Vesuv. Lapis, 19(5), 13-23.

-Ragone V., Ottone G., 1997. Cinque anni di ricerche mineralogiche al Somma-Vesuvio. Riv. Mineral. Ital., 21: 137-154.

-Fulignati P., 1999. Studio di sistemi idrotermali connessi a camere magmatiche di vulcani attivi italiani (Vesuvio e Vulcano): applicazioni alla vulcanologia ed alla ricerca di risorse geotermiche e minerarie. Tesi di dottorato, 226 pp. Università degli Studi di Pisa, Dottorato in Scienze della Terra, XI ciclo

-Russo, M. & Punzo, I. (2004): I minerali del Somma-Vesuvio. AMI, Ed., Cremona, Italy, 320 pp.

-Campostrini I., Gramaccioli C. M., 2005. Artroeite del Monte Somma-Vesuvio: secondo ritrovamento mondiale. Riv. Mineral. Ital., 29, 1: 50-52.

-Russo, M., Punzo, I., Blass, G., & Ciriotti, M. E. (2007). Zirconolite, albite ed epidoto: nuova e poco note specie del Somma-Vesuvio. Micro (UK report), 1/2007, 43-48.

-Russo, M., Campostrini, I., Blass, G., Schafer, C., & Ciriotti, M. E. (2008). Prima segnalazione di sfalerite nelle fumarole del Vesuvio (Campania). MICRO (notizie mineralogiche), 2008, 123-124.

-Rocks & Min.: 62: 254, 356;
-Encyclopedia of Minerals, 2nd. ed.: 541.

- http://euromin.w3sites.net/Nouveau_site/gisements/vesuve/GISVESe.htm.




Mineral list contains contents from all localities listed at bottom of page


Mineral List:
  • 'Acanthoîde'
  • Actinolite
  • Aegirine
  • Afghanite
  • Åkermanite
  • Albite
       var: Andesine
       var: Oligoclase
  • 'Allanite'
  • Allanite-(Ce)
  • Allophane
  • Almandine
  • Aluminite
  • Alum-(K)
  • Alunite
  • Alunogen
  • 'Amphibole Group'
  • Analcime
  • Andradite
       var: Melanite
  • Anglesite
  • Anhydrite
  • Ankerite
  • Anorthite (TL)
       var: Bytownite
  • Antlerite
  • 'Apatite'
  • Apatite-(CaF)
  • Apatite-(CaOH)
  • Aphthitalite (TL)
  • 'Apophyllite'
  • Aragonite
  • Artroeite
  • Atacamite
  • Augite
  • Avogadrite (TL)
  • Azurite
  • Baddeleyite
  • Bararite
  • Baryte
  • Bassanite
  • Betafite
  • Biotite
  • Boothite
    var: Mg-bearing Boothite
  • Britholite-(Ce)
       var: Thorian Britholite-(Ce)
  • Brucite
  • Calcioaravaipaite
  • Calcite
  • Calzirtite
  • Cancrinite
  • Carobbiite (TL)
  • Celadonite
  • Cerussite
  • 'Chabazite'
  • Chabazite-K (TL)
  • Chalcanthite
  • Chalcocyanite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Challacolloite
  • Chloraluminite (TL)
  • Chlormanganokalite (TL)
  • Chlorocalcite (TL)
  • Chloromagnesite (TL)
  • Chlorothionite
  • Chondrodite (TL)
  • Chrysocolla
  • Clinohumite (TL)
  • Connellite
  • Corundum
  • Cotunnite (TL)
  • Covellite (TL)
  • Cristobalite
  • Cryptohalite
  • Cumengeite
  • Cuprite
  • Cuprorivaite
  • Cuspidine (TL)
  • Cyanochroite
  • Davyne (TL)
  • Diopside
  • Dolerophanite (TL)
  • Dolomite
  • Enstatite
  • Epidote
  • Epsomite
  • Eriochalcite (TL)
  • Erythrosiderite (TL)
  • Ettringite
  • Euchlorine (TL)
  • Fayalite
  • Ferrinatrite
  • Ferrohexahydrite
  • Ferrohornblende
  • Ferropargasite
  • Ferruccite (TL)
  • Fluorite
  • Fluoro-potassicrichterite (TL)
  • Forsterite (TL)
  • Galena
  • 'Garnet Group'
  • Gehlenite
  • Geikielite
  • Gibbsite
  • Gismondine-Ca
  • Glauberite
  • Goethite
  • Gold
  • Gonnardite
  • Graphite
  • Grossular
  • 'Guarinite'
  • Gypsum
  • Halite
  • Halloysite
  • Halotrichite
  • Hausmannite
  • Haüyne
  • Hedenbergite
  • Hematite
  • Hibschite
  • Hieratite
  • 'Hiortdahlite'
  • 'Hornblende'
  • Humite (TL)
  • Huttonite
  • Hyalophane
  • Hydromagnesite
  • 'Hydromelanothallite'
  • Hydrozincite
  • 'Iddingsite'
  • Ilmenite
  • IMA2007-053
  • Indialite
  • Jarosite
  • Kaliophilite (TL)
  • Kalsilite
  • Kremersite
  • Låvenite
  • Lawrencite
  • Lazulite
  • Lazurite
  • Leucite (TL)
  • Lévyne-Na
  • Lime
  • Limonite
  • Linarite
  • Litidionite (TL)
  • Magnesioferrite (TL)
  • Magnesite
  • Magnetite
  • Malachite
  • Malladrite (TL)
  • Manganolangbeinite
  • Marialite
  • Mascagnite
  • Massicot
  • Matteuccite
  • Meionite (TL)
  • Melanothallite
  • Melilite
  • Mercallite
  • Merlinoite
  • Metavoltine
  • Microsommite
  • Millerite
  • Mimetite
  • Minium
  • Mirabilite
  • Misenite
  • Mitscherlichite (TL)
  • Molybdenite
  • Molysite (TL)
  • 'Monazite'
  • Montesommaite (TL)
  • Monticellite (TL)
  • Mottramite
  • Nahcolite (TL)
  • Nantokite
  • Natrite
  • 'Natrodavyne'
  • Natrolite
  • Natron
  • Nepheline (TL)
  • Norbergite
  • 'Olivine'
  • Opal
  • Orpiment ?
  • Orthoclase
  • Osumilite
  • Palmierite (TL)
  • Panunzite (TL)
  • Paratacamite
  • Pargasite
  • Periclase (TL)
  • Perovskite
  • 'Phillipsite'
  • Phillipsite-K
  • Phlogopite
  • Pickeringite
  • Picromerite
  • Piypite
  • Polyhalite
  • Portlandite
  • 'Proidonite'
  • Pseudobrookite
  • Pseudocotunnite (TL)
  • Pyrite
  • Pyrochlore
  • Pyrrhotite
  • Qandilite
  • Quadridavyne (TL)
  • Quartz
  • Ralstonite
  • Realgar
  • Rinneite
  • Salammoniac
  • Sanidine
  • Sarcolite (TL)
  • Sassolite
  • Scacchite (TL)
  • Scheelite
  • Scolecite
  • Selenium
  • Sellaite
  • Siderazot
  • Siderite
  • Sodalite
  • Sphalerite
  • Spinel
       var: Pleonaste
  • Sulphur
  • Sylvite (TL)
  • Syngenite
  • Tenorite
  • Thaumasite
  • Thenardite
  • Thermonatrite
  • Thomsonite-Ca
  • Thorianite
  • Thorite
  • Titanite
  • Tremolite
  • Tridymite
  • Trona
  • Tschermakite
  • Vesuvianite (TL)
  • Volborthite
  • Voltaite
  • Vonsenite
  • Wagnerite
  • Wöhlerite
  • Wollastonite
  • 'Wollastonite-1T'
  • 'Wollastonite-2M'
  • Zeophyllite
  • Zircon
  • Zirconolite


    258 entries listed. 226 valid minerals. 42 type localities (valid minerals). 2 type localities (others).

    Localities in this Region:
    Italy
     
    • Campania
      • Naples Province
        • Somma-Vesuvius Complex
    Italy
     
    • Campania
      • Naples Province
        • Somma-Vesuvius Complex
          • Monte Somma
            • Sant'Anastasia
            • Terzigno

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