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Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

Latitude: 40°50'25"N
Longitude: 14°25'12"E
Monte Somma, Complesso del Somma-Vesuvio, Napoli, Campania, Italia

Monte Somma is an igneous, arc-shaped mountain that represents the remnants of an older volcanic cone destroyed in a cataclysmic event in 79 d.c. (when Pompei and Ercolano were destroyed and where Plinius the Old died trying to study the eruption). Mt. Vesuvius is the current cone over the vent. Last eruption 1944.

N.B.: The "guarinite" of Somma-Vesuvius Complex is an epitaxy of hiortdahlite, wöhlerite and låvenite (Russo & Punzo, 2004 and references herein).

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Actinolite
Aegirine
Afghanite
Åkermanite
Albite
var: Andesine

var: Oligoclase
'Allanite'
Allanite-(Ce)
Allophane
Almandine
Analcime
Andradite
var: Melanite
'Andradite-Grossular Series'
Ankerite
Anorthite (TL)
var: Bytownite
'Apatite'
'Apophyllite'
Aragonite
Artroeite
Atacamite
Augite
Baddeleyite
Balliranoite (TL)
'Biotite'
Britholite-(Ce)
var: Thorian Britholite-(Ce)
Brucite
Calcite
Calzirtite
Cancrinite
Celadonite
Cerussite
'Chabazite'
Chabazite-K (TL)
Chalcopyrite
Chondrodite
Chrysocolla
Clinohumite (TL)
Corundum
Cuspidine (TL)
Davyne (TL)
Diopside
Dolomite
Enstatite
Epidote
Ettringite
Fergusonite-(Ce)
Ferro-hornblende
Ferro-pargasite
Fluoborite
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Fluoro-edenite
Forsterite (TL)
Galena
'Garnet'
Gehlenite
Geikielite
Gold
Gonnardite
Graphite
Grossular
var: Hibschite
'Guarinite'
Gypsum
'Halloysite'
Haüyne
Hedenbergite
Hematite
Hiortdahlite
'Hornblende'
Humite (TL)
'Humite Group'
Huttonite
'Hyalophane'
Hydromagnesite
Hydroxylapatite
Hydrozincite
'Iddingsite'
Ilmenite
Jarosite
Kaliophilite (TL)
Kalsilite
Låvenite
Lazulite
Lazurite
Leucite (TL)
'Limonite'
Magnesioferrite
Magnesite
Magnetite
Malachite
Marialite
Massicot
Meionite (TL)
'Melilite'
Merlinoite
Microsommite (TL)
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Montesommaite (TL)
Monticellite (TL)
'Natrodavyne'
Natrolite
Nepheline (TL)
Norbergite
'Olivine'
Orthoclase
Panunzite (TL)
Pargasite
Periclase (TL)
var: Ferropericlase
Perovskite
'Phillipsite'
Phillipsite-K
Phlogopite
Potassic-fluoro-richterite (TL)
'Potassic-richterite'
Pyrite
'Pyrochlore'
Pyrochlore Group
'Pyrochlore Supergroup
var: Betafite (of Hogarth 1977)'

Pyrrhotite
Quadridavyne (TL)
Quartz
Sanidine
Sarcolite (TL)
Scheelite
Scolecite
'Siderazot'
Siderite
Sodalite
Sphalerite
Spinel
var: Pleonaste
Thaumasite
Thomsonite-Ca
Thorianite
Thorite
Titanite
Tremolite
Tschermakite
Vaterite
Vesuvianite (TL)
Vonsenite
Wöhlerite
Wollastonite
'Wollastonite-1A'
'Wollastonite-1T'
'Wollastonite-2M'
Wulfenite
Zeophyllite
Zircon
Zirconolite


201 entries listed. 122 valid minerals. 21 type localities (valid minerals).

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References

- Klaproth, M.H. (1797): Untersuchung des Vesuvians, Vesuvian vom Vesuv, Beiträge zur chemischen Kenntniss der Mineralkörper, Zweiter Band, Rottmann Berlin, 27-32

- Monticelli, T., Covelli, N. (1825): Prodromo della Mineralogica Vesuviana, Napoli

- Rose. G. (1823): Über den Feldspat, Albit, Labradorit und Anorthit, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, Vol. 73/NF-43, 175-208

- Haidinger, W. (1827): Über den Davyn, eine neue Mineralspecies, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, Vol. 87/F2-11, 470-474

-Scacchi, A., 1851: Ueber den Humit (Humit, Klinohumit, Chondrodit) und den Olivin des Monte Somma, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, Erg. Bd. III, 161-187, J.C. Poggendorff, Leipzig

-Scacchi, A., 1851: Notiz über den Sommit (Nephelin), Mizzonit und Mejonit, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, Erg. Bd. III, 478-479, J.C. Poggendorff, Leipzig

-vom Rath, G., (1869): Orthit vom Vesuv, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, Vol. 214, 492ff

-vom Rath, G., (1869): Krystallinischer Lasurstein vom Vesuv, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, Vol. 214, 491

-Rath, G. vom, 1871: Über die Winkel des Monticellits, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, Erg. Bd. V, 434-438, J.C. Poggendorff, Leipzig

-Rath, G. vom, 1871: Über das Kristallsystem des Humits, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, Erg. Bd. V, 321-413, 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

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

-Carati, M., (1982): Guida alla mineralogia vesuviana. Bologna, Ed. Calderini.

- Parodi, G., Ballirano, P., Maras, A. (1996): Afghanite from Mt Vesuvius: A Rediscovery, The Mineralogical Record, Vol. 27, 109-114

-Russo, M., Punzo, I., (2004): I minerali del Somma-Vesuvio. AMI (Italian Micromineralogical Association), Ed., Cremona.

- Pascal, M.L. et al. (2008): Zirconolite, Calzirtite, Baddeleyite, Betafite, Geikielite and Quandilite in skarn ejecta from Vesuvius – inferences for the magma-wallrock interactions, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 10

For an old but interesting article see:
http://www.minsocam.org/msa/collectors_corner/arc/vesuviusii.htm
and:
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/7679/som-ves.htm [Link Broken? May 2013]

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