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San Vito quarry, San Vito, Ercolano, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

Latitude: 40°49'N
Longitude: 14°23'E
Cava San Vito, San Vito, Ercolano, Monte Somma, Complesso vulcanico Somma-Vesuvio, Napoli, Campania, Italia

References

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

- Della Ventura, G., Parodi, G.C., Maras, A. (1992): Potassium-fluor-richterite, a new amphibole from San Vito, Monte Somma, Campania, Italy. Rendiconti dell’Accademia dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali, Serie 9, 3, 239-245

- Russo, M. & Punzo, I. (2004): I minerali del Somma-Vesuvio. AMI Associazione Micro-mineralogica Italiana, Ed., Cremona, 317 pp.

- Russo, M., Campostrini, I., Chiappino, L. & Punzo, I. (2009). Nuove specie minerali al Monte Somma: II. Wulfenite. MICRO (notizie mineralogiche), 2/2009, 175-176.

- Russo, M., Campostrini, I. & Castellano, F. (2009). Nuovo ritrovamento di corindone al Monte Somma. MICRO (notizie mineralogiche), 2/2009, 177-178.

- http://www.minsocam.org/msa/collectors_corner/arc/vesuviusii.htm
- http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/7679/som-ves.htm [Link dead. Jul 2011]


Mineral List

Actinolite
Aegirine
Analcime
Andradite
Anorthite
Aragonite
Augite
Baddeleyite
Biotite
Britholite-(Ce)
var: Thorian Britholite-(Ce)
Brucite
Calcite
Cerussite
Chalcopyrite
Chondrodite
Clinohumite
Corundum
Cuspidine
Davyne
Diopside
Dolomite
Enstatite ?
Ettringite
Fergusonite-(Ce)
Ferrohornblende ?
Ferropargasite
Fluoborite
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Fluoro-potassicrichterite (TL)
Forsterite
Galena
'Garnet'
Geikielite
Grossular
'Guarinite'
Gypsum
Haüyne
Hibschite
Hiortdahlite
'Hornblende'
Humite
'Humite Group'
Hyalophane
Hydromagnesite
Hydrozincite
Jarosite
Kaliophilite
Låvenite
Lazurite
Magnetite
Meionite
Merlinoite
Molybdenite
Montesommaite
Natrolite
Nepheline
Norbergite
Periclase
var: Ferropericlase

Perovskite
'Phillipsite'
Phillipsite-K
Phlogopite
Potassicrichterite
Pyrite
Pyrochlore Group
Sanidine
Sodalite
Sphalerite
Spinel
Thaumasite
Thomsonite-Ca
Thorianite
Thorite
Titanite
Tremolite
Tschermakite
Vaterite
Vesuvianite
Wöhlerite
Wollastonite
Wulfenite
Zircon


84 entries listed. 74 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

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