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Pollena quarries, Pollena - Trocchia area, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

Latitude: 40°51'N
Longitude: 14°24'E
Abandoned quarries, located on the northern slope of Monte Somma.

Mineral List

Analcime
Andradite
var: Melanite

Ankerite
Anorthite
'Apatite'
Aragonite
Augite
Biotite
Calcite
Celadonite
Chabazite-K
Clinohumite
Davyne
Ferrohornblende
Fluorite
Forsterite
Galena
Gehlenite
Grossular
'Guarinite'
Haüyne
Hedenbergite
Humite
Iddingsite
Kalsilite
Magnesite
Malachite
Meionite
Microsommite
Montesommaite (TL)
'Phillipsite'
Phillipsite-K
Phlogopite
Pyrochlore Supergroup
var: Betafite (of Hogarth 1977)

Quartz
Sanidine
Siderazot
Siderite
Sodalite
Sphalerite
Spinel
Thomsonite-Ca
Thorite
Vesuvianite
Wollastonite
Zircon


46 entries listed. 39 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

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References

- Carati, M. (1982: Guida alla mineralogia vesuvian, Bologna, Ed. Calderini
- Rosi M., Santacroce R.(1983): The A.D. 472 "Pollena" eruption: volcanological and petrological data for this poorly known plinian-type event at Vesuvius, J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 17, 249-271.
- Russo, M., Punzo, I. (2004): I Minerali del Somma-Vesuvio, AMI

- http://www.minsocam.org/msa/collectors_corner/arc/vesuviusii.htm [old but interesting article]
- http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/7679/som-ves.htm [Link dead. Jan 2012]

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