AtacamiteVilla Inglese quarries, Torre del Greco, Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
Photo: Marco Barsanti Latitude: 40°45'20"N
Longitude: 14°25'5"E
Quarries working in the lava erupted A.D. 1631 and 1760. The abandoned quarries are located S of Mt. Vesuvius.
References
A. Del Caldo, C. Moro, C.M. Gramaccioli, M. Boscardin: Guida ai Minerali - Fabbri ed. 1973
RUSSO M. (1981): Mineralogia Campana: L'eruzione vesuviana del 1631 e le cave di Villa Inglese (Torre del Greco, NA) - Notiziario n.2, anno 2(1), pp.7-12, Napoli.
M. Carati: Guida alla mineralogia vesuviana. Bologna, Ed. Calderini (1982)
Russo, M. (2003): Mineralogia Vesuviana - Villa Inglese. Micro (località), 2003, 1-10
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