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Tenorite from
Mount Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy


Locality type:Stratovolcano
Classification
Species:Tenorite
Formula:CuO
Comments:Occurs at volcanic fumaroles.
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Paratacamite
Pseudocotunnite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chrysocolla7 photos of Tenorite associated with Chrysocolla at this locality.
Paratacamite6 photos of Tenorite associated with Paratacamite at this locality.
Antlerite2 photos of Tenorite associated with Antlerite at this locality.
Artroeite2 photos of Tenorite associated with Artroeite at this locality.
Matlockite1 photo of Tenorite associated with Matlockite at this locality.
Caledonite1 photo of Tenorite associated with Caledonite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tenorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
Photo GalleryView Gallery (26 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:477514
Long-form Identifier:1:3:477514:0
GUID (UUID V4):7c59ba5c-ca06-419f-bdcb-4661a908d4c6
Localities for Tenorite in this Region
Camaldoli della Torre, Torre del Greco, Mount Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
Vesuvius fumaroles, Mount Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
Nearest other occurrences of Tenorite
0.2km (0.2 miles) Vesuvius fumaroles on eastern crater rim, Ottaviano, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
1.1km (0.7 miles) Boscotrecase thermal area ("Tenorite pit"), Boscotrecase, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
4.0km (2.5 miles) Camaldoli della Torre, Torre del Greco, Mount Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
References
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, M. R. C. S., B.fcs Sc., F. G. S., etc. NAPLES F. FURCHHEIM, PIAZZA DEI MARTIRI 1891 59, Printed...FERRANTE Vico Tiratoio, 25 JHE GETTY CENTLK LIBRARY Naples PREFACE The British Isles, as every geologist...whilst the necessary steps to organise it locally in Naples the initiative in Great Association of London took...to the start from England, became invisible. In Naples a local committee had been formed, which had made...a useless who was to arrival of the party in Naples, resulting in the notice being too short to get
Report (issue)
(2) 50.16 49.84 Total 99.77 100.00 (1) Vesuvius, Italy. (2) CuSO4 . Occurrence: As sublimates near...melanothallite, eriochalcite, euchlorine (Vesuvius, Italy); euchlorine, eriochalcite, dolerophanite,...ponomarevite, cotunnite, sofiite, fedotovite, tenorite (Tolbachik volcano, Russia); stoiberite, shcherbinaite... El Salvador). Distribution: From Mount Vesuvius, Campania, Italy. At the Tolbachik fissure volcano,
Translation © Orbis Publishing Limited 1972 Printed in Italy by |GDA, Novara SBN O 85613 0001 For many years...nepheline 09, 111 neptunite 89, 90 nesosilicates 75 _ tenorite 23 thermonatrite 50 tetrahedrite 11 thenardite...vonsenite 53 vulpinite 55 wad 34, 35 sulphides, complex 17 sulphur 6, 6, 7 wavellite 7/, 73 wernerite...to reconstruct, through the study of rocks, the complex transformations in the Earth’s crust. So we cannot...silver, and so on. After this we go on to more complex classes containing elements combined with sulphur
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with Orbis Publishing Limited abcdefgh Printed in Italy by IGDA, Novara Adapted from the original Italian...tektosilicates 108 tellurates 55 tellurides 8 tennantite 11 tenorite 23 thermonatrite 50 tetrahedrite 11 thenardite...sulphates, hydrous 59 sulphides 8 sulphides, complex 17 sulphur 6, 6, 7 sylvite 20 synchisite 49 szaibelyite...to reconstruct, through the study of rocks, the complex porphyry, granite, or sand, we would notice that...silver, and so on. After this we go on to more complex classes containing elements combined with sulphur
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Translation © Orbis Publishing Limited 1972 Printed in Italy by IGDA, Novara SBN O 85613 0001 For many years...55 sulphates, hydrous 59 sulphides 8 sulphides, complex 17 sulphur 6, 6, 7 sylvite 20 synchisite 49 szaibelyite...tektosilicates I08 lellurates 55 tellurides 8 tennantite 11 tenorite 23 thermonalrite 50 tetrahedrite 11 thenardite...to reconstruct, through the study of rocks, the complex transformations in the Earth's crust. So we cannot...silver, and so on. After this we go on to more complex classes containing elements co1nbined with sulphur
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
high-temperature hydrothermal brines at Vesuvio volcano, Italy GIOVANNI CHIODINI,1,* LUIGI MARINI,2 and MASSIMO...80122 Napoli, Italy DIPTERIS, Università di Genova, Corso Europa 26, 16132 Genova, Italy 2 (Received...Na (halite) and Pb (cotunnite) and oxide of Cu (tenorite) were the most important minerals at temperatures...BACKGROUND Somma-Vesuvio is a volcanic complex consisting of a relatively old strato volcano, Monte Somma, which...drilled on the southern flanks of the volcanic complex, met 373 ⫾ 22 ka old lavas at a depth of 1125 m
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sublimates and secondary alteration products from Vesuvius and Vulcano J. G. A N G U S x AND G. R. D A V...zinc. 'Aphthitalite' and 'natrikalite' from Mount Vesuvius and an 'alum' from the island of Vulcano all...o m the A e o l i a n I s l a n d s a n d Mt. Vesuvius b y the late Professor J o h n s t o n - L a v...chemical analyses o f m a t e r i a l f r o m Vesuvius a n d the island o f V u l c a n o ( A e o l i...o n selective electrode. 'Sublimates" from Mount Vesuvius The ' s u b l i m a t e s ' a n d a l t e r
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County, Utah, U.S.A., who found the first braunite. Mount Ochi, Karystos, Greece. Reinecke, T. et al. (1991):...problematical nature of the mineral. Ilfmaussaq alkaline complex, Tunugdliarfik, Greenland. SrAIF4(OH)eH20, mon...at the University of Modena, Italy. Monte Chiaro, Taro Valley, Italy. Veniale, F. & van der Marel, H...Alluaiv Mountain, Althupite Lovozero alkaline complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia. AITh(UO;)[(UO2)3(PO4)20(OH)]...Oleny Stream apatite deposit, Khibina alkaline complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia. ear Alumino-magnesiotaramite
Journal (issue)
crystals set in an asbestos base from Sondrio in Italy. Actinolite has high mechanical sensitivity - this...(matrix) from Balzano, Italy. Below: Note the blackness of these crystals from Novara, Italy. ~ Actinolite forms...British Columbia (Canada), in the Alpine regions of Italy, in New Zealand, in Siberia (Russia) and in Alaska...occurring in Switzerland, Austria and northern Italy. Albite is a mineral that is common and widespread...Switzerland, the Austrian Tyrol and right across northern Italy in the Val D'Aosta, around Lake Maggiore, and in
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Corundum encke Madagascar e(2x23x3em Quartz, Mount Ida, Arkansas, USA ° 14x 15 x 10 cm Corundum, Mozambique...California, Mexico. Europe: Mt. Vesuvius; Solfatara di Pozzuoli, near Naples; Perticara, near Rimini; Carrara...Yellowstone Park, Tuscany; Cianciana, Sicily — all in Italy; Conil, Spain. Asia: volcanic regions in Japan....Japan. Sulfur, Cianciana Mine, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy * 8 x 75 x 5 cm Name From the Greek word arsenikos...nuggets and even Passau, Bavaria, Germany; Piedmont, Italy. indicates that it is composed of carbon. Graphite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
which metathénardite is associated with hematite, tenorite, fluorophlogopite, sanidine, anhydrite, krasheninnikovite...and 2 are from the Arsenarnaya (with hematite, tenorite, fluorophlogopite, sanidine, euchlorine, wulffite... and pseudobrookite) and the Yadovitaya (with tenorite, euchlorine, fedotovite, dolerophanite, langbeinite...from fumarole deposits of the famous Vesuvius volcano in Italy (Smithson 1813). Besides volcanic fumaroles...A NEW MINERAL Glavnaya Tenoritovaya (‘‘Major Tenorite’’) fumarole at the summit of the Second scoria
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effervescence (fizzing) of a carbonate mineral in acid, to complex ones that need the services of a good laboratory...future. Some of the present methods are highly complex, each being adapted to special problems. • 50...Antigorite: after Antigorio Valley, in Piedmont Province, Italy. Aragonite: after Aragon, a former kingdom in Spain...was brought to Europe. Vesuvianite: after Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Persons Aguilarite: after P. Aguilar,...white or delicately tinted bro,.vn; it is mined in Italy and Colorado. · Alaska diamond. A wrong, commercial
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effervescence (fizzing) of a carbonate mineral in acid, to complex ones that need the services of a good laboratory...future. Some of the present methods are highly complex, each being adapted to special problems. 50 MINERAL...Antigorite: after Antigorio Valley, in Piedmont Province, Italy. Aragonite: after Aragon, a former kingdom in Spain...was brought to Europe. Vesuvianite: after Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Persons Aguilarite: after P. Aguilar,...white or delicately tinted brown; it is mined in Italy and Colorado. Alaska diamond. A wrong, commercial
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
specimens of Volcanic Ashes from Mount Vesuvius, which fell in Naples in 1906, also specimens of Annelid...on behalf of Mr. George T. Purves, specimens of Tenorite, contained in a piece of Highland schistose grit...occurrence, lead to the conclusion that it is Tenorite (black oxide of copper). Mr. Macnair, in making
Journal (issue)
throughout the series, as they are needed. Printed in Italy TREASURES °FINE EARTH is published by De Agostini...(Germany); the east coast of Greenland; Mount Vesuvius (Italy); Transvaal (South Africa); Fayal, Canary...(England); the Ore Mountains, Saxony (Germany); Baveno (Italy); Ballater and Glen Gairn, near Aberdeen (Scotland)...Tellurium (M) D80 Tellurite (M) Tennantite (M) Tenorite (M) Tephrite (M) Basanite (MY Tephroite (M) Tetragonal
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structure) that constitute a series, and in more complex groups that we call fami- lies there are more...garnet group although the substitutions are more complex. Once again the crystalline structure remains constant...series. The pyroxenes and amphiboles are even more complex. In these two large groups there are several series...19 :ORIGIN OF MINERALS Nocturnal eruption of Mount Etna. There are : three environments in which...formation of intrusive rocks in orogenic belts is very complex. Let us consider, for example, the case of colli-
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different rocks or ore samples presents a pretty complex picture regarding the shape, size, and arrangement...and the sequence of events in this case is very complex. In addition a number of plutonic rocks, especially...succession of halite and other minerals, is very complex. A simplified approach is to think of a marine...of the highly metamorphosed skarn ores is very complex, and they are restricted to old rocks. These deposits...octahedron. Elba, Italy. Below center Combined octahedral and pyritohedral faces. Elba, Italy. Below right
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need the can be carbonate mineral in acid, to complex ones that services of a made by good laboratory...future. Some of the present methods are highly complex, each being adapted to special problems. 50 ...Antigorite: after Antigorio Valley, in Piedmont Province, Italy. Aragonite: after Aragon, a former kingdom in Spain...brought to Europe. Vesuvianite: after Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Persons Aguilarite: after P. Aguilar...white or delicately tinted brown; it is mined in Italy and Colorado. Alaska diamond. A wrong, commercial
Report (issue)
larger amounts are reported in single analyses from Mount Pelee (table IF) and from a submarine eruption in...temperatures ^Pozzuoli, Italy 20 Mount Hood, g ^ Oregon, o Vulcano, Italy :aly/ / / Suelich, Kamchatka...Analyses with approximate temperatures 50 Vulcano, Italy 40 O 30 20 Showa-shinzan, Japan 1959 Showa-shinzan...ammonioborite (NH4)2B10Oi6-5H20 (?), sassolite B(OH)3, tenorite CuO, realgar AsS, orpiment As2S3, and selenian...atmosphere have been found in gases from Larderello, Italy, and other thermal areas (Boato and others, 1951
Journal (volume)
Eight-sided crystals from the Traversella mine, Piedmont, Italy. .&. crystals. It can also be found in kidney...rose quartz can also be found in parts of Germany, Italy, Ireland and Scotland. History Many ancient examples...native gold panned from the River Orba in Piedmont !Italy>. Bismuth After mercury, bismuth is the poorest...&. A leaf-like aggregate of native copper from Italy. -· < rt- CD CD CD 3 CD ::::::s rtu, ome.... Filaments of silver from Cagliari, Sardinia <Italy>. The 92 naturally occurring elements The 20 elements
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Filrnset by Kcyspools Ltd, Golbornc, Lanes Printed in Italy 3 6 8 8 9 10 l1 11 23 30 33 36 45 205 209 2I...realgar AsS, orpiment As 2 S 3 , ematite Fe 2 O 3 , tenorite ·cuO, atacamite CuCl 2 .3Cu (OH) 2 and others...discovered annually all over the world. Recent finds in Italy alone, for instance, include roggianite, canavasite...oxides, but it is poisonous, and the procedure too complex to be dealt with here. Some collectors recommend...England (Cornwall and Derbyshire) and Italy (Sardinia, nonhern Italy and the eastern AJps). Zinc m inerals
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through volcanic activity in Vulcano. Lipari Islands, Italy. Tellurium Te TRIGONAL • • ceiestite and halite...come from many localities near Girgetui, Sicily, Italy (Caltanisseta. Cianciana) where they reached up...volcanically active places, like Solfatara near Pozzuoli, Italy or in sulfur lava near Shiretoku. Japan. Sulfur...to 30 mm (1Y» in) occur in Sarrabus, Sardinia, Italy. Maybe the best argentite crystals occurred in Mexico...Freiberg, Germany; Cobalt, Ontario, Canada and in Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia. It was a principal Ag
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Metamorphism 154 chapter 28 Composition 137 chapter 29 Complex Recrystallization 164 chapter 30 Skarns: Trash...devastating blasts of Krakatoa or Mount Saint Helens, cataclysmic earthquakes in Italy or California, seasonal...lava from the Roccamonfina volcano in the Campania region of Italy, which last erupted in A.D. 2 76, and...would the melting of oceanic crust alone. Japan's Mount Fuji probably formed in such a manner. It is composed...shallow depths in the Earth's crust show the most complex and diverse assemblages of minerals. As a genetic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
27 g/cm3 (calc., heated crystals). Crystals are complex; major forms include {001} > {100}, {110} > {012}...amphibole-group mineral (Ilmen Mountains alkaline complex, Southern Urals). Zap. Ross. Mineral. Obshch.,...the fenite halo of the Ilmen Mountains alkaline complex, Russia. The amphibole composition depends strongly...Stavelotite-(La) is a sorosilicate with a densely packed complex crystal structure that is related to the långbanite...(2005) First Italian occurrence of cumengéite from Vesuvius: crystalstructure refinement and revision of the
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cations, whereas in mixed and NaCl waters the Al-Si-complex dominated with hydroxy complexes typically corresponding...Al and Zr, the mixed Al-Si species and Zr-OH-F complex are shown, respectively. equilibrium usually does...Goethite, am. Fe(OH)3 Hematite, magnetite (Goethite) Tenorite, (Goethite) Pb Zn (Oxides?) Zn(OH)2, (Goethite)...Cattierite Cd(OH)2 Co(OH)2 CoWO4 Eskolaite Chromite Tenorite Mn Mo Ni Pb Sb Sr V W Zn Zr a b c d Antlerite...CrS Cd(OH)2 Co(OH)2 CoWO4 Eskolaite (Chromite) Tenorite am. Mn(OH)2 Molybdenite Millerite Galena Stibnite
 
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