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


Locality type:Stratovolcano
Classification
Species:Fluorite
Formula:CaF2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Tenorite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:479219
Long-form Identifier:1:3:479219:2
GUID (UUID V4):63fb61f1-7962-483e-bad4-2cbb4fef113a
Localities for Fluorite in this Region
Villa Inglese quarries, 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 Fluorite
2.1km (1.3 miles) ā“˜Mount Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
3.2km (2.0 miles) ā“˜Trapolino Quarry (Cava Nuova), Somma Vesuviana, Mount Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
3.8km (2.4 miles) ā“˜San Vito Quarry, San Vito, Ercolano, Mount Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
3.9km (2.4 miles) ā“˜Pollena quarries, Pollena Trocchia, Mount Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
7.1km (4.4 miles) ā“˜Villa Inglese quarries, Torre del Greco, Mount Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
19.1km (11.9 miles) ā“˜Fiano tuff quarries, Nocera Inferiore, Salerno, Campania, Italy
35.8km (22.2 miles) ā“˜Pozzo Vecchio, Procida Island, Naples, Campania, Italy
References
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DOI : 10.3749/canmin.49.2.459 QANDILITE FROM VESUVIUS SKARN EJECTA: CONDITIONS OF FORMATION AND MISCIBILITY...PRINCIPE IGG, CNR, Via G. Moruzzi 1, Iā€“56124 Pisa, Italy Abstract Qandilite (Mg2TiO4) and magnesioferrite...forsterite ā€“ spinel ā€“ calcite skarn ejecta from Mt. Vesuvius, Italy, with an exceptionally large compositional...geikielite, miscibility gap, magnesian skarns, Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Sommaire Qandilite (Mg2TiO4) et magnĆ©sioferrite...xenoliths in a granite from the Ballachulish igneous complex, Scotland (Ferry 1996). In all four cases, qandilite
Translation Ā© Orbis Publishing Limited 1972 Printed in Italy by |GDA, Novara SBN O 85613 0001 For many years...ferrierite 122 ferrimolybdite 63 fluoborite 54 fluorite 20, 20, 2/ foresite 119 fornacite 63 forsterite...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 Earthā€™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...ferrierite 122 ferrimolybdite 63 fluoborite 54 fluorite 20, 20, 21 foresite 119 fornacite 63 forsterite...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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Guastoni; Roberto Appiani. Originally published: Italy : Mondadori, 2003. [256] p. : col. photos. ; cm...and the Federico II Museum of the University of Naples. Some specimens were made available by private...Susa Valley, Piedmont, Italy Pages 8-9: Beryl from the Codera Valley, Lombardy, Italy Pages 42-43: Silver...from the Binn Valley, Switzerland Pages 70-71: Fluorite crystals from the People's Republic of China Pages...crystals from Mount Bregaceto, Liguria, Italy Pages 104-105: Azurite crystals from Sardinia, Italy Pages 118-119:
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Translation Ā© Orbis Publishing Limited 1972 Printed in Italy by IGDA, Novara SBN O 85613 0001 For many years...ferrierite 122 ferrimolybdite 63 fluoborite 54 fluorite 20, 20, 21 foresite 119 fomacite 63 forsterite...55 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 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
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collection of the artist except for: Boulangerite, Fluorite, Hematite, Smoky Quartz and Riebeckite / Royal...West vis\ Germanic ji Mos | / Latin ji fluorite, flux, effluent dma, to constrain Gk. daman...one new mineral was identified; that mineral, fluorite, was named because of its fluxing properties in...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
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chrysocolla, Majdanpek, Serbia Ā¢ tixex7 cm LEFT: Fluorite, Taihang Shan Mountains, Hebei, China * (Sexes...be just a few crystals, as with celestine and fluorite, or the cavity may become lined with inwardly...they may have grown one after the other, as in fluorite growth on celestine. Delicate crystals can be...x 6 x 83cm Hardness 1 Hardness 4 Talc Fluorite Fluorite, Madoc, Ontario, Canada Ā« 55 x 7x6cm MINERALS:...Corundum encke Madagascar e(2x23x3em Quartz, Mount Ida, Arkansas, USA Ā° 14x 15 x 10 cm Corundum, Mozambique
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ejecta from recent volcanism of the SommaVesuvius (Italy): Crystal chemistry and genetic inferences Giuseppina...ejecta from recent volcanism of the SommaVesuvius (Italy): Crystal chemistry and genetic inferences, LITHOS...ejecta from recent volcanism of the T Somma-Vesuvius (Italy): crystal chemistry and genetic inferences...ā€œFederico IIā€, via Mezzocannone 8, I-80134 Napoli, Italy MA NU balasson@unina.it; nicola.mondillo@unina...degli Studi di Bari, via Orabona 4, I-70125 Bari, Italy fernando.scordari@uniba.it; maria.lacalamita@uniba
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and Sr-Isotopic Study of Clinopyroxenes from Somma-Vesuvius Lavas: Inferences for Magmatic Processes and...II, Via Vicinale Cupa Cintia, 21, 80126 Napoli, Italy Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia,...Vesuviano, Via Diocleziano, 328, 80124 Napoli, Italy Correspondence: valeria.direnzo@unina.it (V.D.R...massimo.dantonio@unina.it (M.D.) Abstract: Somma-Vesuvius is one of the most dangerous active Italian...volcanic risks, it is important to define how the Somma-Vesuvius magmatic system worked during the past activity
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Guastoni; Roberto Appiani. Originally published: Italy: Mondadori, 2003. (256} p. : col. phptos. ; cm....and the Federico II Museum of the University of Naples. Some specimens were made available by private...Valley, Piedmont, Italy Pages 8- 9: 13eryl from the Codera Valley, Lombardy, Italy Pages 42- 43: Silver...crystals from Mount Bregaceto, Liguria, Italy Pages 104-105: Azurite crystals from Sardinia, Italy Pages 118-119:...160-161: Elbaite crystals from the island of Elba, Italy Pages 244-245: Whewellite crystals from the Czech
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amphiboleā€“feldspar varieties. The pegmatites form complex branching veins with apophyses and swells. Their...3ā€“3.0 mol % in diopside from the Sondrio region, Italy [10]. The Raman spectroscopy of fluid inclusions...inclusion in chkalovite from the alkaline igneous complex of the Gardar province, South Greenland [8]. Al2O3...with hydrogen in the gas phase were found in late fluorite from the pegmatite veins of the Arkaroola region...the region of the Mushugai Khuduk carbonatite complex (Mongolia). Their investigation revealed the existence
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mass of small cavities), from Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. Right: Needle-shaped crystals of aurichalcite with...Zaire, and in various parts of F ranee, Greece, Italy and Russia. FACT Above: An example of aurichalcite...blue. Although rntc conclusions abottt a minpure fluorite is colourless, its era I's identity from it5.folour...lazuli, vivianite and azurite are blue; amethyst, fluorite and kammerite are violet. Above: Crystals of...been thrown out by Mount Vesuvius, the famous volcano m ::lJ near Naples in,Italy. So great was the
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native elements such as silver, gold and copper to complex silicates such as vesuvianite, first discovered...discovered in limestone blocks ejected by Mount Vesuvius, each one exemplifies the wonder of nature. Often emanating...'dogtooth spar' calcite (left centre), 'blue john' fluorite (right centre) and pyrite (bottom), also known...shown that its interior is far more dynamic and complex than anyone ever thought. Beneath the thin rocky...after the island of Stromboli off the west coast of Italy. Gas escapes sporadically and the volcano repeatedly
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Figure 4 and the octahedron. The sodalite from Mount Vesuvius in Figure 5 shows major dodecahedron faces...form twins such as those of sodalite from Monte Somma, hauyne from Mendig in the Eifel District, and nosean...from the Pollena quarry, Monte Somma/Vesuvius, Napoli, Campania, Italy. WAHJr photo. extreme, all the...mm long, from Cave San Vito, Monte Somma, Napoli, Campania, Italy. WAHJr photo. Figure 7. Dodecahedral...1.2 mm long. From the Alban Hills, Roma, Lazio, Italy. SpeciĀ­ men #2960, Cahn Collection, Yale University;
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Halides are very common: fluorite and halite are the best-known examples. Fluorite is important in the plastics... Very easily cut with a steel knife blade. 4. Fluorite- Easily scratched with a knife blade. 5. Apatite-...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
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'dogtooth spar' calcite (left centre), 'blue john' fluorite (right centre) and pyrite (bottom), also known...shown that its interior is far more dynamic and complex than anyone ever thought. Beneath the thin rocky...But isolated high mountain peaks, like Kenya's Mount Kilimanjaro - some 5895m (19,340 ft) high - are...Asia to build the Himalayas (see below). A more complex picture In recent years, however, geologists have...mountains have deep boundary. In fact, it seems the complex interaction between erosion, ā€˜rootsā€™ that protrude
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beneath the Phlegraean Volcanic District (Southern Italy): Evidence from a melt inclusion study A. Mormone...Vesuviano, Napoli, Italy Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, UniversitĆ  Roma Tre, Roma, Italy Istituto Nazionale... Roma, Italy d Istituto Nazionale di Geoļ¬sica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Roma 1, Roma, Italy e Centro...UniversitĆ  degli Studi di Napoli, Aversa (CE), Italy b c a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...the Phlegraean Volcanic District (PVD), Southern Italy. MIs were analyzed by combined Scanning Electron
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UniversitĆ  di Palermo, Via archiraļ¬ 36, 90123 Palermo, Italy Istituto Nazionale di Geoļ¬sica e Vulcanologia Sez... Palermo, Via Ugo La Malfa, 153 90146 Palermo, Italy c Earth and Planetary Sciences, GEOTOP-UQAM-McGill...sezione di Roma, Via di Vigna Murata 605, 00143 Roma, Italy e Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, American...in atmospheric chemistry, by participating in complex radical reactions in the troposphere (von Glasow...addition on the viscosity of silicate melts is complex and still poorly understood. The differences are
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found in altered limestones from places like Monte Somma. Lava on its journey to the surface saturates limestone...groups together minerals with the same simple or complex anion. If you need to compare the various minerals...crust. It forms the tetrahedrally coordinated complex silicate anion with oxygen, (Si04) . Silicates...as the sole anion. When the sole anion is the complex anion (OH) minerals are hydroxides. -25- Many...important oxides. Phosphates Phosphates have the complex anion (P04)3". As in silicates P04 tetrahedra can
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pyroxene; and = andalusite; gar = garnet; fl = fluorite; (3). Xl = crystalline; Gl = glass; Dev = devitrified...xenolith from Vesuvius, Italy (X500); (D) Crystallized melt inclusion in quartz from Ponza, Italy (X400); (E)...Crystallized melt inclusion in trachyte from Ponza, Italy (X800); (F) Altered melt inclusion from a porphyry...including ā€œstone-cavitiesā€ from the island of Ponza (Italy) (Fig. 1-1D, E). Fedele et al. (2003) studied similar...inclusions (MI) in zircons from the Quottoon Igneous Complex, British Columbia, Canada (from Thomas et al. 2002)
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PRIVATE MINERAL COLLECTIONS IN ITALY WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY FEDERICO PEZZOTTA CURATOR OF MINERALOGY...JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 2011 PRIVATE MINERAL COLLECTIONS IN ITALY Participating Collectors: Marco Amabili Silvia...Cozzodisi mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. Adalberto Giazotto collection Jeff Scovil photo... MINERAL COLLECTING IN ITALY )In OutCine of MINERAL COLLECTING IN ITALY Federico Pezzotta Mineralogy...literature and music, scholars and aristocrats in Italy assembled some of the first great collections of
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these include studies on the explosive eruptions of Mount St Helens (1980; Hobbs et al. 1981; Oberbeck et...(Rose et al. 1980; Ammann & Burtscher 1993) and Mount Etna (Andres et al. 1993). This study presents new...SO2, F, and C1, to the original magmatic gas. Complex condensation processes in the plume lead to the...calc-silicates (11-28-96 ash) may also contain 1 gm fluorite crystals. Other particles from November 1996 are...from Merapi volcano (Symonds et al. 1987). At Vesuvius, another volcano situated on massive carbonates
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DISTINCT DOMAINS IN ā€œGUARINITEā€ FROM MONTE SOMMA, ITALY: CRYSTAL STRUCTURES AND CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY Marco...Iā€“56126 Pisa, Italy Abstract ā€œGuariniteā€ is a typical accessory mineral of the Monte Somma syenite; it...cuspidine group, domain structure, Monte Somma, Vesuvius, Italy. Introduction ā€œGuariniteā€ is a typical...typical accessory mineral of the Monte Somma syenite, Italy, first described by Guiscardi (1857), who named...Guarini (1794ā€“1857), Professor at the University of Naples, and who hypothesized that the mineral is a modification
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6 galena, Pl. 8 pyrite, Pl. 10 halite, Pl. 11 fluorite, Pl. 13 magnetite, Pl. 31 garnet, P!. 43 !eucite...plane. B for the so-called mosaic structure (see fluorite, Pl. 11, p. 63). The external form of crystaliine...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
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with marmatite, a variety of sphalerite (Lucca, Italy). FACT FILE] CHALCOPYRITE Group: Sulphides__________...specimens shown here were unearthed near Novara in Italy. CH M1 NERALS < cc LU e-2 2 ft ā– < < cc ...a rock base (matrix). This specimen comes from Italy. Above: Nodules of chromite from one of the many...countries: Albania; Austria; Brazil; Finland; India; Italy; Macedonia; the Philippines; Poland; Russia; South...water. Below: Crystals of nepheline in a geode (Naples, Italy). < LU DC Q_ V J * fey, r |L - A 00
 
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