Regional Report: Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

The active Vesuvius volcano is a distinct locality within the arcuate shaped Monte Somma, which represents the remains of an older, much larger volcanic cone. Several quarries and oucrops exist in this area (all now in a National Park and collecting is strictly forbidden).

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'Acanthoîde' - 21

Actinolite - 18

Aegirine - 18, 12

Afghanite - 11

Åkermanite - 11

Albite - 21

'Allanite' - 11

Allanite-(Ce) - 11

Allophane - 11

Almandine - 11

Alum-(K) - 1, 12

Aluminite - 12

Alunite - 12

Alunogen - 1, 12

'Amphibole Group' - 12

Analcime - 11, 16, 13, 23, 25

'Andesine' - 11

Andradite - 11, 24, 12

Anglesite - 12

Anhydrite - 12

Ankerite - 16, 23

Anorthite - 11, 18, 16, 24

Antlerite - 12

'Apatite' - 24, 4, 13, 12

Apatite-(CaF) - 18, 24, 3

Apatite-(CaOH) - 4

Aphthitalite - 1, 12

'Apophyllite' - 11

Aragonite - 11, 18, 16, 24, 4, 9

Artroeite - 12

Atacamite - 24, 13, 12, 3, 25

Augite - 16, 24, 14, 12, 3, 8

Avogadrite - 1, 12

Azurite - 24, 12, 3

Baddeleyite - 21, 11, 18

Balliranoite - 11

Bararite - 12

Baryte - 12

Bassanite - 12

Betafite - 21, 16

Biotite - 18, 16, 24, 4, 14, 19, 10

Britholite-(Ce) - 19, 23

Brucite - 11, 18

'Bytownite' - 11

Calcioaravaipaite - 12

Calcite - 18, 16, 24, 4, 10, 23, 25

Calzirtite - 21, 11

Cancrinite - 11

Carobbiite - 12

Celadonite - 16

Cerussite - 18

'Chabazite' - 11

Chabazite-K - 11, 16, 24, 15, 5

Chalcanthite - 12

Chalcocyanite - 12

Chalcopyrite - 11, 18, 12

Challacolloite - 12

Chloraluminite - 12

Chlormanganokalite - 12

Chlorocalcite - 12

Chloromagnesite - 12

Chlorothionite - 12

Chondrodite - 11, 18

Chrysocolla - 13

Clinohumite - 11, 18

Connellite - 12

Corundum - 2

Cotunnite - 12

Covellite - 1, 12

Cristobalite - 2

Cryptohalite - 12

Cumengeite - 12

Cuprite - 3

Cuprorivaite - 12

Cuspidine - 11, 18

Cyanochroite - 12

Davyne - 11, 18, 16, 10, 12, 25

Diopside - 18, 24, 4, 23

Dolerophanite - 12

Dolomite - 18, 10, 23

Enstatite - 13, 12

Epidote - 11

Epsomite - 12

Eriochalcite - 12

Erythrosiderite - 12

Ettringite - 18

Euchlorine - 1, 12

Fayalite - 24, 3

Fergusonite-(Ce) - 18

Ferrinatrite - 12

Ferrohexahydrite - 12

Ferrohornblende - 16, 24

Ferropargasite - 18

'Ferropericlase' - 18

Ferruccite - 1, 12

Fluoborite - 18

Fluorite - 11, 18, 12, 23

Fluoro-potassicrichterite - 18, 9

Forsterite - 11, 18, 16, 24, 10

Galena - 18, 16, 10, 12

'Garnet Group' - 14, 7

Gehlenite - 11, 16

Geikielite - 21, 18

Gibbsite - 12

Gismondine-Ca - 25

Glauberite - 12

Goethite - 12

Gold - 11

Gonnardite - 13

Graphite - 11

Grossular - 16

'Guarinite' - 11, 18, 16, 10, 23

Gypsum - 18, 4, 1, 9, 2

Halite - 12

Halloysite - 11

Halotrichite - 12

Hausmannite - 24, 12, 3, 25

Haüyne - 11, 18, 16, 24, 12

Hedenbergite - 16

Hematite - 24, 7, 13, 12, 23, 2

Hibschite - 18

Hieratite - 12

'Hiortdahlite' - 11, 18

'Hornblende' - 18, 4

Humite - 11, 18, 16, 10

Huttonite - 11

Hyalophane - 11, 18

Hydromagnesite - 18, 10, 25

'Hydromelanothallite' - 12

Hydrozincite - 11, 18

Iddingsite - 16, 10

Ilmenite - 11

Indialite - 2

Jarosite - 18, 12

Kaliophilite - 11, 18

Kalsilite - 11, 16

Kremersite - 12

Låvenite - 11, 18

Lawrencite - 12

Lazulite - 11

Lazurite - 11, 18, 13, 25

Leucite - 11, 24, 6, 15, 12

Lévyne-Na - 25

Lime - 24, 12

Limonite - 11

Linarite - 12

Litidionite - 12

Magnesioferrite - 24, 7, 12

Magnesite - 16

Magnetite - 18, 24, 4, 7, 13, 12, 3

Malachite - 16

Malladrite - 1, 12

Manganolangbeinite - 12

Marialite - 11, 4, 13

Mascagnite - 12

Massicot - 11

Matteuccite - 12

Meionite - 11, 18, 16, 10

'Melanite' - 16, 10, 12

Melanothallite - 12

Melilite - 4, 12

Mercallite - 12

Merlinoite - 18, 23, 9

Metavoltine - 1, 12

'Mg-bearing Boothite' - 12

Microsommite - 4, 12

Millerite - 12

Mimetite - 12

Minium - 21

Mirabilite - 12

Misenite - 12

Mitscherlichite - 1, 12

Molybdenite - 11, 18

Molysite - 12

'Monazite' - 11

Montesommaite - 18, 16, 23

Monticellite - 11

Mottramite - 12

Nahcolite - 1, 12

Nantokite - 21

Natrite - 12

'Natrodavyne' - 11

Natrolite - 18

Natron - 12

Nepheline - 11, 18, 12, 23

Norbergite - 18

'Oligoclase' - 11

'Olivine' - 4

Opal - 12

Orpiment - 12

Orthoclase - 11

Osumilite - 2

Osumilite-(Mg) - 2

Palmierite - 12

Panunzite - 11

Paratacamite - 12

Pargasite - 11

Periclase - 11, 10

Perovskite - 11, 18

'Phillipsite' - 18, 16, 4, 15, 23

Phillipsite-K - 18, 16, 24, 9, 25

Phlogopite - 11, 18, 16, 13, 3, 25, 2

Pickeringite - 12

Picromerite - 12

Piypite - 12

Pleonaste - 11

Polyhalite - 12

Portlandite - 12

Potassic-ferropargasite - 12

Potassicrichterite - 18

'Proidonite' - 12

Pseudobrookite - 12

Pseudocotunnite - 12

Pyrite - 18, 4, 12

Pyrochlore - 11, 18, 23

Pyrrhotite - 11, 12, 23

Qandilite - 21

Quadridavyne - 14, 12

Quartz - 11, 16, 4

Ralstonite - 12

Realgar - 1, 12

Rinneite - 12

Salammoniac - 12

Sanidine - 18, 16, 24, 14, 19, 10, 3, 8

Sarcolite - 11

Sassolite - 1, 12

Scacchite - 12

Scheelite - 11

Scolecite - 20

Selenium - 12

Sellaite - 12

Siderazot - 16, 19, 10, 12

Siderite - 24

Sodalite - 18, 16, 24, 12, 23, 3, 8

Sphalerite - 18, 16, 10, 12

Spinel - 18, 16, 24, 4, 10

Sulphur - 1, 12

Sylvite - 12

Syngenite - 12

Tenorite - 12

Thaumasite - 18

Thenardite - 12

Thermonatrite - 12

Thomsonite-Ca - 18, 16, 4, 13, 25

'Thorian Britholite-(Ce)' - 18

Thorianite - 11, 18, 23

Thorite - 11, 18

Titanite - 18, 4, 12

Tremolite - 18

Tridymite - 12

Trona - 12

Tschermakite - 18

Vaterite - 18

Vesuvianite - 11, 18, 16, 24, 14, 19, 10

Volborthite - 24, 12, 3

Voltaite - 1, 12

Vonsenite - 24, 4, 12, 25

Wagnerite - 12

Wöhlerite - 11, 18

Wollastonite - 18, 16, 10

'Wollastonite-1T' - 11

'Wollastonite-2M' - 11

Zeophyllite - 15

Zircon - 18, 16, 10, 23

Zirconolite - 21, 11

265 minerals listed.

Locality Key

1	Atrio del Cavallo, Mt. Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
2	Belvedere, Mt. Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
3	Camaldoli della Torre, Torre del Greco, Mt. Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
4	Cupa dell'Olivella, Sant'Anastasia, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
5	Ercolano, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
6	Eremo (Observatory hill; Collina del Salvatore), Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
7	Fosso Cancherone, Sant'Anastasia, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
8	Fosso grande, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
9	Lagno Amendolare, Sant'Anastasia, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
10	Lagno di Pollena, Pollena - Trocchia area, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
11	Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
12	Mt. Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
13	Novelle Quarry (Novella Quarry), Ercolano, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

14	Ottaviano, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
15	Pollena - Trocchia area, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
16	Pollena quarries, Pollena - Trocchia area, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
17	Rio Freddo, Mt. Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
18	San Vito quarry, San Vito, Ercolano, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
19	San Vito, Ercolano, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
20	Sant'Anastasia, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
21	Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
22	Torre del Greco, Mt. Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
23	Trapolino quarry (Cava nuova), Sant'Anastasia, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
24	Villa Inglese quarries, Torre del Greco, Mt. Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
25	Vitiello Quarry (Cava Vitiello), Terzigno, Mt. Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

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