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


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:'Limonite' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Limonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:156335
Long-form Identifier:1:3:156335:1
GUID (UUID V4):20665fca-6fbf-467b-b854-2268b2249c77
Nearest other occurrences of Limonite
28.3km (17.6 miles) Fondo Riccio, Pozzuoli, Naples, Campania, Italy
66.8km (41.5 miles) I Canaloni Mine, Campochiaro, Campobasso Province, Molise, Italy
67.2km (41.8 miles) Colle del Monaco, San Massimo, Campobasso Province, Molise, Italy
68.4km (42.5 miles) Noce Santella Mine, San Polo Matese, Campobasso Province, Molise, Italy
68.8km (42.8 miles) Fontana Giardino (Fontana Giardini), San Polo Matese, Campobasso Province, Molise, Italy
70.2km (43.6 miles) Selva Piana, San Massimo, Campobasso Province, Molise, Italy
70.3km (43.7 miles) Monte Crocella Mine, Civita Superiore, Bojano, Campobasso Province, Molise, Italy
References
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Book
with Orbis Publishing Limited abcdefgh Printed in Italy by IGDA, Novara Adapted from the original Italian...32, 33 opal, precious 32, 33 opal, wood 32, 33 limonite 37 linarite 59, 60 orthite 88 liebigite 53 ...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
Translation © Orbis Publishing Limited 1972 Printed in Italy by |GDA, Novara SBN O 85613 0001 For many years...precious 32, 33 libethinite 65, 65 liebigite 53 limonite 37 opal, wood 32, 33 rutile 33, 33 orpiment...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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Translation © Orbis Publishing Limited 1972 Printed in Italy by IGDA, Novara SBN O 85613 0001 For many years...76, 109, 11 l libeth inite 65, 65 liebigite 53 limonite 37 linarite 59, 60 liroconite 74 lithiophilite...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
vesbium, so called from Vesbio, the ancient name for Vesuvius. As the crust is too thin to separate mechanically...magnetic. Associated with them are found crystals of limonite, hematite, and magnetite, having all the forms...cubical crystal composed of a mixture of quartz and limonite, contained octohedral crystals of sulphur. The...identical, with the Crystalline Lavas of Vesuvius and Somma. Incipient Crystalline Forms of Leucite and...comparable w i t h those of the crystals from Mount Somma described by von Rath. The action of the artificial
Journal (issue)
Bauxite and limonite are examples of hydroxides. Bauxite is the main source of aluminium; limonite is rich...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...Yellow adamite gets its colour from the mineral limonite; pink and violet come from the metal cobalt; while
Catalog/List
dated 1920. ~3,50. CELESTITE. Agrigento)Sicily,Italy. Fine creamy-coloured to colourless crystalline...75. ( inter- DYPINGITE. Brosso Mine,Nr Turin,Italy Choice radiate sprays of white asicular xtls and... 52. HESSONITE GARNET. Faiallo Pass,Nr.Genoa,Italy. Lustrous orangey-red sharp dodecahedral gcmmy xtls...11 ,.'i2. 00. - 54. IDOCRASE/AUGITE. Mount Somma,Naples,Italy. small sharp brownish-green xtls scattcred...MAGNETITE. Brosso Mine,Nr.Turin,Italy. Lustrous black striated complex well-formed xtls developed on vuggy
are saving. The science of mineralogy seems so complex, involving so much pre-knowledge, that it is little...mineral from another. We now come to the most complex aspect of minerals and one which we cannot possibly...and at Waihi Mine, New Zealand. In Australia, at Mount Morgan Mine, from Chartres Towers district, from...stibnite mixed with realgar and cinnabar is Pereta, Italy. Several localities in France produce stibnite,...Large fine crystals are recorded at Rio Marina, Italy. Fine crystals in Cornwall and Devon¬ shire, England
Book (edition)
are saving. The science of mineralogy seems so complex, involving so much pre-knowledge, that it is little...mineral from another. We now come to the most complex aspect of minerals and one which we cannot possibly...New from Zealand. Chartres In Australia, at Mount Morgan Towers district, from Hillgrove, from...stibnite mixed with realgar and cinnabar is Pereta, Italy. Several localities in France produce stibnite,...present at Park City, Nevada. In Colorado, Marina, Italy. shire, England. and good specimens come from
Book
copper to complex silicates such as vesuvianite, first discovered in limestone blocks ejected by Mount Vesuvius...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...clouds of gas and ash called nuees ardentes, such as Mount Pelee, Martinique, in 1902. 'Plinian' eruptions...Roman author Pliny, who witnessed the eruption of Vesuvius that buried Poinpeii. Boiling gases blast clouds
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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, ‘roots’ that protrude...Mountains Mountains crust Tibetan Plateau Complex thrust faults and folds Strike-slip faults ■HK
Book (edition)
carbonate (sidoxide erite) to the hydrous iron (limonite). 3. By impression : as in deposition in a cavity...manganese; others, of a brownish color, are made of limonite; others, of a reddish black or black color, of...their general shape and origin. Chalcedony and limonite are often stalactitic. Interiorly the structure... Sicily and the neighboring volcanic islands, Vesuvius and the Solfatara in its vicinity, Iceland, Teneriife...Vulcano, and also at Sasso in The hot vapors of Italy, whence it was called Sassolin. The the lagoons
Book (volume)
matematiche, Supersedes Reale accademia delle scienze, Naples. Atti: 1-9, 1861-82; 1888-date. Suspended 1917-26...s., vol. 15-18 numbered as anno 358-61. Index: Naples. " Indice generale . . . ," 1779-1900. Ace...Bologna, 1873-75. Born (1773). Briefe von Wdlschland (Italy), by Ignatius von Born. 8vo, Prague, 1773. (1772-75)... Introduction 72 by Giacinto Gimma. 2 volumes, Naples, 1730. Handbuch der Mineralogie, by E. F. Glocker...Monticelli and N. CovelU. Vol. 1, Orittognosia, Naples, 1825. Moore (1859). Ancient Mineralogy, or an
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...tend to be very soft minerals, with bauxite and limonite being An example of two good examples. Bauxite...of mineral copper has taken aluminium , while limonite the shape of aragonite. is rich in iron. shape...native gold panned from the River Orba in Piedmont !Italy>. Bismuth After mercury, bismuth is the poorest
Catalog/List
Brazil. Lustrous surfaced, pale-cream coloured, complex A/10. aggregate of large, polysynthetically twinned...00 5^/ ANDRADITE (Var.Demantoid). Vai Malenco, Italy. A silvery-green, schistose matrix slab, 'carrying...£22.00 14. ANGLESITE/GALENA. Tiny Mme, Sardinia, Italy. A glittering, silvery metallic, crystalline cleavage...xtl with coarse terminations (Ex Pegmatite) with complex layered face. 2.25x1.25x1", £7.00 136. BREITHAUPTITE...5x1.5x1.5", £30.00 13 151. CALCITE. Novara, Italy. A pale coloured, recrystallised-Limestone matrix
Book (edition)
223 The great volcanoes: Vulcano, Stromboli, Vesuvius and Etna; the circumpacific ring of fire; Krakatoa...Krakatoa almost disappears; the great eruption of Mount Pelee; mid- Atlantic and midcontinental volcanoes;...photographed through the two hundred inch telescope on Mount Palomar; each galaxy is an aggregate of several...direction at right angles to the plane Way. (Mount Wilson and Mount Palomar Observatories) of the Milky the...mathematical processes that are complicated but not too complex for a properly program- med the earth electronic
Book (edition)
223 The great volcanoes: Vulcano, Stromboli, Vesuvius and Etna; the circumpacific ring of fire; Krakatoa...Krakatoa almost disappears; the great eruption of Mount Pelee; mid-Atlantic and midcontinental volcanoes;...photographed through the two hundred inch telescope on Mount Palomar; each galaxy is an aggregate of several...space beyond the stars in the Milky Way. (Mount Wilson and Mount Palomar Observatories) In considering...angles to the plane of the Milky Way. (Mount Wilson and Mount Palomar Observatories) the moon is as
Book (edition)
manganese ; others, of a brownish color, are made of limonite; others, of a reddish black or black color, of...forms of calcite occur with the constitution of limonite, a hydrous iron oxide. In such a case the iron...(spathic iron or iron carbonate) occur changed to limonite, a hydrous iron oxide. Here there was an oxidation...former situation. neighboring volcanic islands, Vesuvius and the Solfatara in its vicinity, Iceland, TeneritFe...Found at the crater of Vuicano, and also at Sassoin Italy, whence it was called iSassoJin. The hot vapors
Book (edition)
cinders eventually build up huge volcanic cones like Mount Rainier, or Paricutin in Mexico, only to have wind...the position of, or state of, matter. In the complex system of the earth, energy is also transferred...vertical fractures. Some areas are characterized by a complex group of short ridges and sinuous, linear grooves...Mariner spacecraft and the Russian Venera. A as limonite or hematite, priate to appreciate their similarities...to beyond Gjetost (Norway) Provolone (Italy) Romano (Italy) Cheddar (Vermont) Emmenthal (Swiss) Muenster
Book (edition)
glass vessel containing the vapor is covered with complex crystals, as brilliant as polished steel. During...depends iheir power of replacing one another even in complex compounds. They are therefore said to be isomorphous...Monometric. In octahedrons, dodecahedrons and more Complex forms. Faces often curved, as in the annexed figures...volcanoes. The Grotto del Cane (Dog cave) near Naples, is a small cavern filled to the level of the entrance... Sicily and the neighboring volcanic islands, Vesuvius and the Solfatara in its vicinity, Iceland, Teneriffe
Book (edition)
glass vessel containing the vapor is covered with complex crystals, as brilliant as polished steel. During...depends ibeir power of replacing one another even in complex compounds. They are therefore said to be isomorphous...Monometric. -In octahedrons, dodecahedrons and more complex forms. Faces often curved, as in the annexed figures...del it is common about Cane (Dog cave) near Naples, is a small cavern filled to the level of the entrance... Sicily and the neighboring volcanic islands, Vesuvius and the Solfatara in its vicinity, Iceland, Teneriffe
Book (edition)
glass vessel containing the vapor is covered with complex crystals, as brilliant as polished steel. During...Monometric. In octahedrons, dodecahedrons and more complex forms. Faces often curved, as in the annexed figures...del it is common about Cane (Dog cave) near Naples, is a small cavern filled to the level of the entrance...and Sicily and the neighboring volcanic islands, Vesuvius the Solfatara in its vicinity, Iceland, Teneriffe...ihe Lipari islands, and from the Solfatara near Naples. On the Potomac, 25 miles above Washington, fine
Book (edition)
glass vessel containing the vapor is covered with complex crystals, as brilliant as pol. ished steel. During...their po,ver of replacing one ariother even in complex compounds. They are therefore said to be isomorpltous...Monometric. In octahedrons, dodecahedrons and more complex forms. Faces often curved, as in the annexed figures...volcanoes. The Grotto del Cane (Dog cave) near Naples, is a small cavern filled to the level of the entrance...Sicily and the neigh boring volcanic islands, Vesuvius and the Solfatara in its vicinity, Iceland, Teneriffe
Book (edition)
abundance of mineral products necessary to our complex industrial civilization, and a lack of handicap...about 10,000,000 square miles which The top of Mount shelves. (Fig. 4), and which are called continental...Feldspars Pyroxenes and amphiboles 16.8 '^Clay" Limonite Micas Other minerals Total 3.8 7.9 100.0 Carbonates...clirdbers have reached elevations of 27,000 feet on Mount Everest, and observers in balloons and airplanes...at the same time. Thus pyrite may be changed to limonite by the action of water and air.^ Carbonation ^Another
Book (edition)
soil conservationists, and geographers. FIG. 1.0. Mount Robson, British Columbia, 12,972 feet high. This...Bridge, Zion Canyon (Fig. 1.2), Niagara Falls, Mount Rainier, Crater Lake, and the Canadian Rockies,...in one of these systems, the Milky Way galaxy. (Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories.) utterly beyond...temperatures, as in the interior of the sun, a complex series of cyclic nuclear reactions is possible...origin may be due to the infall of meteorites. (Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories.) 24 hours and
Book
fancy (variegated) marbles 'in this country; and Italy, Greece, and' Ireland furnish the materials for...or MINERALS. 21 covered even between highly complex crystals. When the axes are properly chosen, and...a 2* 34 A PRACTICAL-TREATISE ON GEMS. very complex combination of seven forms is represented in a...furnish valuable assistance in develop ing very complex combinations, all the faces of each indi vidual...especially rock-salt, lime stone, chalcedony, opal, limonite, has been deposited from a fluid dropping slowly
 
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