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


Locality type:Stratovolcano
Classification
Species:Tridymite
Formula:SiO2
Comments:found in an ejectum of the 1822-eruption
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Litidioniteⓘ1 photo of Tridymite associated with Litidionite at this locality.
Clinopyroxene Subgroup1 photo of Tridymite associated with Clinopyroxene Subgroup at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tridymite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:475220
Long-form Identifier:1:3:475220:2
GUID (UUID V4):1e426d4e-ce3c-42e0-8036-4da105de8da2
References
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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 (article/letter/editorial)
Dx = 2.673 g cm–3, from the Khibina–Lovozero complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia, (2) K1.60 Na6.21 Ca0.08...3852(2), P63, Z = 1, Dx 2.654 g/cm3, from Monte Somma, Italy, have been refined to R1 indices of 1.8, 2.7...the nepheline sample from the Khibina–Lovozero complex, the simplified chemical formula, K2 Na6 Si8 Al8...very high Al–Si order at the T sites. The Monte Somma nepheline is of high-temperature origin. Previous...Khibina–Lovozero, Russia, Bancroft, Canada, Monte Somma, Italy. SOMMAIRE Nous avons affiné la structure cristalline
Translation © Orbis Publishing Limited 1972 Printed in Italy by |GDA, Novara SBN O 85613 0001 For many years...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...progression from the simplest nesosilicates to the most complex tektosilicates. The classification of minerals
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with Orbis Publishing Limited abcdefgh Printed in Italy by IGDA, Novara Adapted from the original Italian...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...progression from the simplest nesosilicates to the most complex tektosilicates. The classification of minerals
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Translation Š 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...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...progression fron, the simplest nesosilicates to the most complex tektosilicates. The classification of minerals
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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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experiencedvolcanologist from his own observations on Mount Vesuvius in one of its most active periods, and on other...in flowing lava, notably leucite and augite, on Vesuvius, and olivine, on Hawaii. Scrope himself pointed... S. T. SHAND 924 they grew. The summit of Mt. Vesuvius at the present time is strervn with myriads of...The entire absenceof any evidence of the quartz-tridymite transformation, among deep-seatedintrusions and...minerals are the following pairs: tridymite-microcline, tridymite-muscovite, sanidine-muscovite, leucitemicrocline
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UniversitĂ  di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 5, I-00185, Roma, Italy CNR-IGAG, Istituto di Geologia Ambientale e Geoingegneria...Geoingegneria, Sede di Roma, Via Bolognola 7, I-00138 Roma, Italy 3 CNR-IGG Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Sede...Sede di Roma, P.le A. Moro, 5, I-00185 Roma, Italy 2 Abstract Thermal behavior of afghanite, (Na15...range on a specimen from Case Collina, Latium, Italy. Structural refinement and site assignment based...between afghanite and natrodavyne from Mount Vesuvius (Italy), whose description, by the Italian mineralogist
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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 “stone-cavities” 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)...heated MI in quartz phenocrysts from Pantelleria, Italy, in a one atmosphere heating stage at a rate of
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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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The geological thermometer High and low quartz Tridymite ... Calcite and wollastonite Action of peridotite...Querigut granite, France 16. Map of the Palabora complex, Transvaal 17. Variation diagram, Palabora, Transvaal...of the Sudbury complex, Ontario 25. Settling and flotation of crystals in lava, Italy 26. Variation in...Zealand 41. Map of the Bushveld complex, Transvaal 42. Map of the Borolan complex, Scotland 43. Sections across...across the Borolan. complex, Scotland 44. Plan of the Sekukuniland stock, Transvaal 45. Section through
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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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Hig-h and low quartz IN THE MAGMA mag-ma •• Tridymite Calcite and woUastonite Action of peridotite...Rare-element pegmatites 181 Replacement in complex pegmatites The ... association of pegmatite...the Querigut granite, Pyrenees of the Palabora complex, Transvaal Variation diag^ram, Palabora, Transvaal...granite stock, Cornwall ... 26. The Cortlandt complex, New York ... 27. Aplite-pegmatite vein, Minnesota...33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. Sudbury complex, Ontario of the and flotation of crystals in
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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
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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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is discussed in many places, but the Bushveld Complex fares poorly in comparison in my treatment. I have...Exodus of the giving of the ten commandments at Mount Sinai by Yahweh suggests the possibility of accompanying...penned a graphic deSCription of the eruption of Mount Etna, the great volcano of Sicily, in his epic Aeneid...thunderbolt of Jupiter and weighed down by the mass of Mount Etna. Every time that the giant shifted from one...Campi Phlegraei (the Phlegraean Fields) west of Naples, Italy. The lake occupies a volcanic crater. The Greeks
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wall-rock Rare-clement p^matites Replacement in complex pegmatites The assodation of pegmsUte with aplite...Querigut granite, Pyrenees 7. Map of tbe Palabora complex, Transvaal 8. Variation diagram, Palabora, Transvaal...The Lugsr sill. Scodsnd 21. Map of tbe Sudbury complex, OotftHo 22. Settling and flotatioo of crystals...Austdl granite stock, Cornwall 26. The Cordtndt complex. New York 27. Aplite-pegmatite vein, Minnesota...cocnplex, Scotland Sections across the Borolan complex Plan of the Sekukuniland stock, Transvaal Section
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Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Austria, the Soviet Union...River in Colorado, elbaite, Island of Elba near Italy, fayalite, Fayal Island in the Azores. gamagarite...Hill, County Antrim, Ireland. vesuvianite, Mount Vesuvius, Italy. wairauite, Wairau Valley, South Island...incorrectly were thought to be the range containing Mount St. Gotthard, the mineral’s locality. A few names...prismatic crystals, and the locality at Monte Somma, Vesu¬ vius, Italy, where it was first discovered. At first
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)...Tremolite (M) Amphibole (M) Triclinic crystals D41 Tridymite (M) Trigonal crystals D47 Trimorphism Leadhillite
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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
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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...temperature during mineral formation. Quartz rx and ~, tridymite and cristobalite are polymorphous derivatives...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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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
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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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corresponding to those represented in Fig. 16. Other more complex cases will be described later. Further, a crystal...twinning those of the hexagonal Again, a highly complex twinned crystal of the monoclinic species, may...relation to the assumed axes; forms whose position is complex are usually present only as small faces on the...(1122). 150. A basal projection of a somewhat complex crystal of calcite is given in Fig. 268, and stereographic...the crystal of Fig. 286. Fig. 288 shows a more complex right-handed crystal with several positive and
 
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