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


Locality type:Stratovolcano
Classification
Species:Gypsum
Formula:CaSO4 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Metavoltine
Mitscherlichite
Sylvite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gypsum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1333519
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1333519:1
GUID (UUID V4):45f35568-d076-4d46-b99d-bddd0c18436b
Localities for Gypsum in this Region
Atrio del Cavallo, Mount Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
Belvedere (Belvedere Vesuvio), Mount Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
Vesuvius fumaroles at the crater bottom, 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 Gypsum
0.1km (0.1 miles) ā“˜Vesuvius fumaroles at the crater bottom, Torre del Greco, Mount Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
0.2km (0.2 miles) ā“˜Vesuvius fumaroles on eastern crater rim, Ottaviano, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
1.2km (0.8 miles) ā“˜Belvedere (Belvedere Vesuvio), Mount Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
1.5km (0.9 miles) ā“˜Atrio del Cavallo, Mount Vesuvius, 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
3.7km (2.3 miles) ā“˜Lagno Amendolare, Sant'Anastasia, 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
3.8km (2.4 miles) ā“˜Cupa dell'Olivella, Sant'Anastasia, 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
4.3km (2.7 miles) ā“˜Le Novelle Quarry, Ercolano, Mount Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ORIGINAL PAPER Fibrous minerals from Somma-Vesuvius volcanic complex Manuela Rossi 1,2 & Fabrizio Nestola...densely populated area of Campania around the Somma-Vesuvius volcanic complex (Italy) was performed by means...geochemical, petrogenetic and regional mineralogy of Somma-Vesuvius area, and to emphasize the presence of minerals...Napoli Federico II, Via Mezzocannone 8, I-80134 Naples, Italy 2 Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dellā€™Ambiente...Napoli Federico II, Via Mezzocannone 8, 80134 Naples, Italy 3 Dipartimento di Geoscienze, UniversitĆ  di
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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
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VESUVIUS JOHN JPHILLIPS, M. A. HON. FELLOW OF MAGDALEN COLLEGE, OXFORD; D.C.L. OXFORD ; LL.D. CAMBRIDGE...life were so far relaxed as to allow me to visit Vesuvius, fortunately then in action. Fortunately, also...grandest phaenomena of nature. During our stay in Naples we benefited, as many English geologists and physicists...Professor Palmieri, in recording the movements of Vesuvius, were explained to us by that able experimentalist;...gave to us the cheerful aid which makes a visit to Naples so pleasant to his countrymen. On my return to
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Summer Field Meeting in Italy 16-29 September 1954 Report by the Excursion Secretary: D. V. AGER Director:...party went southwards to pay a brief visit to the Naples area. In recent years the structure and sedimentation...the surface the anhydrite has been hydrated to gypsum. which has been dissolved nearly everywhere. with...throughout the Mesozoic SUMMER FIELD MEETING IN ITALY 331 of this region until the end of the Oligocene...Merla, 1952 (simplified) SUMMER FIELD MEETING IN ITALY 333 ridges appear to the north-east (see Fig.
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s11ries, as they are ne eded. Oniiie MlnerelTraii: Italy MALTA THE $TORY OFTHE EARTH Minerals Ill Medlclne...carrying out research into the volcanic geology of Mount Etna in S icily, and assisting fieldwork study for...adular/11 (moonstone) on black henu,rite (Isla ofElba, Italy). Leff; Yellow orthoclasā€¢ has tire same chemical...moonstona-prodllcing countries are Brazi l, India, Italy, Madagascar, Mexico, Myann1ar (Burmal, Switzer land...gemstone's typical crystal shapes. Scapolite is a complex s ilicate: the proportions of the eleĀ­ ments it
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Ra-excess during the 1631-1944 activity period of Vesuvius (Italy):A model of alpharecoil enrichment in a metasomatized...CNR, Rome, Italy Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, UniversitaĢ€ Napoli 2, Caserta, Italy 3 Dipartimento...Tre, Rome, Italy 4 Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, UniversitaĢ€ ā€œLa Sapienza,ā€ Rome, Italy 2 (Received...origin of the 226Ra-excess during the last cycle of Vesuvius activity was investigated by high-resolution ā„-spectrometry...rise to 226Ra-enriched magmas, which entered the Vesuvius plumbing system less than 7 ka. Crystal fractionation
Translation Ā© Orbis Publishing Limited 1972 Printed in Italy by |GDA, Novara SBN O 85613 0001 For many years...greenockite 11 greenovite 81 grossularite 78 gummite 36 gypsum 62 halides 20 halite 20 halotrichite 60 hambergite...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...greenockite I1 greenovite 81 grossularite 78 gummite 36 gypsum 62 halides 20 halite 20 halotrichite 60 hambergite...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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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Translation Ā© Orbis Publishing Limited 1972 Printed in Italy by IGDA, Novara SBN O 85613 0001 For many years...greenockite 11 greenovite 81 grossularite 78 gummite 36 gypsum 62 halides 20 halite 20 halotrichite 60 hambergite...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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approximately 760 color plates When the eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79 buried ancient Pompeii beneath a layer...which were set aside in the National Museum at Naples to form a speĀ¬ cial collection, access to which...basic philosophy. Living beneath the shadow of Vesuvius, the inhabitants of this doomed city were constantly...POMPEII The Secret Rooms of the National Museum of Naples by Michael Grant with photographs by Antonia Mulas...under the title Erotic Art in Pompeii. Printed in Italy by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, Verona hgfedcba ISBN:
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by Antonia Mulas In A.D. 79, the eruption of Vesuvius caused tragic death and destruction, obliterating...limited access for years at the National Museum of Naples, these rarely seen works were first showcased...POMPEII apoE ROG sh GOLULEC LION OF THE MUSEUM OF NAPLES by MICHAEL GRANT with photographs by ANTONIA...Australia by Peribo Pty Ltd., 58 Beaumont Road, Mount Kuring-gai, NSW 2080, Australia. Distributed in...the inhabitants of the coastal area of the Bay of Naples became alarmed because of the phenomenon known
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do Sul, Brazil * 12.5 x 10 x 10.5 em Page 252: Gypsum rosette, Red River floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba...resulting in well-formed collectible crystals such as gypsum (page 252) and epidote (page 221). Solid crystal-filled...mineralā€™s physical properties in order to identify Gypsum it. Many minerals have very characteristic physical...museum ā€” a fine way to recognize their hard work! Gypsum (selenite variety), Galetta, Ontario, Canada *...Corundum encke Madagascar e(2x23x3em Quartz, Mount Ida, Arkansas, USA Ā° 14x 15 x 10 cm Corundum, Mozambique
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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...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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BM 1930,01016 Capo di Pula, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy D. Lovisato (1897) Rend. R. Accad. Lincei, 6, p...beryl) (Cotype) BM 1925,00534 Baveno, Piedmont, Italy E. Artini (1915) Atti. (Rend.) R. Accad. Lincei...Holotype) BM 1933,00090 Raibl (fonnerly Camiola), Italy - ;, C. Andreatta ( 1930) Atti. Accad. naz. Lincei...BM 1 981,00468 Brosso, Ivrea, Turin, Piedmonte, Italy G. Ferraris, M. Franchini-Angela & P. Orlandini...piypite (Holotype) BM 1983,00074 Ā· Mount Vesuvius, Naples, Italy A.M. Clark, E.E. Fejer & A.G. Couper
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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...Neues Jahrb. Mineral, Monatsh., Alabaster (massive gypsum) The name is derived from its supposed early source...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)]
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
high-temperature hydrothermal brines at Vesuvio volcano, Italy GIOVANNI CHIODINI,1,* LUIGI MARINI,2 and MASSIMO...80122 Napoli, Italy DIPTERIS, UniversitaĢ€ di Genova, Corso Europa 26, 16132 Genova, Italy 2 (Received...the present mineral assemblage includes sulfur, gypsum, and compound sulfates, such as alunite, potassium...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 ā«¾ 22 ka old lavas at a depth of 1125 m
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tablinum of the House of the Bicentenary (Herculaneum, Italy) between Decorative Technology and Natural Disasters...Tablinum of the House of the Bicentenary (Herculaneum, Italy) between Decorative Technology and Natural Disasters...of Padova, Piazza Capitaniato 7, 35139 Padova, Italy; ivana.angelini@unipd.it Inter-Departmental Research...University of Padova, Via Gradenigo 6, 35131 Padova, Italy; gilberto.artioli@unipd.it Getty Conservation Institute...University of Padova, Via Gradenigo 6, 35131 Padova, Italy Department of Environment, Construction and Design
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Palermo, Italy Istituto Nazionale di Geoļ¬sica e Vulcanologia, sezione di Palermo, Palermo, Italy c Dipartimento...Napoli, Italy d Istituto Nazionale di Geoļ¬sica e Vulcanologia ā€“ Osservatorio Vesuviano, Napoli, Italy b Received...Ischia Island, in Southern Italy, hosts a well-developed and structurally complex hydrothermal system which...proportions) with Ischiaā€™s reservoir rocks (the Mount Epomeo Green Tuļ¬€ units; MEGT). The mineral assemblage...simultaneously occurring mineral-solution reactions, the complex and time/ 109 space-variable paragenesis of secondary
Journal (issue)
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;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
[Na2Ca(SO4)2], aluminum sulfate, anhydrite (CaSO4), gypsum (CaSO4 Ɨ 2H2O), barite (BaSO4), bloedite [Na2Mg(SO4)2...amphiboleā€“feldspar varieties. The pegmatites form complex branching veins with apophyses and swells. Their...analyzed inclusions can be seen in Fig. 5. Thenardite, gypsum (CaSO4 Ā· 2H2O), bloedite [Na2Mg(SO4)2 Ā· 4H2O],...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
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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
Catalog/List
29. L. 30. L. HJILOIDE. GvFSUM-HALomE. Triv. Gypsum. Chem. Sulphate of Lime. Oxfordshire, England....H. Sp. 27. L. I. I. II. 1. Prismatoidal Gypsum-Haloide. (efflorescing.) 31. L. Ischel, Austria...Niagara, New-York. Crystals imbedded in earthy gypsum. 36. L. England. 36. L. England. 37. L. Lockport...Austria. tables, intersecting 47. L. Montius, Italy. 48. L. Lockport, 1. such a manner as to Bluish...colored, compact, and laminated. 49. L. Vulpino, Italy. Sp. each other cells New-York. Genus Triv
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There are approximately 130 minerals in this group. Gypsum, the most abundant, is important in the construction...length, breadth or height as any other. Example: gypsum. Triclinic - The least symmetrical of the crystal...by a human fingernail. Greasy to the touch. 2. Gypsum- Can be scratched by a fingernail, but not easily...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
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vapour with the lapilli, scoria and fine ashes from Vesuvius, which, condensing into rain, produced a deluge...aqueous deposit in the ash hills of the flanks of Vesuvius. In Herculaneum we see the same ph~enomena in...situated in the tertiary formation. Sulphur and gypsum lie in parallel beds in a deposit of marl of considerable...slate, and is only now and then accompanied by gypsum. Then follows an argillaceous sandstone 10 to I'2...Meteorological Observatory recently erected at Mount Vesuvius was projected by Prof. MeUoni,, so well known
 
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