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


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Almandine
Formula:Fe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Almandine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:26743
Long-form Identifier:1:3:26743:8
GUID (UUID V4):3e9010a0-6b50-45c6-80bb-43948cb8374c
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Electrical conductivity of a phonotephrite from Mt. Vesuvius: The importance of chemical composition on the...d'Annunzio” — Chieti, Italy Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, Italy Dipartimento di Scienze...Geologiche, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Rome, Italy A R T I C L E I N F O Article history: Accepted...conductivity Silicate melts Partial melting Mt. Vesuvius A B S T R A C T The bulk electrical conductivity...lava from the 1944 eruption of Mt Vesuvius was measured using complex impedance spectroscopy in a multianvil
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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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
vesuvianite crystal from skarns of Mount Somma-Vesuvius Volcano (Naples, Italy). Vesuvianite belongs to the...Reggio Emilia, Largo S. Eufemia 19, 41121 Modena, Italy e-mail: mariafranca.brigatti@unimore.it L. Pasquali...Reggio Emilia, Via Vignolese 905, 41125 Modena, Italy L. Pasquali  M. Montecchi  S. Nannarone IOM INFM-CNR...Building MM, S.S. 14, Km 163.5, 34012 Basovizza, TS, Italy determination of the amount of each element on...addressed the following aspects: (1) the extremely complex vesuvianite composition (Fitzgerald et al. 1992;
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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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with Orbis Publishing Limited abcdefgh Printed in Italy by IGDA, Novara Adapted from the original Italian...albite 112, 1/3, 114 alexandrite 24 allanite 88 almandine 75, 78 alunite 59 alunogen 60 alurgite 104...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...albite 112, //3, 114 alexandrite 24 allanite 88 almandine 75, 78 alunite 59 alunogen 60 alurgite 104, /04...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
Journal (issue)
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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will appreciate that this problem is extremely complex, particularly since this relationship forms the...that the solution of the problem was much more complex than had initially appeared. The results of experimental...Graphical Solutions . . . . . . 4. Calculation of Complex Minerals 5. General Scheme of Calculation 6. Determination...The quantity of a single compound or of a more complex chemical unit is expressed through the number of...order to facilitate certain calculations, also complex negative ions such as CO~­ and SO~ - will be counted
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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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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
Catalog/List
Brazil. Lustrous surfaced, pale-cream coloured, complex A/10. aggregate of large, polysynthetically twinned...Morion, no Beryl. 2.5x1.5x1.5", £5.00 A/l 3. ALMANDINE. Zillerthal, Tyrol, Austria. A silvery-green,...0.5"in size). 2.25x1.25x1", £6.25 1 A/l 4. ALMANDINE. British Columbia, Canada. A waxy to lustrous...Stands to display. 3x1.75x1.75", £8.75 A/l 5. ALMANDINE (Garnet). Zillerthal, Austria. Lustrous brownish-red...fragment at one face. 2.5x1.5x1.5", £20.00. A/l 6. ALMANDINE (Xtl). broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
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...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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Identification of Contrasting Processes Forming Seguam and Mount Saint Helens 7.5 Magma Generation at Convergent...dome and pyroclastic flow within the caldera of Mount Saint Helens 14 (A) Geologic sketch map of Shiprock...granodiorite dike cutting the Laramie anorthosite complex, Wyoming, USA. (B) Fine-grained granodiorite autolith...on the magma chamber floor. Laramie anorthosite complex, USA 3.9 (A) Photo of alkali feldspar mantled with...which quartz was not stable 3.10 The Hortavær complex was constructed by multiple injections of diorite
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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...perfect in one direction than in the others. This complex cleavage is well seen in calc-spar . and fiuor spar
Book (edition)
Arragonite, Arseniate of cobalt, Arseniate of copper, Almandine, 119 octohedral, oblique prismatic, Alum, Alumslate...Laconian marble. Verde antico. This came from Mount Tagetus, in Liconia, and is among the most celebrated...produces a gray marble, sprinkled with enthro chites. Italy is famous for its beautiful marbles. Florence, Lucca...Localities. Granada, in Spain, in abundance ; Vesuvius, Norway, and near Havre, in France. U.S. Germantown...this mineral , and in great variety, come from Italy. A manufactory of the same kind is also estab lished
Book (edition)
Arseniate of cobalt, 200 Arseniate of copper, Almandine, 316 119 Alum , 193 Alumi slate, 141 octohedral...Laconian marble. Verde antico. This came from Mount Tagetus, in Liconia, and is among the most celebrated...produces a gray marble, sprinkled with enthro chites. Italy is famous for its beautiful marbles. Florence, Lucca...Localities. Granada, in Spain , in abundance ; Vesuvius, Norway, and near Havre, in France. U. S. Germantown...this mineral, and in great variety, come from Italy. A manufactory of the same kind is also estab lished
Book (edition)
Albin , Alkaline fluate of lime, Allanite, Almandine, Alum , Alum slate, Alum stone, 114 115 115 ...Laconian marble. Verde antico. This came from Mount Tagetus, in Liconia, and is among the most celebrated...produces a gray marble, sprinkled with enthro chites. Italy is famous for its beautiful marbles. Florence, Lucca...Localities. Granada, in Spain, in abundance ; Vesuvius, Norway, and near Havre, in France. U.S. Germantown...this mineral, and in great variety, come from Italy. A manufactory of the same kind is also estab lished
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of lime, 200 Arseniate of copper, Allanite, Almandine, Alum, 316 119 193 141 Agate, brecciated, ... Laconian marble. Verde antico. This came from Mount Tagetus, in Liconia, and is among the most celebrated...produces a gray marble, sprinkled with enthro chites. Italy is famous for its beautiful marbles. Florence, Lucca...Localities. Granada, in Spain, in abundance ; Vesuvius, Norway, and near Havre, in France. U.S. Germantown...of this mineral, and in great variety, come from Italy. A manufactory of the same kind is also estab lished
Book (edition)
tuberose masses, embedded in adhesive slate, from Mount Menil, near whence its Paris; Tuberose. Menilite...four-sided prisms, it associated is found at Monte Somma. Andalusite. ac- in nitric acid. embedded. ...atmosphere; It appears is to was It is found of Vesuvius. vicinity about five years since in the and...deep shining It is red- lustre. found on Mount Somma. Jeffersonite. tallized, of a This substance...prisms, and its color is green, compact. Mount Vesuvius. It is found and fracture with in con-
Book (edition)
Alabaster, Albin , Alkaline fluate of lime, Allanite, Almandine, Alum, Alum slate, 115 Alum stone, 199 Arseniate...Laconian marble. Verde antico. This came from Mount Tagetus, in Liconia, and is among the most celebrated...produces a gray marble, sprinkled with enthro chites. Italy is famous for its beautiful marbles. Florence, Lucca...Localities. Granada, in Spain, in abundance ; Vesuvius, Norway, and near Havre, in France. U.S. Germantown...this mineral, and in great variety, come from Italy. A manufactory of the samekind is also estab lished
Book (edition)
esteemed carbuncles; rank very with the almandine superior brilliancy description among majority...material is etc. island of the Cornwall, Spain, Italy, and Asia Minor. In the States of New York and...classed the the trade spinel ruby, rubicelle, almandine ruby, being balas or gems called balais all...it in and company with mica and garnet, Mount Somma. is of jewellers. variety zinc or occurs...many hyacinth have been found in the lava of Vesuvius. This gem is seldom used for the purposes lery
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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
Book (edition)
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...Asiatic Turkey. Has been observed in the lavas of Vesuvius. Realgar is one of the ingredients of white Indian...Auvergne; Cornwall; Spain; Portugal; Tuscany, Italy; Borneo; Bhi- MINERALS CONSISTING OF THE ACIDIC...silicon, in . nitrogen. Diamond. Isometric. complex forms In octahedrons, dodecahedrons and more faces
Book (edition)
Ethiopian car¬ and are nearly connected with the almandine and the essonite. Carbuncles of superior brilliancy...Naxos, although it is found in Cornwall, Spain, Italy, and Asia Minor. In the States of New York and New...spinel ruby, rubicelle, balas or balais ruby, and almandine ruby, being all varieties of the same gem. Besides...company with mica and garnet, in old lava, on Mount Somma. The chloro-spinel, or green spinel, is found...of the hyacinth have been found in the lava of Vesuvius. This gem is seldom used for the purposes of jewel¬
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art was revived again by some fugitive Greeks in Italy. Great merit is also due to the Medicians for the...the art ; and Giovani was considered the first in Italy. The talisman, or carved gems bearing Arabian letters...for several centuries, been used in heraldry. In Italy, Germany, and England, we find the coat of arms...sometimes with a tinge of brownish or violet. 3. Almandine Ruby ; of a cochineal-red colour, bordering on...distinguished from the Garnet, likewise called the Almandine, by its lighter colour, stronger lustre, and greater
 
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