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


Locality type:Stratovolcano
Classification
Species:Chalcanthite
Formula:CuSO4 · 5H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Euchlorine1 photo of Chalcanthite associated with Euchlorine at this locality.
Chalcocyanite1 photo of Chalcanthite associated with Chalcocyanite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcanthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:477714
Long-form Identifier:1:3:477714:4
GUID (UUID V4):971f5f03-6d81-4c2c-be7d-a76d0af63c9a
Localities for Chalcanthite in this Region
Vesuvius fumaroles, Mount Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
References
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3.65(5) H2 O; very hygroscopic, altering to chalcanthite. D(calc.) = 3.89 Soluble in Optical Properties:...(2) 50.16 49.84 Total 99.77 100.00 (1) Vesuvius, Italy. (2) CuSO4 . Occurrence: As sublimates near...melanothallite, eriochalcite, euchlorine (Vesuvius, Italy); euchlorine, eriochalcite, dolerophanite,...bannermanite, chalcanthite (Izalco volcano, El Salvador). Distribution: From Mount Vesuvius, Campania, Italy. At
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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
Translation © Orbis Publishing Limited 1972 Printed in Italy by |GDA, Novara SBN O 85613 0001 For many years... 56 cerussite 46, 46, 47 chabazite 126, 127 chalcanthite 59 chalcedony 31 arsenates 65 arsenic 4 arsenides...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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with Orbis Publishing Limited abcdefgh Printed in Italy by IGDA, Novara Adapted from the original Italian...arsenopyrite /5, 17 cat’s eye 24 celestine 55, 56 chalcanthite 59 chalcolite 74 chalcopyrite /0, 11 artinite...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
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Translation © Orbis Publishing Limited 1972 Printed in Italy by IGDA, Novara SBN O 85613 0001 For many years... 56 cerussite 46, 46, 47 chabazite 126, 127 chalcanthite 59 chalcedony 3 I chalcocite 8, 8 chalcolite...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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sublimates and secondary alteration products from Vesuvius and Vulcano J. G. A N G U S x AND G. R. D A V...zinc. 'Aphthitalite' and 'natrikalite' from Mount Vesuvius and an 'alum' from the island of Vulcano all...o m the A e o l i a n I s l a n d s a n d Mt. Vesuvius b y the late Professor J o h n s t o n - L a v...chemical analyses o f m a t e r i a l f r o m Vesuvius a n d the island o f V u l c a n o ( A e o l i...o n selective electrode. 'Sublimates" from Mount Vesuvius The ' s u b l i m a t e s ' a n d a l t e r
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hundreds of millions of years. Others, such as chalcanthite, may crumble when they are removed from the...Corundum encke Madagascar e(2x23x3em Quartz, Mount Ida, Arkansas, USA ° 14x 15 x 10 cm Corundum, Mozambique...California, Mexico. Europe: Mt. Vesuvius; Solfatara di Pozzuoli, near Naples; Perticara, near Rimini; Carrara...Yellowstone Park, Tuscany; Cianciana, Sicily — all in Italy; Conil, Spain. Asia: volcanic regions in Japan....Japan. Sulfur, Cianciana Mine, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy * 8 x 75 x 5 cm Name From the Greek word arsenikos
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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
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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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native elements such as silver, gold and copper to complex silicates such as vesuvianite, first discovered...discovered in limestone blocks ejected by Mount Vesuvius, each one exemplifies the wonder of nature. Often emanating...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
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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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found in altered limestones from places like Monte Somma. Lava on its journey to the surface saturates limestone...groups together minerals with the same simple or complex anion. If you need to compare the various minerals...crust. It forms the tetrahedrally coordinated complex silicate anion with oxygen, (Si04) . Silicates...as the sole anion. When the sole anion is the complex anion (OH) minerals are hydroxides. -25- Many...important oxides. Phosphates Phosphates have the complex anion (P04)3". As in silicates P04 tetrahedra can
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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...glauberite, langbeinite, polyhalite, gypsum, chalcanthite, melanterite, epsornite, brochantite, antlerite...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,
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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...glauberite, langbeinite, polyhalite, gypsum, chalcanthite, melanterite, epsomite, brochantite, antlerite...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,
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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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Wavellite 102 SULPHATES 104-117 Gypsum 106 Chalcanthite 113 Desert Rose Gypsum 108 Barite or Baryte...minerals, as well as many others. Mount Vesuvius, near Naples, Italy A range of rare volcanic minerals...others. The crater of MountVesuvius in southern Italy is the home of many rare volcanic minerals. 31...China, Peru, SW England, France, Norway, Germany, Italy, Japan, USA was found in Saxony in eastern Germany...waters evaporate. It was first found on Mount Vesuvius, in Italy, in 1832 by a Dutch scientist, and was
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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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deposits. Main Sources: ¢ Brazil ¢ England ¢ Germany ¢ Italy @ Arizona, California, Colorado, Massachusetts,...they make a new material. lite, after Torniella, Italy, where it was first discovered. eee 1O ALUMINITE...¢ England ¢ France Germany ¢ Hungary ¢ India @ Italy @ Russia Spain @ Colorado, Missouri, and Utah, United...sodium and phosphorus. Main Sources: @ Australia ¢ Italy ¢ Spain Ukraine Alunite has a wide range of industrial...Dominican Republic @ England France @ Germany ¢ Italy ¢ Mexico @ Myanmar (Burma) ¢ Norway # Romania @
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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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CHALCANTHITE THE < 4 < Ce)fe) = = w WORLD ORPIMENT GRANITE IN YOUR OLIVINE HANDS NATUREGUIDE...atom ¥ a 7 A CARBONATE RADICAL Simple and complex compounds In carbonates, a simple carbon and oxygen...first faceting probably involved diamond cutting in Italy prior to the Gemstone shapes A principal criterion...igneous rock measured in cubic miles Carrara, Italy, is metamorphosed from a very on the surface of...rarely occurs as a volcanic sublimate, as on Mt. Vesuvius, where Niccolo Covelli first collected it. Covellite
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to form a helix A SILICATE MINERAL Simple and complex compounds In carbonates, a simple carbon and oxygen...first faceting probably involved diamond cutting in Italy prior to the 15th century. First, only the natural...dazzling white marble being quarried at Carrara, Italy, is metamorphosed from a very pure limestone. ROCKS...rarely occurs as a volcanic sublimate, as on Mt. Vesuvius, where Niccolo Covelli first collected it. Covellite...They are from Casapalca, Lima, Peru. PROFILE complex sphalerite crystal Cubic 4 3 ⁄ –4 m 3.9–4.1 n
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aragonite. calcite, Sulphur, 66 mm, Sicily, Italy Selenium Se TRIGONAL e e Properties: C - gray...through volcanic activity in Vulcano, Lipari Islands, Italy. Tellurium Te T R IGONAL e e celestitc and halite...come from many localities near Girgenti, Sicily, Italy (Caltanisseta, Cianciana) where they reached up...volcanically active places, like Solfatara near Pozzuoli, Italy or in sulf11r lava near Shiretoku, Japan. Sulfur...30 mm (] 3/ 16 in) occur in Sanabus, Sardinia, Italy. Maybe the best argentite crystals occurred in Mexico
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See Garnet Group ANGLESITE Pb S04 Loe.: Ref.: Mount Zechan, Tasmania. Swanson, Howard E., and Fuyat...APHTHITALITE (K, Na) 3 Na(S0 4 )2 Loe.: Ref.: Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Winchell, Horace, and Benoit, Richard J...(OH)2 3H20 Loe.: Ref.: Vallanterna, Lombardy, Italy. Eremeev, V.P.: Trans. Inst. Geol. OreDep., P etr...TONI TE Ca2 Fe" Fe'" Si50 14 OH Loe.: Baverno, Italy. - 11 d I 6.69 4.47 4.40 4.07 3.75 3.45 3.27...Fe"(U02)2 (P04)2 . 8 H20 ( ?) Source: U.S.G.S. (no mount) Ref.: Frondel, Clifford, Riska, Daphne, and Frondel
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Metamorphism 154 chapter 28 Composition 137 chapter 29 Complex Recrystallization 164 chapter 30 Skarns: Trash...devastating blasts of Krakatoa or Mount Saint Helens, cataclysmic earthquakes in Italy or California, seasonal...lava from the Roccamonfina volcano in the Campania region of Italy, which last erupted in A.D. 2 76, and...would the melting of oceanic crust alone. Japan's Mount Fuji probably formed in such a manner. It is composed...shallow depths in the Earth's crust show the most complex and diverse assemblages of minerals. As a genetic
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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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