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


Locality type:Stratovolcano
Classification
Species:Opal
Formula:SiO2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calcioaravaipaiteⓘ1 photo of Opal associated with Calcioaravaipaite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Opal data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:477720
Long-form Identifier:1:3:477720:5
GUID (UUID V4):b08e13b9-bacf-4b0f-b684-5e9b5f3ad95f
Localities for Opal in this Region
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 Opal
0.1km (0.1 miles) ⓘVesuvius fumaroles at the crater bottom, Torre del Greco, Mount Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
0.2km (0.2 miles) ⓘVesuvius fumaroles on eastern crater rim, Ottaviano, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
0.3km (0.2 miles) ⓘFumarole B5 ("Cotunnite pit"), Vesuvius fumaroles on eastern crater rim, Ottaviano, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘBoscotrecase thermal area ("Tenorite pit"), Boscotrecase, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
23.6km (14.7 miles) ⓘAntiniana (Scarfoglio), Pozzuoli, Naples, Campania, Italy
23.7km (14.7 miles) ⓘPisciarelli di Agnano, Pozzuoli, Naples, Campania, Italy
24.0km (14.9 miles) ⓘSolfatara di Pozzuoli, Pozzuoli, Naples, Campania, Italy
24.0km (14.9 miles) ⓘ"Bocca Grande" fumarole, Solfatara di Pozzuoli, Pozzuoli, Naples, Campania, Italy
References
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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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
application to the case of a future eruption of Mount Vesuvius, expected to put at risk almost one million...analysis · Applied probability · Forecasting · Vesuvius Mark Bebbington m.bebbington@massey.ac.nz 1...over a year at the Campi Flegrei caldera (next to Naples) in the 1980s (Woo 2008) without an eruption, although...quantifies the effects of multiple factors in a more complex dynamic setting, significantly generalizing the...balanced and provides a framework within which more complex models tailored to specific cases and future scenarios
Translation © Orbis Publishing Limited 1972 Printed in Italy by |GDA, Novara SBN O 85613 0001 For many years...106 rock crystal 28; 31 opal, fire 32, 33 tiger’s eye 31 tinzenite91 opal, precious 32, 33 libethinite...libethinite 65, 65 liebigite 53 limonite 37 opal, wood 32, 33 rutile 33, 33 orpiment 18 sagenite 33 sanidine...thenardite 55 thomsonite 117, /2/ thulite 88 onyx 32 opal 32 leucite 76, 109, 111 lithiophilite 65 ludwigite...vonsenite 53 vulpinite 55 wad 34, 35 sulphides, complex 17 sulphur 6, 6, 7 wavellite 7/, 73 wernerite
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with Orbis Publishing Limited abcdefgh Printed in Italy by IGDA, Novara Adapted from the original Italian...32 opal 32 leucite 76, 109, 111 libethinite 65, 65 opal, fire 32, 33 opal, precious 32, 33 opal, wood...sulphates, hydrous 59 sulphides 8 sulphides, complex 17 sulphur 6, 6, 7 sylvite 20 synchisite 49 szaibelyite...strictly above. And while it has that mercury, opal, and should be grouped with speaking they should...to reconstruct, through the study of rocks, the complex porphyry, granite, or sand, we would notice that
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Translation © Orbis Publishing Limited 1972 Printed in Italy by IGDA, Novara SBN O 85613 0001 For many years...65 olivine 75, 75 onyx 32 opal 32 opal, fire 32, 33 opal, precious 32, 33 opal, wood 32, 33 orpiment J8...55 sulphates, hydrous 59 sulphides 8 sulphides, complex 17 sulphur 6, 6, 7 sylvite 20 synchisite 49 szaibelyite...it has traditionally been accepted that mercury, opal, and chrysocolla, among others, should be grouped...to reconstruct, through the study of rocks, the complex transformations in the Earth's crust. So we cannot
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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...<1ppeara11c-c of some spcc­ in1ens is r<:mioisccnt of opal: tbis effect is known as opal­ escence. ()ther mooostooes...adular/11 (moonstone) on black henu,rite (Isla ofElba, Italy). Leff; Yellow orthoclas‱ has tire same chemical...moonstona-prodllcing countries are Brazi l, India, Italy, Madagascar, Mexico, Myann1ar (Burmal, Switzer land
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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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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
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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
Catalog/List
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...Island. do. 134. L. Oxford, Vermont. do. 136. L. Italy. do. 136. L. do. do. 137. L. do. do. 138...Connecticut. 164. L. Middlebury, Vermont. 165. L. Mount Vesuvius. 168. L. New-York. Rouge antique marble...Calcareous tufa, 184. L. England. do. 185. L. Italy. do. 186. L. Montebaldo, Verona. 187. L. Saratoga
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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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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...nuggets and even Passau, Bavaria, Germany; Piedmont, Italy. indicates that it is composed of carbon. Graphite
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. Speci­ men #2960, Cahn Collection, Yale University;
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AND CO , PRINTERS, VILLAFIELD. CONTENTS. t VESUVIUS. First Eruption—Death of Pliny— Herculaneum and...Eruption of Vesuvius in 1737 11 3. Eruption of Vesuvius in 1853, .18 4. Naples and Vesuvius (1S66), .....Islands, ....... 56 12. Mount Hecla in Iceland, ....... 61 13. Crater of Mount Hecla, 65 14. Crevasses...in Hawaii Thermal Springs of New Zealand, .... Mount Erebus, Antarctic Regions, .... The Peak, Isle of...274 283 290 298 VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES. i VESUVIUS. first eruption—death op pliny—herculanbum and
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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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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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equivalent. There are even some minerals, such as opal, which do not have a strictly regular internal structure...alchemist of the thirteenth century, tells us that opal wrapped in bay leaf made its wearer invisible, and...or pure sentiment where minerals are concerned. Opal is still thought to bring bad luck, and similar...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
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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
Journal (issue)
include feldspar, mica and the gemstones beryl, jade, opal, tourmaline and onyx. Silicates have many uses:...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
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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
Journal (volume)
By M. Raspail, 106 Physical Notes on the Bay of Naples. Communicated by the Author No. ir. Account of...of Cornwall. X. Physical Notices of the Bay of Naples. No. III. On the District of Pausilipo and the...Physical Geography, 1. Account of the Eruptions of Mount ^tna. 2. K. C. B., - Esq. V. P. R. S. &c. &c-... With - By Account of thei^arge Chestnut of Mount iEtna. Account of the Falls of Niagara, Account...which they do not understand the cause, that in Italy the knowledge and sincerity of M. Repetti are well
Journal (issue)
& * ‱ COLLECTION ■ r QUARTZITE minerals FIRE OPAL gemstone with this issue THEISM ----------- OF...you will receive as part of your collection. Fire Opal MINERALS Greywacke, Leucitite, Phyllite, Quartzite...I I CD § co ■< c: i s. CD Printed in Italy YOUR NEXT FREE DISPLAY TRAY With Issue 71 you will...READERS' ENQUIRIES: 0990 673331 Front Cover pic: Fire Opal (Brown Packaging) N69 97 1' GEMSTONES Fl^l hit...hit oph GO m * -’^■1 '‱ ■ ♩’ “O 3) FIRE OPAL IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FORMS m OF SILICA
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n . lt appears that copies of this work sold in Italy had these leaves removed to avoid being censored...crystal-lined geodes, amethyst, fluorite, diamond, opal, cat's­ eye, emerald, topaz, m alachite, jasper...which was one of the earliest private museums in Italy. Journal of the Geo-Literary Society Vol. 18 No...which was one of the earliest private museums in Italy. The first section describes and i l l u strates...rnby, jasper, amber, agate, amethyst, beryl, onyx, opal, cat's eye, nephrite, turquoise, malachite, Bloodstone
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show in the finished stone the best color (as in an opal) or the most attractive pattern (as in an agate)...Minnesota, is most appropriate. 42 Opal in seam. This examp le of black opal, as distinguished from th e whiter...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...during weathering, and occur in rounded shapes. Opal is the best example. Mohs' scale. The standard scale
 
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