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Diopside from
San Vito Quarry, San Vito, Ercolano, Mount Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Magnetite7 photos of Diopside associated with Magnetite at this locality.
Biotite4 photos of Diopside associated with Biotite at this locality.
Phlogopite3 photos of Diopside associated with Phlogopite at this locality.
Fluorapatite3 photos of Diopside associated with Fluorapatite at this locality.
Vesuvianite2 photos of Diopside associated with Vesuvianite at this locality.
Nepheline2 photos of Diopside associated with Nepheline at this locality.
Titanite2 photos of Diopside associated with Titanite at this locality.
Fluorite1 photo of Diopside associated with Fluorite at this locality.
Potassic-richterite1 photo of Diopside associated with Potassic-richterite at this locality.
Spinel1 photo of Diopside associated with Spinel at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view San Vito Quarry, San Vito, Ercolano, Mount Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
Photo GalleryView Gallery (36 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:479629
Long-form Identifier:1:3:479629:9
GUID (UUID V4):55686739-ef19-4023-ba41-bcabd1617b4c
Nearest other occurrences of Diopside
1.6km (1.0 miles) Pollena quarries, Pollena Trocchia, Mount Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
2.4km (1.5 miles) Cupa dell'Olivella, Sant'Anastasia, Mount Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
3.2km (2.0 miles) Mount Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
3.8km (2.4 miles) Mount Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
4.6km (2.9 miles) Trapolino Quarry (Cava Nuova), Somma Vesuviana, Mount Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
5.7km (3.5 miles) Camaldoli della Torre, Torre del Greco, Mount Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
8.8km (5.5 miles) Villa Inglese quarries, Torre del Greco, Mount Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
23.0km (14.3 miles) Fiano tuff quarries, Nocera Inferiore, Salerno, Campania, Italy
32.2km (20.0 miles) Solchiaro eruption, Procida Island, Naples, Campania, Italy
62.1km (38.6 miles) Roccamonfina Volcanic Complex, Caserta, Campania, Italy
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sodalite-group minerals from the SommaVesuvius volcanic complex, Italy: a case study of K-feldspar-rich...I80134 Napoli, Italy Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Università Roma Tre, Largo San Leonardo Murialdo...I-00146 Roma, Italy INGV, Osservatorio Vesuviano, Via Diocleziano, I-80124 Napoli, Italy Dipartimento...Università di Pisa, Via Santa Maria 53, I-56126 Pisa, Italy Centro Museale ‘‘Musei delle Scienze Naturali’’...I80134 Napoli, Italy ENEA Research Centre, Località Granatello, I-80055 Portici, Italy [Received 15 August
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in volcanology in the Neapolitan area, southern Italy: a review and some alternative views Benedetto De...greater metropolitan area of Naples, southern Italy; Mt. Somma-Vesuvius to the east and the Campi Flegrei...detailed discussion of the large, highly explosive Campania Volcanic Zone (CVZ) ignimbrite events. These volcanic...Napoli Federico II, Via Mezzocannone 8, 80134 Naples, Italy e-mail: bdevivo@unina.it risk assessment and...people living around the Vesuvius and Campi Flegrei volcanoes in southern Italy. Thus, the intensive research
Book
DEVELOPMENTS IN VOLCANOLOGY 9 VOLCANISM IN THE CAMPANIA PLAIN Vesuvius, Campi Flegrei and Ignimbrites i El...Knowledge and Future Perspectives F. Dobran (Editor) Vesuvius 2000: Education, Security and Prosperity Front...Pignatelli: “Grande Eruzione del Vesuvio del 1767” (Vesuvius, Great Eruption of 1767) and on the back cover:...Developments in Volcanology, 9 VOLCANISM IN THE CAMPANIA PLAIN Vesuvius, Campi Flegrei and Ignimbrites Edited by...Napoli, Italy Amsterdam - Boston - Heidelberg - London - New York - Oxford Paris - San Diego - San Francisco
Report (issue)
Naujakasik, Greenland. (2) Oka, Canada. (3) Monte Somma, Italy; by electron microprobe, average of ten analyses;...Association: Zircon, pyrochlore, titanite, °uorite, diopside, andradite, allanite, vesuvianite. Distribution:...Pibnesburg complex, Rustenburg, Transvaal, South Africa. In the San Vito quarry, Monte Somma, Campania, Italy... not otherwise located in China. In the Ishim complex, northern Kazakhstan. From the Khibiny massif,...First occurrence of britholite-(Ce) in Italy (Monte Somma, Vesuvius). Eur. J. Mineral., 1, 723{725. All
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...“Federico II”, 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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
component in leucite from Somma-Vesuvius and Roccamonfina volcanoes (southern Italy) – a FTIR spectroscopic...different host rocks of Somma-Vesuvius and Roccamonfina volcanoes (southern Italy) are reported. All leucite...cm –1 represents the typical spectrum of the Somma-Vesuvius samples, whereas type 2, revealing two additional...crystals. Key words: leucite, trace hydrogen, Somma-Vesuvius, Roccamonfina, FTIR spectroscopy. Introduction...rifting, generally of Tertiary to recent age. In Italy, this feldspathoid occurs in the Roman Comagmatic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from the Campanian Ignimbrite (Fiano, southern Italy): crystal chemical, geochemical and volcanological...di Bari Aldo Moro, via Orabona 4, I-70125 Bari, Italy Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra dell’Ambiente...Universitario Monte S. Angelo, Via Cinthia, I-80126 Napoli, Italy Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia,...Vesuviano, via Diocleziano 328, I-80124 Napoli, Italy GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg...Campanian Ignimbrite deposits at Fiano (southern Italy), at ∼50 km northeast of the sourced volcanic area
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Some aluminous clinopyroxenes from Vesuvius and Monte Somma, Italy S. R A H M A N ~ Department of Geology...basic alkaline potassic lavas from Monte Somma and Vesuvius, Italy, and occur as phenocrysts (I to 7 mm)...u s (with Monte Somma), a typical strato-volcano dominating the Bay of Naples, Italy, is one of the three...province of Campania. Clinopyroxene is one of the most abundant minerals in the Somma-Vesuvius basic alkaline...found. The commonly associated minerals in the Vesuvius rocks are leucite, calcic plagioclase (AnT0_ss)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PAPER Nephelines from the Somma-Vesuvius volcanic complex (Southern Italy): crystal-chemical, structural...type-locality, the SommaVesuvius volcanic complex (southern Italy), and investigated for their chemistry...Napoli Federico II, Via Mezzocannone 8, 80134 Naples, Italy e-mail: balasson@unina.it V. Kahlenberg Institut...70126 Bari, Italy A. Mormone INGV Osservatorio Vesuviano, Via Diocleziano 328, 80124 Naples, Italy group...equilibrium behaviour. The Somma-Vesuvius volcanic complex (Southern Italy) is the type locality of nepheline
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hydrothermal Alteration at the San Vito Area of the Campi Flegrei Geothermal System in Italy: Mineral Review and...Hydrothermal Alteration at the San Vito Area of the Campi Flegrei Geothermal System in Italy: Mineral Review and...Vulcanologia, Osservatorio Vesuviano, 80124 Naples, Italy Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia...Sezione di Sismologia e Tettonofisica, 00143 Rome, Italy Centro Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Geoscienze...Geoscienze e Georisorse, 50121 Florence, Italy; giordano.montegrossi@igg.cnr.it Consorzio Interuniversitario
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metallogenic survey of alkalic rocks of Mt. Somma-Vesuvius volcano A. Paone1;2 , R. A. Ayuso1 , and B...degli Studi di Napoli ``Federico II'', Napoli, Italy 2 With 6 Figures Received March 27, 2000; revised...version accepted February 28, 2001 Summary Somma-Vesuvius is an alkaline volcano whose products (pumice...between 0.1 and 0.4 wt% for the complete Mt. Somma-Vesuvius activity, except for the Ottaviano and Avellino...a wider range, from 0.1 wt% to 1.6 wt%. Mt Somma-Vesuvius has some features similar to those of mineralized
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
alkalic pegmatites Mount Monoclinic, space group, C2/m, a 9.80, b Alluaiv, Lovozero Complex, Kola Peninsula...W. Robinson and J.A. Nelen, 1991. Neues Jahrb. complex, Questa, Tats County, New Mexico, Min., Mh., 169...hyper-alkalic pegmatitic veins at Mount Alluaiv, Lovozero Complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Ideal formula...Davis and S.J. Sutley, 1994. Can. Min., 32, 839. Mount Mica pegmatite, South Paris, Oxford County, Maine...portions of veined pegmatites from Mount Rasvumchorr, Khibina Complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Na8KSi9018(OH)9~
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
geochemistry and ¯uid inclusion study of skarns from Vesuvius H. A. Gilg1 , A. Lima2 , R. Somma2 , H. E. Belkin3...Vulcanologia, UniversitaÁ di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy 3 U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, USA With 8...xenolithic nodules from the Mt. Somma-Vesuvius volcanic complex, Italy. The typically zoned skarn ejecta...mainly sylvite and halite daughter minerals, and d) complex chloridecarbonate-sulfate-¯uoride-silicate-bearing...and consequent exsolution of CO2 -rich vapor and complex saline melts from the contaminated magma that reacted
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Potassium-fluor-richterite, a new amphibole from San Vito, Monte Somma,Compania,Italy. Rendiconti Lincei, Sci. Fis. Nat...and diopside in a skarn ejectum occurring in pyroclastsnear San Vito, Monte Somma, Naples, Italy. Known...Museo di Mineralogia, University of Rome, Rome, Italy. J.L.J. Stibiocolusite* E.M. Spiridonov, A.S. Badalov...inferred to be tetragonal, possibly spacegroup diopside, pyrite, and apatite. The new name is for the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fluid transfer at Campi Flegrei caldera (Southern Italy) during the past 5 ka as revealed by geochemical...Osservatorio Vesuviano, Via Diocleziano 328, 80124 Napoli, Italy Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell'Ambiente...Federico II, Largo S. Marcellino 10, 80138 Napoli, Italy c Dipartimento di Fisica “E. R. Caianiello”, Università...Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano, Salerno, Italy d Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Design, Edilizia...di Napoli, Via Roma 29, 81031 Aversa, Caserta, Italy e Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Apennines from Tuscany to Naples, and which may be called the Bolsena-Vesuvius line. In a paper already...the Alban Hills, as well as at Rocca Monfina and Vesuvius farther south. The main structural features of...potash-rich rocks which are found along the Bolsena-Vesuvius line carry basic plagioclase-labradorite to 1...----Anorthite, ------ 15.2 22.8 Olivine, ----- 10.2 Diopside, ------ 8.7 ----Magnetite, Accessory, -----...not as abundant as at Viterbo, but a colorless diopside or augite is the prominent and abundant ferromagnesian
Book (edition)
Republic). W.D. Birch (Australia), Elena Bonaccorsi (Italy), Ernst A.J. Burke (Netherlands), L.J. Cabri (Canada)...M. Dcliens (Belgium). Giancarlo Delia Ventura (Italy), T.S. Ercit (Canada). Alexander Falster (USA)....(Canada). L.A. Groat (Canada). Alessandro Guastoni (Italy), William A. Henderson. Jr. (USA). D.D. Hogarth...(ltaly). Igor Pekov (Russia), atale Perchiazzi (Italy). Ole V. Petersen (Denmark). Fedcrico Pezzotta (ltaly)... Temple Mountain. on the southeast flank of the San Rafael swell about 47 miles southwest of Green River
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University, Oxford, Ohio 45056, USA M. Darby DYAR Mount Holyoke College, 405 Clapp, South Hadley, Massachusetts...New York, USA. It is associated with magnetite, diopside, enstatite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, pyrite and...état de New York. Lui sont associées magnétite, diopside, enstatite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, pyrite et...crystals up to 1 cm, associated with magnetite, diopside, enstatite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, pyrite and...acquired in the Mineral Spectroscopy Laboratory at Mount Holyoke College and corrected for Compton background
Book (volume)
bonds or groups of atoms forming covalent bonds – complex anions (e.g. CO32, C2O42, SO42, PO43, SiO44...vibrations of most important coordination polyhedra and complex anionic groups are listed by Miller and Wilkins...zirconoand titanosilicates characterized by very complex and variable crystal-chemical features (Johnsen...crystals (solid solutions involving different complex anions, alteration of different kinds of stacking...spectra of cancrinite-group minerals with more complex structures and the number of layers more than 2
Book (edition)
oxides and similar compounds, oxidic compounds with complex anions, and a few organic species. Mineral species...Subsidim-y anions (OH,F,O) are positioned before the complex anion , with both enclosed in square brackets,...of the valency electrons of the oxygens of the complex ions are involved in bonding to the cations". The...halides without H2O 3.B Simple halides with H2O 3.C Complex halides 3.D Oxyhalides, hydroxyhalides, and related...geographical abbreviations used are as follows: Mt. (mount or mountain), Mts. (mountains), R. (river), Is.
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...size, from the Pollena quarry, Monte Somma/Vesuvius, Napoli, Campania, Italy. WAHJr photo. extreme,...crystal, 2.8 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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Outlet 1460 Merivale Road Ottawa, Ontario Canada Diopside on Grossular, Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec /...indigenous people of the discovery area. Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada...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... (1783): Memorie Mineralogico sulla Montagne di San Gottardo, Milano, 57. its constituents. Miask, IImen
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
plumbing system dynamics at the Campi Flegrei caldera, Italy: High-resolution trace element mapping of the Astroni...plumbing system dynamics at the Campi Flegrei caldera, Italy: High-resolution trace element mapping of the Astroni...plumbing system dynamics at the Campi Flegrei caldera, Italy: highresolution trace element mapping of the Astroni...Perugia, Piazza Università, 1, 06100 Perugia, ITALY Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione...Alessandro Pascoli, NU 2 23c, 06123 Perugia, ITALY School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The
Report (issue)
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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are: Russia (46), United States of America (34), Italy (19), Canada (16), People's Republic of China (11)...Museum), who helped me through some incredibly complex crystallographic problems; Joan C. Mandarino, my...Czech Republic Finland France Germany Greece India Italy Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Moon Nu111ber of Species...REEMSi0 3 MP0 4 MC0 3 MS4+0 2 )0 Locality: Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada...Tetragonal Cu2+MntSiO 12 Locality:The southern slope of Mount Ochi,some hundred meters E ofMili near Karystos
 
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