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Fosso Grande, Ercolano, Mount Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italyi
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Fosso GrandeValley
ErcolanoCommune
Mount SommaMountain
Somma-Vesuvius ComplexVolcanic Complex (Active)
NaplesMetropolitan City
CampaniaRegion
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Mindat Locality ID:
192193
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:192193:2
GUID (UUID V4):
605e9980-9b50-4941-b3be-088e6bcd1290
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Italian:
Fosso Grande, Ercolano, Monte Somma, Complesso Somma-Vesuvio, CittΓ  metropolitana di Napoli (Provincia di Napoli), Campania, Italia


Depression on the western slope of Vesuvius, in the vicinity of San Vito, in which in the first half of the 19th it was possible to observe lava layers and pyroclastic beds of different eruptions, including the 79 AD eruption. It was partly filled by lava during the 1858 eruption. The western area of Fosso Grande is densely urbanised nowadays.


The first sodalite crystals for the Somma-Vesuvius complex, described by Dunin Borkowski (1816 and 1819), were found here in ejectum.

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5 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
β“˜Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 9 - Silicates
β“˜Vesuvianite9.BG.35Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(β—»4)β—»[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
β“˜Augite9.DA.15(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
β“˜Sanidine9.FA.30K(AlSi3O8)
β“˜Sodalite9.FB.10Na4(Si3Al3)O12Cl
Unclassified
β“˜'Amphibole Supergroup'-AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hβ“˜ Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Hβ“˜ VesuvianiteCa19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
OOxygen
Oβ“˜ Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Oβ“˜ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Oβ“˜ QuartzSiO2
Oβ“˜ SanidineK(AlSi3O8)
Oβ“˜ SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl
Oβ“˜ VesuvianiteCa19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
FFluorine
Fβ“˜ Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
NaSodium
Naβ“˜ SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl
MgMagnesium
Mgβ“˜ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Mgβ“˜ VesuvianiteCa19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
AlAluminium
Alβ“˜ Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Alβ“˜ SanidineK(AlSi3O8)
Alβ“˜ SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl
Alβ“˜ VesuvianiteCa19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
SiSilicon
Siβ“˜ Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Siβ“˜ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Siβ“˜ QuartzSiO2
Siβ“˜ SanidineK(AlSi3O8)
Siβ“˜ SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl
Siβ“˜ VesuvianiteCa19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
ClChlorine
Clβ“˜ Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Clβ“˜ SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl
KPotassium
Kβ“˜ SanidineK(AlSi3O8)
CaCalcium
Caβ“˜ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Caβ“˜ VesuvianiteCa19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
TiTitanium
Tiβ“˜ Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
FeIron
Feβ“˜ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Feβ“˜ VesuvianiteCa19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9

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References

Dunin Borkowski, S. (1816) Sur la sodalite de VΓ©suve. Annales des Mines, 1, 451-452.
Dunin Borkowski, S. (1819) Sodalith entdeckt am Vesuv. Annalen der Physik und der Physikalischen Chemie, 63, 382-387.
Monticelli, T., and Covelli, N. (1825) Prodromo della mineralogia vesuviana. Volume I. Orittognosia. Da' Torchi del Tramater, Napoli, XXXIV+486 pages.
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