Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 2092
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2092.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Ercolano
Eremo (Observatory Hill; Collina Del Salvatore)
Fosso Grande
Ottaviano
Pollena - Trocchia Area
Sant'Anastasia

Latitude: 40°50'12"N
Longitude: 14°24'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.836666666667,14.403055555556

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Allanite	Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Aphthitalite	Aragonite	Atacamite
Baddeleyite	Brucite	Calcite	Calzirtite	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chabazite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Ettringite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Harmotome	Humite
Lazulite	Ludwigite	Malachite	Melilite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None
Olivine	Perovskite	Pseudobrookite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scapolite	Scheelite	Sodalite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Thomsonite	Titanite	Tridymite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Wöhlerite	Zircon	Zirconolite

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Au B Be C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo N Na Nb O P Pb S Si Th Ti W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Th Ti W Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Apatite Aphthitalite Aragonite Atacamite
Baddeleyite Brucite Calcite Calzirtite Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite Chabazite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Epidote Ettringite Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Harmotome Humite
Lazulite Ludwigite Malachite Melilite Mica Molybdenite Monazite Natrolite Nickeline None
Olivine Perovskite Pseudobrookite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scapolite Scheelite Sodalite
Sphalerite Spinel Thomsonite Titanite Tridymite Vesuvianite Wollastonite Wöhlerite Zircon Zirconolite

131 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Afghanite ()*	Åkermanite ()*	Albite ()*
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allophane ()*	Almandine ()*	Analcime ()*	Andradite ()*
Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Aphthitalite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Artroeite ()*
Atacamite ()*	Augite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Balliranoite ()*	Britholite-(Ce) ()*
Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Calzirtite ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Celadonite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chabazite-K ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Clinohumite ()*	Corundum ()*	Cuspidine ()*	Davyne ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Ekanite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ettringite ()*
Fayalite ()*	Fergusonite-(Ce) ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*	Ferro-pargasite ()*	Fluoborite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Fluoro-edenite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*
Gehlenite ()*	Geikielite ()*	Gold ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Graphite ()*
Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Haüyne ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Helvine ()*
Hematite ()*	Hiortdahlite ()*	Humite ()*	Huttonite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaliophilite ()*
Kalsilite ()*	Låvenite ()*	Lazulite ()*	Lazurite ()*	Leucite ()*
Magnesioferrite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marialite ()*
Massicot ()*	Meionite ()*	Merlinoite ()*	Microsommite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Montesommaite ()*	Monticellite ()*	Mullite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Norbergite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Panunzite ()*	Pargasite ()*	Periclase ()*
Perovskite ()*	Phillipsite-K ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Potassic-fluoro-richterite ()*	Potassic-richterite ()*
Potassic-sadanagaite ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quadridavyne ()*
Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*	Sarcolite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Scolecite ()*
Siderazot ()*	Siderite ()*	Sodalite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Thaumasite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thorianite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Tschermakite ()*	Vaterite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Vonsenite ()*
Wöhlerite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zeophyllite ()*	Zircon ()*
Zirconolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	68722	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	68722	1022
Afghanite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite	(Na,K)₂₂Ca₁₀(Si₂₄Al₂₄)O₉₆(SO₄)₆Cl₆	0		25
Åkermanite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂MgSi₂O₇	0		50
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	68733	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		706
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	0		470
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		2353
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	4	68720,68722,68728,68733	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	3	68722,68727,68728	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	68728,68733	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	3	68722,68728,68732	1036
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	1	68722	77
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	4	68722,68728,68730,68732	3250
Artroeite ()*	None	PbAlF₃(OH)₂	0		3
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	68720	544
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	4	68722,68724,68725,68728	2060
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	1	68722	238
Balliranoite ()*	Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite	(Na,K)₆Ca₂(Si₆Al₆O₂₄)Cl₂(CO₃)	0		2
Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Apatite	(Ce,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃(OH)	3	68721,68722,68733	115
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1	68722	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	68722,68727,68728,68730,68732,68733	27770
Calzirtite ()*	Calzirtite	Ca₂Zr₅Ti₂O₁₆	0		32
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	0		232
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	68728	309
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	68722	4979
Chabazite-K ()*	Chabazite	(K₂NaCa_0.5)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	3	68719,68726,68728	30
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	68722	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	1	68722	285
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	68720	3531
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	2	68722,68728	236
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	68722	1797
Cuspidine ()*	Wöhlerite	Ca₈(Si₂O₇)₂F₄	1	68722	67
Davyne ()*	Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite	[(Na,K)₆(SO₄)_0.5Cl][Ca₂Cl₂][(Si₆Al₆O₂₄)]	3	68722,68727,68728	17
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	3	68722,68730,68733	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	68722,68727,68733	9895
Ekanite ()*	Amorphous	Ca₂ThSi₈O₂₀	1	68722	16
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	2	68720,68732	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	68733	8173
Ettringite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·27H₂O	1	68722	93
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	68728	371
Fergusonite-(Ce) ()*	Scheelite	CeNbO₄·0.3H₂O	1	68722	16
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	68728	271
Ferro-pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	68722	54
Fluoborite ()*	None	Mg₃(BO₃)F₃	1	68722	52
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	68722	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	68722,68728,68733	9617
Fluoro-edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂F₂	1	68720	27
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	3	68722,68727,68728	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	68722,68727,68728,68732	24243
Gehlenite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂Al(SiAl)O₇	1	68728	114
Geikielite ()*	Corundum	MgTiO₃	1	68722	70
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	1	68720	167
Graphite ()*	None	C	0		2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	3	68722,68728,68730	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	68722,68730,68732	6890
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	5	68720,68722,68725,68728,68732	158
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	68728	741
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	1	68722	237
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	68720,68731,68732,68733	14640
Hiortdahlite ()*	Wöhlerite	Na₂Ca₄(Ca_0.5Zr_0.5)Zr(Si₂O₇)₂OF₃	1	68722	21
Humite ()*	Humite	Mg₇(SiO₄)₃F₂	4	68722,68727,68728,68732	80
Huttonite ()*	Monazite	Th(SiO₄)	0		37
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	2	68722,68727	341
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	68730	367
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	68722	1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	68722	2228
Kaliophilite ()*	None	KAlSiO₄	1	68722	8
Kalsilite ()*	None	KAlSiO₄	1	68728	49
Låvenite ()*	Wöhlerite	(Na,Ca)₄(Mn²⁺,Fe²⁺)₂(Zr,Ti,Nb)₂(Si₂O₇)₂(O,F)₄	1	68722	58
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	0		232
Lazurite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₇Ca(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(SO₄)(S₃)^1-·H₂O	2	68720,68722	37
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	2	68723,68726	233
Magnesioferrite ()*	Spinel	MgFe³⁺₂O₄	2	68731,68732	98
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	68728	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	68720,68722,68730,68731	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	68728	12537
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	2	68720,68730	139
Massicot ()*	None	PbO	0		202
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	3	68722,68727,68728	176
Merlinoite ()*	None	K₅Ca₂(Si₂₃Al₉)O₆₄·24H₂O	4	68722,68728,68732,68733	17
Microsommite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Cancrinite	[(Na,K)₆(SO₄)][Ca₂Cl₂][(Si₆Al₆O₂₄)]	2	68728,68730	7
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	68722	5800
Montesommaite ()*	None	K₉(Si₂₃Al₉)O₆₄·10H₂O	3	68722,68728,68733	3
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	0		153
Mullite ()*	None	Al_4+2xSi_2-2xO_10-x (x ≈ 0.4)	1	68720	78
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	68722	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	2	68722,68733	884
Norbergite ()*	Humite	Mg₃(SiO₄)F₂	1	68722	37
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Panunzite ()*	None	K₃Na(AlSiO₄)₄	0		2
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	0		313
Periclase ()*	Rocksalt	MgO	3	68722,68727,68732	114
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	68722	495
Phillipsite-K ()*	Harmotome	K₆(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	3	68722,68728,68732	71
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	3	68720,68722,68728	2273
Potassic-fluoro-richterite ()*	Amphibole	K(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂F₂	2	68722,68732	11
Potassic-richterite ()*	Amphibole	K(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	68722	21
Potassic-sadanagaite ()*	Amphibole	KCa₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₅Al₃)O₂₂(OH)₂	0		3
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	1	68732	164
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	68722,68730	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	68733	9056
Quadridavyne ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Cancrinite	[(Na,K)₆Cl₂][Ca₂Cl₂][(Si₆Al₆O₂₄)]	1	68725	3
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	68728,68730	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	6	68721,68722,68724,68725,68727,68728	598
Sarcolite ()*	None	Na₄Ca₁₂Al₈Si₁₂O₄₆(SiO₄,PO₄)(OH,H₂O)₄(CO₃,Cl)	2	68722,68727	6
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	0		4894
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	68729	390
Siderazot ()*	None	Fe₃N_1.33	3	68721,68727,68728	4
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	68728	6417
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	4	68722,68724,68728,68733	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	68722,68727,68728	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	5	68722,68727,68728,68730,68732	1934
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	1	68722	183
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	4	68720,68722,68728,68730	452
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	3	68722,68727,68733	236
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	2	68722,68728	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	68722,68730	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	68722	2562
Tschermakite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	68722	73
Vaterite ()*	None	Ca(CO₃)	1	68722	37
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	6	68721,68722,68725,68727,68728,68732	1395
Vonsenite ()*	Ludwigite	Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	1	68730	62
Wöhlerite ()*	Wöhlerite	Na₂Ca₄Zr(Nb,Ti)(Si₂O₇)₂(O,F)₄	1	68722	83
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	3	68722,68727,68728	1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	68722	1655
Zeophyllite ()*	None	Ca₁₃Si₁₀O₂₈(OH)₂F₈·6H₂O	1	68726	18
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	4	68722,68727,68728,68733	5251
Zirconolite ()*	Zirconolite	(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)₂O₇	2	68720,68722	140

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R140771	Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy	https://rruff.info/R140771
R100090	Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy	https://rruff.info/R100090
R070688	Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy	https://rruff.info/R070688
FKM-136	San Vito Quarry, San Vito, Ercolano, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-126-to-fkm-150/#FKM-136
R060343	Ottaviano, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy	https://rruff.info/R060343
R130095	Pollena Quarries, Pollena - Trocchia Area, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy	https://rruff.info/R130095

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