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Hausmannite from
Mount Vesuvius, Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy


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Hausmannite

Vitiello Quarry, Terzigno, Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy
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Hausmannite

Vitiello Quarry, Terzigno, Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy
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Hausmannite

Vitiello Quarry, Terzigno, Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy
Locality type:Stratovolcano
Classification
Species:Hausmannite
Formula:Mn2+Mn23+O4
Comments:occurs as brown encrustations on other minerals in the fractures of the so-called 1631 lavas (actually medieval lavas of the AD 968 and 1137 eruptions).
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Atacamite
Volborthite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hausmannite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Vesuvius, Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:479224
Long-form Identifier:1:3:479224:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Freda, G. (1885) Intorno alla hausmannite e alla scolezite del Vesuvio. Rendiconto dell'Accademia delle Scienze fisiche e matematiche (sezione della Società Reale di Napoli), 24, 203-206
Pelloux, Albert (1927) The minerals of Vesuvius. American Mineralogist, 12 (1) 14-20
Carati, M. (1982) Guida alla mineralogia vesuviana. Edizioni Calderini, Bologna, 121 pages
Russo, Massimo (2003) Mineralogia Vesuviana: le cave de Villa Inglese (Torre del Greco-NA) [Vesuvian Mineralogy: The Quarries of Villa Inglese (Torre del Greco, Naples)]. Micro, 1. 1-10
Russo, M., and Punzo, I. (2004) I Minerali del Somma-Vesuvio. AMI Associazione Micro-mineralogica Italiana, Tipografia Fantigrafica s.r.l., Cremona, 320 pp.
 
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