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Apatite from
Roccamonfina Volcanic Complex, Caserta, Campania, Italy


Locality type:Volcanic Complex
Classification
Species:'Apatite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3A
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Apatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Roccamonfina Volcanic Complex, Caserta, Campania, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1387241
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1387241:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Apatite in this Region
Roccamonfina, Roccamonfina Volcanic Complex, Caserta, Campania, Italy
Sessa Aurunca, Roccamonfina Volcanic Complex, Caserta, Campania, Italy
Nearest other occurrences of Apatite
50.2km (31.2 miles) ⓘFondo Riccio, Pozzuoli, Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy
50.5km (31.4 miles) ⓘSan Vito geothermal field, Pozzuoli, Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy
54.6km (33.9 miles) ⓘTorregaveta, Bacoli, Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy
58.8km (36.6 miles) ⓘColle Spinazzeta, Ceccano, Frosinone Province, Lazio, Italy
61.1km (38.0 miles) ⓘCaccaviello Quarry, Forio, Ischia Island, Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy
61.3km (38.1 miles) ⓘCupa dell'Olivella, Sant'Anastasia, Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy
61.3km (38.1 miles) ⓘPollena quarries, Pollena Trocchia, Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy
61.8km (38.4 miles) ⓘLe Novelle Quarry, Ercolano, Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy
63.4km (39.4 miles) ⓘMonte Epomeo, Ischia Island, Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy
71.6km (44.5 miles) ⓘFosso Pisciarello, Supino, Frosinone Province, Lazio, Italy
References
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Ghiara, M. R., Lirer, L. (1976) Mineralogy and geochemistry of the « Low potassium » series of the roccamonfina volcanic suite (Campania, South Italy). Bulletin Volcanologique, 40 (1). 39-56 doi:10.1007/bf02599828
Taylor, Hugh P., Giannetti, Bernardino, Turi, Bruno (1979) Oxygen isotope geochemistry of the potassic igneous rocks from the Roccamonfina volcano, Roman comagmatic region, Italy. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 46 (1) 81-106 doi:10.1016/0012-821x(79)90067-0
Vollmer, R.; Hawkesworth, C.J. (1980) Lead isotopic composition of the potassic rocks from Roccamonfina (South Italy). Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 47 (1). p.91-101. doi:10.1016/0012-821x(80)90107-7
Calderoni, G.; Giannetti, B.; Masi, U. (1981) Distribution and behavior of lead in the K-alkaline rocks from the Roccamonfina Volcano (southern Italy). Chemical Geology, 34 (3). p.259-274. doi:10.1016/0009-2541(81)90116-9
Giannetti, Bernardino (1982) Cumulate inclusions from K-rich magmas, Roccamonfina volcano, Italy. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 57 (2) 313-335 doi:10.1016/0012-821x(82)90153-4
Giannetti, Bernardino, Luhr, James F. (1983) The white trachytic tuff of Roccamonfina Volcano (Roman Region, Italy) Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 84 (2) 235-252 doi:10.1007/bf00371289
Giannetti, Bernardino, Luhr, James F. (1990) Phlogopite-clinopyroxenite nodules from high-K magmas, Roccamonfina Volcano, Italy: evidence for a low-pressure metasomatic origin. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 101 (2) 404-424 doi:10.1016/0012-821x(90)90169-x
Cole, P D, Guest, J E, Duncan, A M, Chester, D K, Bianchi, R (1992) Post-collapse volcanic history of calderas on a composite volcano: an example from Roccamonfina, southern Italy. Bulletin of Volcanology, 54 (4). 253-266 doi:10.1007/bf00301481
Giannetti, Bernardino, Ellam, Rob (1994) The primitive lavas of Roccamonfina volcano, Roman region, Italy: new constraints on melting processes and source mineralogy. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 116 (1) 21-31 doi:10.1007/bf00310687
Giannetti, Bernardino, De Casa, Giancarlo (2000) Stratigraphy, chronology, and sedimentology of ignimbrites from the white trachytic tuff, Roccamonfina Volcano, Italy. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 96 (3) 243-295 doi:10.1016/s0377-0273(99)00144-4
Conticelli, S., D'Antonio, M., Pinarelli, L., Civetta, L. (2002) Source contamination and mantle heterogeneity in the genesis of Italian potassic and ultrapotassic volcanic rocks: Sr-Nd-Pb isotope data from Roman Province and Southern Tuscany. Mineralogy and Petrology, 74 (2) 189-222 doi:10.1007/s007100200004
Le Maitre, R. W. - Ed. (2002) Igneous Rocks - A Classification and Glossary of Terms (2nd ed.) Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9780511535581
(2005) Plio-Quaternary Volcanism in Italy. Springer-Verlag. doi:10.1007/3-540-29092-3
Rouchon, V., Gillot, P.Y., Quidelleur, X., Chiesa, S., Floris, B. (2008) Temporal evolution of the Roccamonfina volcanic complex (Pleistocene), Central Italy. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 177 (2) 500-514 doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.07.016
Conticelli, Sandro, Marchionni, Sara, Rosa, Davide, Giordano, Guido, Boari, Elena, Avanzinelli, Riccardo (2009) Shoshonite and sub-alkaline magmas from an ultrapotassic volcano: Sr–Nd–Pb isotope data on the Roccamonfina volcanic rocks, Roman Magmatic Province, Southern Italy. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 157 (1) 41-63 doi:10.1007/s00410-008-0319-8
Nikogosian, Igor K.; van Bergen, Manfred J. (2010) Heterogeneous mantle sources of potassium-rich magmas in central-southern Italy: Melt inclusion evidence from Roccamonfina and Ernici (Mid Latina Valley). Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 197 (1). p.279-302. doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.06.014
 
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