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Sodalite-group minerals from the Somma Vesuvius volcanic complex, Italy: a case study of K-feldspar-rich xenoliths

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

G. Balassone ,
F. Bellatreccia ,
A. Mormone ,
C. Biagioni ,
M. Pasero ,
C. Petti ,
N. Mondillo  and
G. Fameli
G. Balassone*
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Universitá di Napoli Federico II, Via Mezzocannone 8, I—80134 Napoli, Italy
F. Bellatreccia
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Universitá Roma Tre, Largo San Leonardo Murialdo 1, I-00146 Roma, Italy
A. Mormone
Affiliation:
INGV, Osservatorio Vesuviano, Via Diocleziano, I-80124 Napoli, Italy
C. Biagioni
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Universitá di Pisa, Via Santa Maria 53, I-56126 Pisa, Italy
M. Pasero
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Universitá di Pisa, Via Santa Maria 53, I-56126 Pisa, Italy
C. Petti
Affiliation:
Centro Museale “Musei delle Scienze Naturali”, Universitá di Napoli Federico II, Via Mezzocannone 8, I—80134 Napoli, Italy
N. Mondillo
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Universitá di Napoli Federico II, Via Mezzocannone 8, I—80134 Napoli, Italy
G. Fameli
Affiliation:
ENEA Research Centre, Localitá Granatello, I-80055 Portici, Italy
*
*E-mail: balasson@unina.it
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Abstract

Sodalites and sulfatic sodalites in holocrystalline K-feldspar-rich ejecta from the Somma Vesuvius volcanic complex, Italy, have been characterized by combined chemical, structural and spectroscopic analyses. Sodalite has a relatively homogeneous chemical composition, with the ubiquitous presence of CO32– and H2O/OH–. The sulfatic sodalites are isomorphous and have cage structures which can contain a wide variety of anions, molecular species and cations. Molecular CO2 and H2O/OH– are present in sulfatic sodalites, instead of the CO32– anions that are present in sodalite sensu stricto. The cell dimensions of the all of the studied sodalite samples are very similar, the sulfatic sodalite cell dimensions are more variable. Structure refinement of a distinctly green sample confirms the P3n space group. Metasomatic magma-derived fluids that are rich in H2O, CO2, Cl and S are believed to be responsible for the genesis of the relatively late-stage phases which form the ejecta containing the sodalite-group minerals.

Keywords

sodalite-group mineralsK-feldspar-rich ejectaSomma—Vesuvius volcanic complexchemical compositionstructural featuresmicro-FTIRraman
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Research Article
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 76 , Issue 1 , February 2012 , pp. 191 - 212
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2012

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