AMMINEITE, MATLOCKITE AND POST 1944 ERUPTION FUMAROLIC MINERALS AT VESUVIUS

Abstract

The 1944 eruption of Vesuvius began on March 18th and ended on the 29th of the same month. It was the last eruption of Vesuvius and marked the transition from an open conduit to a closed conduit state. The eruption took place during wartime so that nobody was interested to sample fumarolic minerals before and after the eruption. The only mineralogical work was made by Parascandola (1951), but most interesting were his comments on the temperature of the fumaroles and his observations about fumarolic minerals in the period between 1947 and 1960. Parascandola indicated the presence of about ten mineral species found on the fumaroles....