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Somma-Vesuvius’ activity: a mineral chemistry database

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Clinopyroxene and olivine are ubiquitous phases in Somma-Vesuvius (SV) volcanics and for the first time they were systematically studied in several products younger than 40 ka. In this manuscript chemical compositions (major, trace and rare earth elements) of a large set of olivine and clinopyroxene crystals from selected rock samples are presented and discussed. Fourteen pumice samples from Plinian pyroclastic deposits as well as three scoriae and eight lava samples from inter-Plinian deposits were collected. A representative number of olivine and clinopyroxene crystals (n ~ 50) were selected for each sample and analysed by electron microprobe and laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer, resulting in a large database, which is now available to the scientific community. All studied eruptive products contain olivine and clinopyroxene crystals spanning a wide range of compositions. Olivines show Fo content varying from 91 to 68, while clinopyroxenes display Mg# ranging from 93 to 71. In samples younger than A.D. 79, the more evolved (Mg#82–72) clinopyroxene crystals show clear Ca enrichment (~23.5–24.5 wt% CaO) with respect to those from older samples (before-A.D.79, ~23–21 wt% CaO). The results corroborate disequilibrium between olivine, clinopyroxene and the hosting melt, and an increasing role of carbonate assimilation in SV magma evolution in the last 2 ka. The database here produced is thought as a share product that makes available mineral data and can be used for further studies by researchers to investigate geochemical evolution of the SV system.

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Acknowledgments

We are grateful to K. Goemann, S. Feig, S. Gilbert and J. Thompson for the analytical and technical support received at the laboratory facilities of the University of Tasmania (Utas, Australia) where all analyses were performed. Constructive reviews by R. Macdonald and three anonymous experts are gratefully acknowledged. This study has been carried out as part of the “Faro 2011” project (PI A. lima) and was financed by the University of Napoli “Federico II”; and the Arc Centre of Excellence in Ore Deposits “Codes” of the University of Tasmania. Co-authors C. Cannatelli and P. Petrosino acknowledge financial support from the PRIN 2010-2011 grant (Prot. 2010PMKZX7). We are also appreciative of TetraMetrics 2016 and Google 2016 that provided the satellite image of Fig. 1 through the Google Earth Pro software.

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  1. Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche ed Ambientali (BiGea), Università di Bologna, Piazza di Porta San Donato, 1, 40126, Bologna, Italy

    Daniele Redi

  2. Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell’Ambiente e delle Risorse, Università di Napoli “Federico II”, Via Mezzocannone 8, 80134, Naples, Italy

    Claudia Cannatelli, Annamaria Lima, Paola Petrosino & Benedetto De Vivo

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Major and minor elements (as oxides determined by EPMA; wt%) plotted against Mg# for clinopyroxene cores. Gr1, Gr2, and Gr3 as in Fig. 3 (GIF 873 kb)

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Major and minor elements (as oxides determined by EPMA; wt%) plotted against Mg# for clinopyroxene rims. Gr1, Gr2, and Gr3 as in Fig. 3 (GIF 746 kb)

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Redi, D., Cannatelli, C., Esposito, R. et al. Somma-Vesuvius’ activity: a mineral chemistry database . Miner Petrol 111, 43–67 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00710-016-0462-2

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