Grossular, Clinochlore - Bellecombe, Aosta Valley, Italy
(#14525_GROS_DANI)
Nice red Grossular xx with light green Diopside xx and Clinochlore xx. A classic.
Specimen weight:127 gr.
Crystal size:4 mm
 Overall size:60mm x 40 mm x 40 mm
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Aschamalmite - Nasenkopf mountain, Bramberg am Wildkogel, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
(#MINS9194)
Aschamalmite xls in Quartz.
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 8 mm
Overall size:44mm x 22 mm x 18 mm
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Colemanite - Mustafakemalpasha Mine - Bursa Province - Marmara Region - Turkey
(#MINS7816)
An excellent group of twinned crystals up to 8 mm, very bright and with a notable zonation of its color between its center, of burned-honey color, and the zones near the edges, completely clear.
Specimen weight:69 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 8 mm
Overall size:47mm x 37 mm x 30 mm
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Clinochlore - Pera di Fassa, Trentino-Alto-Adige, Italy
(#11416_CLIN_DANI)
Nice green clinochlore xx of high luster on matrix.
Specimen weight:66 gr.
Crystal size:13 mm
Overall size:45mm x 45 mm x 40 mm
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Braunite - Hartkoppe, Sailauf, Bavaria, Germany
(#11413_BRAU_DANI)
Nice tiny braunite xx on matrix. The specimen offer hundreds of tiny xx.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:40mm x 30 mm x 30 mm
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Natrolite, Gonnardite - Schoellkopf, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
(#11907_TETR_DANI)
Nice brigth white natrolite and gonnardite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:26 gr.
Crystal size:3 mm
Overall size:40mm x 35 mm x 30 mm
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Diopside, Clinochlore - Ala valley, Piedmont, Italy
(#11298_DIOP_DANI)
Gorgeous gemmy diopside xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:258 gr.
Crystal size:3 mm
Overall size:45mm x 40 mm x 30 mm
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Halite - Swakopmind Constituency - Erongo region - Namibia
(#GM25036)
This druse composed of numerous very large, pale pink colored halite crystals.
They are many parallelepipeds placed side by side not orthogonally, whose composition resembles a 'dovetail' crystallization.
Very aesthetic !!
Specimen weight:600 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 56
Overall size:135mm x 135 mm x 75 mm
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Kammererite (Chromian Chlinoclore), Chromite - Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Erzurum Province, Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey
(#MINS9022)
Sharp reddish purple Kammererite crystals up to 4 mm scattered on a thin layer of Kammererite microcrystals on matrix with Chromite.
Specimen weight:375 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 4 mm
Overall size:70mm x 60 mm x 50 mm
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Perovskite - Akhmatovskaya Kop' - Nazyamskie Mountains - Zlatoust - Chelyabinsk Oblast - Russia (TL)
(#MINS8972)
Black colored Perovskite xl 7 mm wide on minor matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:8 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 7 mm
Overall size:22mm x 18 mm x 20 mm
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Lawsonite var. Chromian Lawsonite - Cape Marmari - Grammata Bay - Syros Island - Cyclade Island - Kykládes Pref. - Aegean Islands deptm. - Greece
(#MINS8976)
Several dark green crystals of this rare sorosilicate are spread over the surface of this specimen.
The unusual green colour is due because it's the 'Chromian' variety of lawsonite.
Specimen weight:40 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 5
Overall size:35mm x 25 mm x 20 mm
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Vesuvianite, Clinochlore - Rocca Sella, Susa valley, Piedmont, Italy
(#11506_VESU_DANI)
Specimen equally interesting for the many nice clinochlore xx and the rich brown strongly elongated vesuviantite xx.
Specimen weight:59 gr.
Crystal size:27 mm (v), 2 mm (c)
Overall size:55mm x 45 mm x 12 mm
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Tilasite - Hartkoppe, Sailauf, Bavaria, Germany
(#11900_TILA_DANI)
Specimen really rich of green tilasite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:21 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:53mm x 30 mm x 24 mm
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Colemanite - Bigadic, Marmara Region, Turkey
(#FERR1455)
Fine cluster of snow white colemanite in excellent conditions from a turkish mine that produced many world class samples for this not so common borate in the past.
Former S. Maggia collection, with label.
Specimen weight:372 gr.
Crystal size:1.2 cm
Overall size:120mm x 70 mm x 55 mm
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Hessonite - Laietto, Condove, Susa Valley, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
(#FERR1429)
Group of xls of Hessonite, of good size and typical orange-red colour for the alpine rodingites.
The association with greenish Clinochlore is a nice add.
Classic italian locale that gave some of the most beautiful alpine...
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:0.4 cm
Overall size:37mm x 23 mm x 20 mm
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Colemanite - Bigadic, Marmara Region, Turkey
(#FERR1152)
Fine cluster of snow white colemanite in excellent conditions from a turkish mine that produced many world class samples for this not so common borate in the past.
Showy.
Specimen weight:281 gr.
Crystal size:2 cm
Overall size:80mm x 63 mm x 50 mm
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Owner : Rolando Minerals (Torino - Italy) 