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Rolando's Minerals is a part time minerals dealership based near Turin in northern Italy that I just started over taking advantage of an opportunity offered to me by my friend Athos Locatelli.
I am a collector of "affordable" display quality specimens including some systematic yet aesthetic specimens.
My story is a common one, over the years specimens gets in the collection and others do get out and these last ones goes into boxes and take dust.
Sometimes it happens that to buy that particular specimens you have to buy a bunch of other specimens, as it happens that while you enjoy your holidays in exotic countries (well know to us collectors) you don't resist to walk around and shop some specimens here and there. I never buy in quantity but rather I try to select those few that says something to me.
The bottom line is that in my web pages you will see the type of specimens I do like and hope you will share my like for some of them.

Enjoy your visit

Danilo Rolando



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Leonite
Leonite - Pasquasia mine, Enna, Sicily, Italy (#12504_LEON_DANI)


Olshanskyite
Olshanskyite - Shijiangshan mine, Linxi, Inner Mongolia, China (#12062_OLSH_DANI)


Rhodizite
Rhodizite - Antsongombato gem mine, Betafo district, Antananarivo, Madagascar (#12427_RHOD_DANI)


Haüyne, Augite, Titanite
Haüyne, Augite, Titanite - Niedermendig, Eifel Volcanos, Rhineland,Palatinate - Germany (#12061_HAUY_DANI)


Minyulite
Minyulite - Ross Annibal mine, Black Hills, Lowrence County, South Dakota - USA (#12057a_MINY_DANI)


Metavoltine
Metavoltine - Alcaparrosa mine, Cerritos Bayos, Calama, Antofagasta, Chile (#11977_META_DANI)


Sudoite
Sudoite - Zebrů Valley, Valfurva, Lombardy, Italy (#11975_SUDO_DANI)


Denisovite (TL)
Denisovite (TL) - Khibiny Massif, Kola Penisula, Murmansk, Russia (#11324_DENI_DANI)


Diopside
Diopside - Miount Vesuvius, ,Campania, Italy (#11325_DIOP_DANI)


Dadsonite xx
Dadsonite xx - Saint-Pons area, Provence-Alps, France (#11315_DADS_DANI)


Dumortierite
Dumortierite - Ambositra District, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar (#11313_DUMO_DANI)


Destinezite, Copiapite
Destinezite, Copiapite - Coronel Manuel Rodríguez, Mejillones, ,Antofagasta, Chile (#11317_DEST_DANI)


Löllingite
Löllingite - Huanggang mine, Chifeng Prefecture, Inner Mongolia Aut. Region, China (#11104_LOLL_DANI)


Delhayelite
Delhayelite - Khibiny Massif, Kola Penisula, ,Murmansk, Russia (#11321_DELH_DANI)


Sanidine, Phlogophite and ?
Sanidine, Phlogophite and ? - Mt Somma, Campania, Italy (#12379_SANI_DANI)


Sphalerite
Sphalerite - Estańo Orcko mine, Machacamarca district, Potosě, Bolivia (#12322_SPHA_DANI)


Boracite
Boracite - Alto Chapare mining district, Chapare, Cochabamba, Bolivia (#12028_BORA_DANI)


Tetranatrolite
Tetranatrolite - Schoellkopf, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (#11907_TETR_DANI)


Tiragalloite
Tiragalloite - Gambatesa Mine, Graveglia Valley, Italy (#11901_TIRA_DANI)


Barytolamprophyllite
Barytolamprophyllite - Üdersdorf, Daun, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (#11713_BARY_DANI)


Aeschinite-(Y) (TL)
Aeschinite-(Y) (TL) - Urstad Feldspar mine, Hidra, Flekkefjord, ,Vest-Agder, Norway (#11711_AESC_DANY)


Berzelianite
Berzelianite - Rožná, Žďár nad Sázavou, Vysočina, Czech Republic (#11705_BERZ_DANI)


Rinkite-Ce
Rinkite-Ce - Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., ,Arkansas, USA (#11692_RINK_DANI)


Diopside, Clinochlore
Diopside, Clinochlore - Ala valley, Piedmont, Italy (#11298_DIOP_DANI)


Fluorite, Quartz
Fluorite, Quartz - Planggenstock, Göscheneralp, Göschenen Valley, Uri, Switzerland (#12724_FLUO_DANI)


Gold xx
Gold xx - Fenillaz mine, Brusson, ,Aosta Valley, Italy (#12714_GOLD_DANI)


Quartz
Quartz - Porretta Terme, Emilia Romagna, Italy (#12524_QUAR_DANI)


Cobalto-Austinite, Roselite
Cobalto-Austinite, Roselite - Aghbar mine, Bou Azzer district,,Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco (#12494_COBA_DANI)


Quartz
Quartz - Scrava mine, Statale, Liguria, Italy (#12483_QUAR_DANI)


Genthelvite, Quartz
Genthelvite, Quartz - Huanggang mine, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, China (#12472_GENT_DANI)


Vesigneite, Malachite included Calcite
Vesigneite, Malachite included Calcite - Mashamba west mine, Kolwezi, ,Katanga, Dem. Rep. of Congo (#12030_VESI_DANI)


Beryl var. Emerald
Beryl var. Emerald, Pizzo Marcio, Vigezzo Valley, Piedmont, Italy (#12730_EMER_DANI)


Hematite, epitaxial Rutile
Hematite, epitaxial Rutile - Cavradi gorge - Grischun, Switzerland (#12795_HEMA_DANI)


Dugganite
Dugganite - Empire mine, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA (#11303c_DUGG_DANI)


Hematite roses and Quartz
Hematite roses and Quartz - Galmihorn, Reckingen, Goms, ,Valais, Switzerland (#12815_HEMA_DANI)


Vesuvianite
Vesuvianite - Bellecombe, Aosta Valley, Italy (#12822_VESU_DANI)


Native Copper
Copper (native)- Oumjrane mining area, Tinghir, Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco (#12768_COPP_DANI)


Vesuvianite (biterminated)
Vesuvianite - Bellecombe, Aosta Valley, Italy (#12732_VESU_DANI)


Fluorite
Fluorite - Planggenstock, Göscheneralp, Göschenen Valley, Uri, Switzerland (#12726_FLUO_DANI)


Pargasite on marble
Pargasite on marble - Luc Yen mine, Luc Yen, Yenbai, Vietnam (#12507_PARG_DANI)


Calcite psd Aragonite
Calcite psd Aragonite - Cozzo Disi mine, Casteltermini, Sicily, Italy (#12476_ARAG_DANI)


Silver
Silver - Porco, Agua de Castilla, Potosě, Bolivia (#12296_SILV_DANI)


Gadolinite-Ce
Gadolinite-Ce- Baveno, Piedmont, Italy (#11789_GADO_DANI)


Ramsdellite
Ramsdellite - Mistake Mine, Box Canyon District, Arizona, USA (#11679_RAMS_DANI)


Rancieite
Rancieite - Montecchio, Veneto, Italy (#11675_RANC_DANI)


Richellite (TL)
Richellite (TL) - Richelle, Visé, Wallonia, Belgium (#11674_RICH_DANI)


Natrolite, Rhodochrosite
Natrolite, Rhodochrosite - Mont Saint Hilaire, Québec, Canada (#12829_NATR_DANI)


Hematite, epitaxial Rutile
Hematite, epitaxial Rutile - Cavradi gorge - Grischun, Switzerland (#12733_HEMA_DANI)


Fluorite, Quartz
Fluorite, Quartz - Planggenstock, Göscheneralp, Göschenen Valley, Uri, Switzerland (#12720_FLUO_DANI)


Ferberite
Ferberite - Brosso Mine, Brosso - Italy (#12441_FERB_DANI)


Molybdenite
Molybdenite - Moly Hill mine, La Motte, Quebec, Canada (#12438_MOLY_DANI)


Silver, Pyrargiryte?
Silver, Pyrargiryte? - Porco, Agua de Castilla, Potosě, Bolivia (#12291_SILV_DANI)


Anatase, Hessonite Garnet
Anatase, Hessonite Garnet - Formazza Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piedmont, Italy (#11663_ANAT_DANI)


Alunogen
Alunogen - Le Cetine mine, Chiusdino, Tuscany, Italy (#11660_ALUN_DANI)


Wulfenite
Wulfenite - Los Lamentos mine, Villa Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico (#11524_WULF_DANI)


Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite - S'Ortu Becciu mine, Donori, Sardinia, Italy (#11490_PYRO_DANI)


Nepheline
Nepheline - Osa quarry, Osteria dell'Osa, Latium, Italy (#11018_NEPH_DANI)


Fluorite
Fluorite - Is Murvonis mine, Domusnovas, Sardiinia, Italy (#12593a_FLUO_DANI)


Colusite, Sphalerite
Colusite, Sphalerite - Striniato B quarry, Fantiscritti, Carrara, Apuan Alps, Tuscany, Italy (#12571a_COLU_DANI)


Analcime
Analcime- Siusi Alp, Gardena Valley, Italy (#12550_ANAL_DANI)


Andradite var. Topazolite
Topazolite - Bellecombe, Aosta Valley, Italy (#12493_TOPA_DANI)


Dioptase
Dioptase - Sanda mine, Reneville, Congo (#12466_DIOP_DANI)


Plancheite, Calcite and Malachite
Plancheite, Calcite and Malachite - Tantara mine, Shinkolobwe, Haut Katanga, Democratic Rep. of Congo (#12418_PLAN_DANI)


Ecdemite (Heliophyllite)
Ecdemite (Heliophyllite) - Lavrion district mines, Attika, Greece (#11336_ECDE_DANI)


Fluorite
Fluorite - Huanggang mine, Chifeng Prefecture, Inner Mongolia Aut. Region, China (#12105a_FLUO_DANI)


Axinite
Axinite - Bourg d'Oisans,Haute Savoie, France (#10522a_AXIN_DANI)


Heyrovskite (TL), Pyrite
Heyrovskite (TL), Pyrite - Hůrky, Čistá, Rakovník, Bohemia, Czech Republic (#11331a_HEYR_DANI)


Pharmacosiderite, Carminite, Malachite
Pharmacosiderite, Carminite, Malachite - Cap Garonne mine, Le Pradet, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (#9947b_PHAR_DANI)


Marcasite, Fluorite, Galena
Marcasite, Fluorite, Galena - Moscadroxius-Genna Tres Montis mine, Silius, Sardinia, Italy (#12516_MARC_DANI)


Meionite
Meionite,Sissone Valley, Chiesa in Valmalenco, ,Lombardy (#12478_MEIO_DANI)


Mimetite var. Campylite
Campylite - Dry Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England, UK (#12471_CAMP_DANI)


Chrysocolla
Chrysocolla - Eagle Eye mine, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA (#12000_CHRY_DANI)


Diopside
Diopside - Betroka district, Anosy, Madagascar (#10776s_DIOP_DANI)


Calcite, Dolomite
Calcite, Dolomite - San Giovanni Mine, Sardinia, Italy (#12533_CALC_DANI)


Orpiment
Orpiment - Quiruvilca mine, Quiruvilca, La Libertad, Peru (#12462_ORPI_DANI)


Plancheite and Unknown
Plancheite and Unknown - Tantara mine, Shinkolobwe, Haut Katanga, Democratic Rep. of Congo (#12417_PLAN_DANI)


Ferberite and Quartz
Ferberite and Quartz - Huayllapon mine, Pasto Bueno, Ancash, Peru (#11093_FERB_DANI)


Almandine garnet
Almandine garnet - Timmelsjoch, Bozen, South Tirol, Trentino-Alto-Adige, Italy (#11058_ALMA_DANI)


Dolomite, Quartz
Dolomite, Quartz - Traveresella mine, Traversella, ,Piedmont, Italy (#11057_DOLO_DANI)


Argyrodite, Acanthite
Argyrodite, Acanthite - Porco, Agua de Castilla, Potosě, Bolivia (#12228_ARGY_DANI)


Helvine
Helvine - Hřrtekollen, Sylling, Buskerud, Norway (#11538a_HELV_DANI)


Copper psd after Aragonite
Copper psd after Aragonite - San Agustín Mine, Corocoro, La Paz Department, Bolivia (#11677_COPP_DANI)


Aurichalcite
Aurichalcite - Buche al Ferro, Coronato Mount, ,Tuscany, Italy (#11200_AURI_DANI)


Thomsonite
Thomsonite - San Vito quarry, San Vito, Mt Somma, Campania, Italy (#10890_THOM_DANI)


Brianyoungite
Brianyoungite - Brownley Hill mine, Nenthead, England, UK (#11400a_BRIAN_DAN)


Calcite
Calcite - Castellaccio mine, Morfasso - Emilia Romagna , Italy (#10881_CALC_DANI)


Plancheite and Unknown
Plancheite and Unknown - Tantara mine, Shinkolobwe, Haut Katanga, Democratic Rep. of Congo (#12409_PLAN_DANI)


Cerussite, Baryte
Cerussite, Baryte - Touissit, Oriental Region, Morocco (#12388_CERU_DANI)


Arseniosiderite
Arseniosiderite - Punta Corna, Usseglio, Piedmont, Italy (#11643_ARSE_DANI)


Pyroaurite, Brucite
Pyroaurite, Brucite - Otamo dolomite quarry, Siikainen, Satakunta, Finland (#11482_PYRO_DANI)


Portlandite
Portlandite - Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (#11479_PORT_DANI)


Palygorskite
Palygorskite - Mount Olladri quarries, Monastir, Sardinia, Italy (#11477_PALY_DANI)


Epidote
Epidote - Varaita Valley, Piedmont, Italy (#10986_EPID_DANI)


Mimetite
Mimetite - Su Zurfuru mine, Fluminimaggiore, Sardinia, Italy (#11159_MIME_DANI)


Calcite
Calcite - Pallaflat mine, Bigrigg, Cumbria, England, UK (#11116_CALC_DANI)


Acanthite, Pearceite, Rhodochrosite, Calcite
Acanthite, Pearceite, Rhodochrosite, Calcite - Uchucchacua mine, Oyon, Peru (#11097_ACAN_DANI)


Creedite
Creedite - Colquiri mine, Inquisivi, La Paz, Bolivia (#10997_CREE_DANI)


Topaz
Topaz- Katlang, Mardan district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (#10971_TOPA_DANI)


Fuchsite, Quartz
Fuchsite, Quartz - Linopolis, Divino das Laranjerais, Minas Gerais, Brazil (#11196_FUCH_DANI)

Contact

rolando_minerals@alice.it

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