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11 - Goyazite (Min)
12 - Manganvesu (Min)
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14 - Columbite- (Min)
15 - Kutnohorit (Min)
16 - Fluorite, (Min)
17 - Fluorite, (Min)
18 - Manganogru (Min)
19 - Malachite (Min)
20 - Cerrusite (Min)
21 - Rutile (Min)
22 - Leucite wi (Min)
23 - Vesuvianit (Min)
24 - Spessartin (Min)
25 - Quartz var (Min)
26 - Andradite (Rol)
27 - Grossular, (Rol)
28 - Stolzite (Rol)
29 - Offrettite (Rol)
30 - Quartz, Ep (Rol)
31 - Garnet var (Rol)
32 - Stilbite, (Rol)
33 - Smoky Quar (Rol)
34 - Gold xx (Rol)
35 - Pseudobroo (Rol)
36 - Adamite (V (Min)
37 - Krupkaite (Min)
38 - Cervandoni (Min)
39 - Nadorite ( (Min)
40 - Dufrenoysi (Min)

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


March 26, 2025
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Plancheite and Unknown
Plancheite and Unknown - Tantara mine, Shinkolobwe, Haut Katanga, Democratic Rep. of Congo (#12417_PLAN_DANI)


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


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


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)


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)


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


Newberyite - (TL)
Newberyite - (TL) - Skipton Caves, Mt. Widderin, Skipton, Victoria, Australia (#12078_NEWB_DANI)


Mimetite
Mimetite - Mount Bonnie mine, Grove Hill, Northern Territory, Australia (#11840_MIME_DANI)


Boulangerite
Boulangerite - Bottino Mine, Tuscany, Italy (#11698_BOUL_DANI)


Analcime
Analcime - Antrim Co., Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK (#11667_ANAL_DANI)


Harmotome
Harmotome - Fittŕ, Soave, Veneto, Italy (#11659_HARM_DANI)


Vesuvianite, Clinochlore
Vesuvianite, Clinochlore - Rocca Sella, Susa valley, Piedmont, Italy (#11506_VESU_DANI)


Miserite
Miserite- Mont Saint Hilaire, Québec, Canada (#11848_MISE_DANI)


Moorhouseite
Moorhouseite - Svornost mine, Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic (#11825_MOOR_DANI)


Meionite (TL)
Meionite (TL) - Mt Somma, Campania, Italy (#11811_MEIO_DANI)


Barrerite (TL)
Barrerite (TL) - Sant' Efisio, Capo di Pula, Pula, Sardinia, Italy (#11405_BARR_DANI)


Andradite Garnet
Andradite Garnet - Sasso Rosso, Tuscany, Italy (#10964_ANDR_DANI)


Libethenite
Libethenite - Miguel Vacas mine, Vila Viçosa, Évora, Portugal (#10563_LIBE_DANI)


Goethite
Goethite - Traveresella mine, Traversella, Piedmont, Italy (#11803a_GOET_DANI)


Rosasite, Hemimorphite
Rosasite, Hemimorphite - Ojuela mine, Mapimě, Durango, Mexico (#11687_ROSA_DANI)


Cetineite
Cetineite - Le Cetine mine, Chiusdino, Tuscany, Italy (#11419_CETI_DANI)


Metacinnabar
Metacinnabar - Amiata Mount, Tuscany, Italy (#11820_META_DANI)


Monazite
Monazite - Cuzzago mine, Premosello Chiovenda, Piedmont, Italy (#11843_MONA_DANI)


Marialite
Marialite - Fŕ Valley, Niardo, Lombardy, Italy (#11851_MARI_DANI)


Fluorapatite
Fluorapatite - Săo Geraldo do Baixio, Minas Gerais, Brazil (#11872a_APAT_DANI)


Franklinite
Franklinite - Sterling Hill mine, Franklin, New Jersey, USA (#12053_FRAN_DANI)


Manandonite (TL)
Manandonite (TL) - Antandrokomby pegmatite, Manandona Valley, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar (#9942a_MANA_DANI)


Lanthanite-Ce
Lanthanite-Ce - Bearpaw Mountains, Hill Co., Montana, USA (#11920_LANT_DANI)


Thomsenolite (TL)
Thomsenolite (TL) - Ivigtut, Greenland (#11916_THOM_DANI)


Tilasite
Tilasite - Hartkoppe, Sailauf, Bavaria, Germany (#11900_TILA_DANI)


Triplite, Chabazite, Vonsenite
Triplite, Chabazite, Vonsenite - Vallerano quarries, Valleranello, Latium, Italy (#9731a_TRIP_DANI)


Phosphoferrite
Phosphoferrite - Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Bavaria, Germany (#11887_PHOS_DANI)


Celadonite
Celadonite - Nulvi, Sardinia, Italy (#11425_CELA_DANI)


Parabutlerite (TL)
Parabutlerite (TL) - Alcaparrosa mine, Cerritos Bayos, Calama, Antofagasta, Chile (#8490a_PARA_DANI)


Hydrotalcite
Hydrotalcite - Kovdor Zheleznyi mine, Kovdor Massif, Murmansk, Russia (#11549_HYDR_DANI)


Merlinoite (TL), Phillipsite
Merlinoite (TL), Phillipsite - Cupaello quarry, Santa Rufina, ,Latium, Italy (#11814_MERL_DANI)


Acanthite, Quartz
Acanthite, Quartz - Uchucchacua mine, Oyon, Peru (#11088_ACAN_DANI)


Grossular Garnet var. Hessonite
Grossular Garnet var. Hessonite, Faiallo pass, Liguria , Italy (#11206_HESS_DANI)


Calcite
Calcite - Pallaflat mine, Bigrigg, Cumbria, England, UK (#12382_CALC_DANI)


Merlinoite
Merlinoite - Mt Somma, Campania, Italy (#12380_MERL_DANI)


Fe-Carpholite
Fe-Carpholite - Varaita valley, Piedmont, Italy (#11867_CARP_DANI)


Cuprite, Malachite
Cuprite, Malachite - Kolwezi Mining district, Lualaba, DR Congo (#11850_MALA_DANI)


Goldichite, Coquimbite
Goldichite, Coquimbite - Dexter No. 7 mine, Calf Mesa, Emery Co., ,Utah, USA (#11793_GOLD_DANI)


Betekhtinite
Betekhtinite - Steward mine, Butte-Silver, Montana, USA (#11717_BETE_DANI)


Wickenburgite
Wickenburgite -Potter-Cramer mine, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA (#11514_WICK_DANI)


Barytocalcite
Barytocalcite - Blagill mine, Alston Moor, Cumbria,England, UK (#11407_BARY_DANI)


Dundasite, Baryte
Dundasite, Baryte - San Giovanni mine, Iglesias, Sardinia, Italy (#11276_DUND_DANI)


Quartz
Quartz - Torre di Rio, Rio Marina, Elba Island, Tuscany, Italy (#10514a_QUAR_DANI)


Vanadinite var. Endlichite
Vanadinite var: Endlichite - Touissit, Oujda-Angad, Oriental region, Morocco (#10619_VANA_DANI)


Cubanite and Pyrrothite
Cubanite and Pyrrothite - Garpenberg Norra mine, Garpenberg, Bergslagen, Sweden (#12075_CUBA_DANI)


Gismondine
Gismondine - Vedretta della Miniera, Zebrů Valley, Lombardy, Italy (#12071_GISM_DANI)


Glauberite
Glauberite - Consuelo Mine, Chinchón, Community of Madrid, Spain (#11990_GLAU_DANI)


Bavenite
Bavenite - Alpe Rosso, Orcesco, Piedmont, Italy (#11987_BAVE_DANI)


Diopside
Diopside - Val d'Ala, Piedmont, Italy (#11985_DIOP_DANI)


Krettnichite (TL)
Krettnichite (TL) - Krettnich, Wadern, Saarland, Germany (#11980_KRET_DANI)


Calcite, Siderite
Calcite, Siderite - Alfenza mine, Crodo, Piedmont, Italy (#7789_CALC_DANI)


Epidote
Epidote - Knappenwand, Salzburg, Austria (#12066_EPID_DANI)


Alabandite
Alabandite - Merelani Hills, Simanjiro district, Tanzania (#12063_ALAB_DANI)


Celestine
Celestine - Little Wild Horse Canyon, Emery Co.,Utah, USA (#11064_CELE_DANI)


Franckeite, Jamesonite
Franckeite, Jamesonite- San José mine, Oruro City, Bolivia (#12324_FRAN_DANI)


Hydrocerussite
Hydrocerussite - Passa Limani Cove slag locality, Lavrion Mining district, Attika, Greece (#11544_HYDR_DANI)


Hingganite-Y
Hingganite-Y - Baveno, Piedmont, Italy (#11543_HING_DANI)


Hiortdahlite
Hiortdahlite - San Vito quarry, San Vito, Campania, Italy (#11542_HIOR_DANI)


Hydroxylherderite
Hydroxylherderite - Dassu, Braldu valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan (#11536_HYDR_DANI)


Norbergite
Norbergite - San Vito quarry, San Vito, Mt Somma, Campania, Italy (#11250_NORB_DANI)


Fersmite
Fersmite - Alpe Rosso, Orcesco, Piedmont, Italy (#11994_FERS_DANI)


Vuonnemite
Vuonnemite - Lovozero massif, Kola, Murmansk, Russia (#11508_VUON_DANI)


Barahonaite (Fe)
Barahonaite (Fe) - Dolores mine, Pastrana, Murcia, Spain (#11384_BARA_DANI)


Fersmite
Fersmite - Alpe Rosso, Orcesco, Piedmont, Italy (#11875_FERS_DANI)


Alurgite Mica
Alurgite Mica - Prabornaz Mine, Aosta Valley, Italy (#11841_ALUR_DANI)


Paralaurionite
Paralaurionite, Lavrion mines, Attikí Prefecture, Greece (#11592_PARA_DANI)


Gordaite (TL)
Gordaite (TL) - Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Region, Chile (#11356_GORD_DANI)


Vauxite (TL)
Vauxite (TL) - Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Potosí Department, Bolivia (#9927b_VAUX_DANI)


Scainiite
Scainiite, Buca della Vena Mine, Stazzema, Tuscany, Italy (#11956_SCAI_DANI)


Tsepinite-(Ca)
Tsepinite-(Ca - ,Lovozero massif, Kola, ,Murmansk, Russia (#11947_TSEP_DANI)


Thomsonite
Thomsonite - Antrim Co.,Northern Ireland, UK (#11945_THOM_DANI)


Labradorite
Labradorite - Arsenatnaya fumarole, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Krai, Russia (#11940_LABR_DANI)


Laueite
Laueite - Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Bavaria, Germany (#11925_LAUE_DANI)


Rosenbergite
Rosenbergite - Le Cetine mine, Chiusdino, Tuscany, Italy (#11861_ROSE_DANI)


Boracite, Hilgardite
Boracite, Hilgardite - Boulby mine, Loftus, England, UK (#11702_BORA_DANI)


Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite - S'Ortu Becciu mine, Donori, Sardinia, Italy (#7542a_PYRO_DANI)


Korobitsynite (TL), Serandite, ?
Korobitsynite (TL), Serandite, ? - Lovozeresky district, Kola, Murmansk, Russia (#11569_KORO_DANI)


Baryte
Baryte - Moscona mine, Villabona, Asturias, Spain (#10450_BARY_DANI)


Otavite
Otavite - Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia (#9824_OTAV_DANI)


Roweite
Roweite - Shijiangshan mine, Linxi, Inner Mongolia, China (#9608_ROWE_DANI)


Alstonite (TL)
Alstonite (TL) - Brownley Hill mine, Nenthead, Cumberland, England, U.K. (#9833_ALST_DANI)


Ferberite and Quartz
Ferberite and Quartz - Mundo Nuevo mine, Huamachuco, La Libertad, Peru (#10223_FERB_DANI)


Ambrinoite (TL)
Ambrinoite (TL) - Signols quarries, Signols, Susa Valley, Piedmont, Italy (#9275_AMBR_DANI)

Contact

rolando_minerals@alice.it

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