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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


Dec. 24, 2025
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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)


Smithsonite
Smithsonite - Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia (#11081_SMIT_DANI)


Descloizite
Descloizite - Berg Aukas mine, Grootfontein District - Namibia (#11072_DESC_DANI)


Datolite
Datolite - Taro Valley, Emilia-Romagna, Italy (#11056_DATO_DANI)


Mottramite, Duftite, Calcite
Mottramite, Duftite, Calcite - Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb - Namibia (#10998_MOTT_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 - Fittà, Soave, Veneto, Italy (#11659_HARM_DANI)


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


Meionite (TL)
Meionite (TL) - Mount Vesuvius, Campania, Italy (#10984_MEIO_DANI)


Silver, Acanthite
Acanthite, Quartz - Uchucchacua mine, Oyon, Peru (#10792_SILV_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)


Rhodonite, Kutnohorite
Rhodonite, Kutnohorite - Molinello mine, Reppia, Liguria, Italy (#11183a_RHOD_DANI)


Anhydrite and Ankerite
Anhydrite and Ankerite - Campiano mine, Montieri, ,Tuscany, Italy (#11019_ANHY_DANI)


Axinite -(Fe)
Axinite -(Fe) - Ras Koh Mountains, Kharan district, ,Balochistan, Pakistan (#10969_AXIN_DANI)


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


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


Natrolite
Natrolite - Altavilla quarry, Altavilla, Veneto, Italy (#10995_NATR_DANI)


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


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


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


Augite var. Fassaite
Augite var. Fassaite - Monzoni Mountains, Trentino-Alto-Adige, Italy (#10989_AUGI_DANI)


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


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


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


Fluorapatite
Fluorapatite - São 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)


Galena, Sphalerite, Quartz
Galena, Sphalerite, Quartz - Casapalca mine, Casapalca, Huarochiri, Lima (#11140_GALE_DANI)


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


Sphalerite, Galena
Sphalerite, Galena - Cerro de Pasco, Pasco, Peru (#11014_SPHA_DANI)


Siegenite, Dolomite
Siegenite, Dolomite - Buick mine, Bixby, Missouri, USA (#12684_SIEG_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)


Hutchinsonite
Hutchinsonite - Quiruvilca mine, Santiago de Chuco, La Libertad, Peru (#12041_HUTC_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)


Paravauxite (TL)
Paravauxite (TL) - Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, ,Potosí Department, Bolivia (#11011_PARA_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, Zebrù 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)


Natrolite
Natrolite - Lovozero massif, Kola, Murmansk, Russia (#10963_NATR_DANI)


Graphite
Graphite - Namib II mine, Arandis, ,Erongo, Namibia (#10788_GRAP_DANI)


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


Phillipsite
Phillipsite - Fittà, Soave, Veneto, Italy (#12056_PHIL_DANI)


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


Linarite
Linarite - Baccu Locci Mine - Sardegna , Italy (#9266a_LINA_DANI)


Augelite
Augelite - Mundo Nuevo mine, La Libertad Department, Peru (#12070_AUGE_DANI)


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


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


Baryte
Baryte - Settingstones mine, Northumberland, England, UK (#11004_BARY_DANI)


Pollucite and Quartz
Pollucite and Quartz - Shigar Valley, Skardu district, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan (#9165_POLL_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)


Chalcopyrite, Siderite
Chalcopyrite, Siderite - Hezhang County, Bijie, Guizhou, China (#11100_CHAL_DANI)


Pseudobrookite
Pseudobrookite - Thomas Range, Utah, USA (#11090_PSEU_DANI)


Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite
Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite - Huaron mining district, Cerro de Pasco, Pasco, Peru (#10735_CHAL_DANI)


Kentbrooksite
Kentbrooksite - Rischorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk, Russia (#12614_KENT_DANI)


Proustite
Proustite - Imiter mine, Imiter district, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco (#11496_PROU_DANI)


Chabazite
Chabazite - South Tirol, Trentino-Alto-Adige, Italy (#11430_CHAB_DANI)


Titanite
Titanite - Miage glacier, Valley of Aosta, Italy (#11426_TITA_DANI)


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

Contact

rolando_minerals@alice.it

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