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Italy, Lombardia, Bergamo prov., other areas
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Calcite
Rhombohedron, semitransparent, similar to a cube (see my
431
specimen in the Indian calcite section), edge 1 cm. It is posted on
white micro-crystalline dolomite, in a dolomitic rock intensely
fractured: calcite has been deposited within the fractures and formed
some well shaped XX. The locality - a dolomite quarry - is not well
known from the mineralogical community, 15 Km far from Bergamo
5.5x4cm
Zandobbio, Bergamo. Italy
Specimen n.876
Another photo: a
different view
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Pyrite
Bright pyritoedron, 1 cm wide, extracted from the
compact metamorphic rock; there are some quarries around Carona
6x5cm
Carona, val Brembana, Bergamo. Italy
Specimen n.922 |
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Pyrite
Complex X, 1.2 cm wide, in the metamorphic rock
3.7x5cm
Carona, val Brembana, Bergamo. Italy
Specimen n.923 |
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Pyromorphite
Large quartz piece covered by small XX of pyromorphite, from
a road cut along the way to Piani di Bobbio. It comes from a locality
where mines activity dates from Middle Ages up to 2nd World War; in the
upper Val Brembana, north-west of Bergamo
23x28cm
Lingua Bona, Valtorta, Bergamo. Italy
Specimen n.512 Another
photo:
entire piece
Another photo:
back of piece
Another photo: a
bigger view
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Wulfenite
Wulfenite X on matrix, 0.8 cm wide
5x7cm
Gorno, Val del Riso, Bergamo. Italy
Specimen n.1341 |
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Wulfenite
Wulfenite X, 0.4 cm wide, with a castle shape
5x5cm
Gorno, Val del Riso, Bergamo. Italy
Specimen n.1336 |
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