Formazza Valley

Apatite
Group of XX, semitransparent, pale lilac, on a carpet of "chlorite"
9x7cm
Formazza, Formazza Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola. Italy
Specimen n.946

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Calcite
Combination of scalenohedron, up to 2.6cm, with  "chlorite" and (not visible in he photo) some needles of red rutile. The locality is near Punta d'Arbola, on the border between Italy (Alpe Devero - Formazza Valley) and Switzerland (Binn Valley)
7x4cm
Forno glacier, Formazza Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola. Italy
Specimen n.946

Calcite
Combination of scalenohedron, without matrix
4x2cm
Forno glacier, Formazza Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola. Italy
Specimen n.1046

Quartz
Smoked, biterminated X, 4.2cm long, with muscovite XX on the top
4.2x3cm
Formazza Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola. Italy
Specimen n.958

Scolecite
Thin needles of scolecite, on gneiss, up to 1cm long, covering some small epidote XX
15x7cm
Formazza Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola. Italy
Specimen n.567

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Titanite
Single XX, 0.4cm, on metamorphic matrix. One of my old specimens
6.5x6cm
Formazza Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola. Italy
Specimen n.45

Devero Valley

Cafarsite
Single dark-brown X, typical cube-octahedron from the gneiss fissures, 1.1x0.9cm wide, with other small XX. From the famous location, between the Italian Alpe Devero and the Swiss Binn Valley, that is one of the most remarkable minerals location in the Alpine Region (Cu-As concentration in the gneiss)
7x4cm
Cervandone Mt, Alpe Devero, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola. Italy
Specimen n.358

Hematite
Well defined XX, 0.8cm wide, with metallic luster, on matrix
6x3.5cm
Cervandone Mt, Alpe Devero, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola. Italy
Specimen n.44

Hematite
Hexagonal XX of hematite, up to 0.4 cm wide, with some rosettes on the matrix and small needles of rutile
7.5x4.5cm
Cervandone Mt, Alpe Devero, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola. Italy
Specimen n.146

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Pyrite
Typical Alpine sample of pyrite, 0.8cm edge, encrusted by limonite, on crystalline matrix with quartz and muscovite
6.5x4.8cm
Passo d'Arbola, Devero Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola. Italy
Specimen n.162

Scolecite
Rounded aggregates - up to 1cm wide - made of thin XX, posted within pericline XX (with natural corrosion) coated with "chlorite"
10x6cm
Punta d'Arbola, Devero Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola. Italy
Specimen n.835

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"Synchysite"
0.4cm tall X, striated, with the usual spindle-like shape (truncated and rounded bipyramid) on a quartz matrix. I suppose it is synchysite-Ce (always seen this kind of piece from Cervandone)
4.5x6cm
Cervandone Mt, Alpe Devero, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola. Italy
Specimen n.162

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Antigorio Valley

Apatite
Single X 1cm wide, white and semi-transparent, on matrix covered by dark green "chlorite"
6x3.5cm
Cadarese quarries, Premia, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola. Italy
Specimen n.338

Antrona Valley

Diopside
XX up to 0,9cm long, on a matrix covered by yellow-green XX of epidote up to 0.8 cm. From the rodingites veins, north-west of Antronapiana, well known since the beginning of last century
6x3.5cm
Antronapiana, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola. Italy
Specimen n.762

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Vigezzo Valley

Beryl var emerald
Dark green XX up to 1.1cm long, with some other smaller grain, on schist from this famous Alpine place (Above Orcesco village there is an albitite formation that was excavated in the past)
12x5.5cm
Alpe Rosso, Orcesco, Val Vigezzo. Verbano-Cusio-Ossola. Italy
Specimen n.772

Beryl var emerald
Another X 1cm long, well posted on the top of this piece, with muscovite
5x4.5cm
Alpe Rosso, Orcesco, Val Vigezzo. Verbano-Cusio-Ossola. Italy
Specimen n.108