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Italy, Sardegna,
Carbonia-Iglesias prov, Gonnesa area
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Calcite
Floater group of scalenohedral XX covered by small calcite XX
12x9cm
Barega mine, Gonnesa, Carbonia-Iglesias. Italy
Specimen n.696
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Calcite
Pearly semitransparent scalenohedron up to 4.5 cm long
12x10cm
Barega mine, Gonnesa, Carbonia-Iglesias. Italy
Specimen n.989
Another photo:
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Baryte
Some tabular XX, (edge max 2cm), semitransparent and pale blue, on calcite
12x7cm
Barega mine, Gonnesa, Carbonia-Iglesias. Italy
Specimen n.418
Another photo: a bigger and different
view
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Baryte
Tabular XX of baryte up to 2 cm long, on calcite
12x9cm
Barega mine, Gonnesa, Carbonia-Iglesias. Italy
Specimen n.921 |
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Baryte
White XX of barite, up to 5.7 cm long, partially immersed in calcite
14x9.5cm
Barega mine, Gonnesa, Carbonia-Iglesias. Italy
Specimen n.1379 |
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Sphalerite
Mass of sphalerite XX, with small galena XX (up to 0.2cm wide) with
skeletal formation
12x7cm
Sedda Moddizis mine, Gonnesa, Carbonia-Iglesias. Italy
Specimen n.493
Another photo:
entire piece
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Baryte
Semi-transparent pale green XX, without matrix
11x9cm
Silius, Cagliari. Italy
Specimen n.497
Another photo: back
of this piece
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Baryte
Mass of tabular XX, reddish for iron impurities, grown over a dissolved
formation (in the 3rd photo it is possible to see the hollow cast, in the
back)
10.5x9cm
Silius, Cagliari. Italy
Specimen n.909
Another photo: entire specimen
Another photo: back of
piece, with hollow cast
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Calcite
Fat X, 4cm wide, partially corroded, translucent for clay
inclusions, on a matrix covered by small calcite XX. It is a typical
shape from this mine (Ag-rich galena; located east of Gonnesa, not far
from Barega mine)
8x7.5cm
Onixeddu mt., Gonnesa, Carbonia-Iglesias. Italy
Specimen n.1233
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