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Italy, Trentino Alto Adige, Trento prov., other areas
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Predazzo
and Monti Monzoni areas.
Around the village of Predazzo and in the Monti Monzoni group
there are different kind of igneous volcanic and plutonic rocks, together
with metamorphic formations in the contact areas
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Gehlenite
White pseudocubic XX on matrix, max edge 0.8cm
8x8cm
Monti Monzoni, Selle Lake area, Val di Fassa, Trento. Italy
Specimen n.368
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Kaersutite
Typical black X, 1cm tall, in the volcanic rock. Undamaged XX are not
so common
6x4.5cm
Bersaglio, Predazzo, Trento. Italy
Specimen n.228
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Calcite
Clear yellow X, 2.8x3.3cm, with other yellow and white
semitransparent smaller XX, on matrix of limestone. In 2002
beautiful pieces were extracted, from cavities in a dolomitic
rock; the XX are originated by carbonatic deposits due to hydrotermal
actions
8x7.5cm
Mezzolombardo, Trento. Italy
Specimen n.212
Another photo: a different
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Calcite
Another XX from Mezzolombardo; it is white and 2x2.7 cm wide, posted
on a matrix covered by other small calcite XX
8x9cm
Mezzolombardo, Trento. Italy
Specimen n.933
Another photo: a
bigger
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Calcite
Semitransparent scalenohedrons up to 3cm long, from a nearly unknown locality
6x4.5cm
Imer, Valle del Primero, Trento. Italy
Specimen n.818
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Orthoclase
Orthoclase immersed in the volcanic rock
5.5x4.5cm
Val Floriana, Trento. Italy
Specimen n.850 |
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