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Italy,
Trentino Alto
Adige, Trento prov., minerals from fluorite mines
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Trento
prov., Cinquevalli
mine. Old Pb-Zn mine |
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Azurite
Small XX of azurite, partially transformed in green malachite
(see the 3rd photo), in a vug of compact quartz. It is an old
specimen from this mine
8x3.5cm
Cinquevalli mine, Roncegno, Trento. Italy
Specimen n.1294
2nd photo
3rd photo
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Fluorite
Group of cubic XX, edge up to 2.6 cm, with some small quartz
XX. The color is a mixture of green, brown and yellow, darker in the
bigger X
6x5.4cm
Cinquevalli mine, Roncegno, Trento. Italy
Specimen n.806
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Mimetite
Rounded mass of needles on a black iron oxides surface, up to 0.4cm.
From a 2005 finding in a gallery of this old mine
4.5x2cm
Cinquevalli mine, Roncegno, Trento. Italy
Specimen n.708
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bigger view
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Pyromorphite
Thin needles of pyromorphite, scattered amongst pale purple fluorite
XX
6.5x5cm
Cinquevalli mine, Roncegno, Trento. Italy
Specimen n.731
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wider view
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Trento
prov.,Vignola
mine. Fluorite, galena,
sphalerite ore deposit embedded in paragneiss, in the contact area
with an intrusive complex |
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Adamite var cobaltoan adamite
Microcrystalline globular formations of
cobaltoan adamite, on quartz
15.5x8cm
Vignola mine (4° livello), Vignola-Falesine, Trento. Italy
Specimen n.822
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Ankerite
Pale orange XX of ankerite (dolomite?) on a plate made of
fluorite and sphalerite. In the middle there is a nice fluorite X,
pale green and transparent
11.5x12cm
Vignola mine, Vignola-Falesine, Trento. Italy
Specimen n.984
2nd
photo: entire piece
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Baryte
Glassy XX, edge 2/2.5cm, partially covered by
iron oxides; some inclusions of pyrite micro-XX
15.5x8cm
Vignola mine (4° livello), Vignola-Falesine, Trento. Italy
Specimen n.721
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bigger view
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Erythrite
Thin XX up to 1 cm on quartzitic matrix; I like erythrite from Vignola (old
fluorite mine) for the contrast with the matrix
11x6cm
Vignola mine, Vignola-Falesine, Trento. Italy
Specimen n.516
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Fluorite
A thin matrix, made of mineralized rock, is totally covered by cubes
of fluorite (edge up to1.4cm). The brownish color is due to the
limonitic coating on the matrix, under fluorite
19.5x13cm
Vignola mine, Vignola-Falesine, Trento. Italy
Specimen n.910
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bigger view of entire piece
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Fluorite
Cubic XX, max edge 2.8cm, brown to yellow colored
12x10cm
Vignola mine, Vignola-Falesine, Trento. Italy
Specimen n.427
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Fluorite
Cubic XX, edge max 4.2cm partially covered by small quartz XX.
The fluorite is semi-transparent, pale green to grey. There is some baryte
on the back, also with good shaped XX, completely transparent. This
piece comes from the pocket inside the mine, found in 2002
9.5x9cm
Vignola mine, Vignola-Falesine, Trento. Italy
Specimen n.720
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Fluorite
Beautiful green fluorite came From Vignola mine; here a detail of a
specimen is represented: a cubic X 2.2 cm wide, with a phantom dark
line
10x8cm
Vignola mine, Vignola-Falesine, Trento. Italy
Specimen n.972
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Fluorite
In this X the phantom is more visible, dark and thin. The piece is
backlit
8.5x6.5cm
Vignola mine, Vignola-Falesine, Trento. Italy
Specimen n.981
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Fluorite
The phantom in this piece is very light. Edge up to 4 cm
8x7cm
Vignola mine, Vignola-Falesine, Trento. Italy
Specimen n.982
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Fluorite
Big XX, edge up to 10cm,
partially covered by quartz small XX
10.5x9cm
Vignola mine, Vignola-Falesine, Trento. Italy
Specimen n.964
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Trento
prov., Cima d'Orno .
Old abandoned mines and veins with quartz, calcite and fluorite;
between Vignola (south) and Falesine (north) |
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Fluorite
Cubic XX, pale pink, very transparent, edge up to 1 cm. The XX are
scattered on a surface of micro-crystalline quartz, that stands
on a vein of compact green Fluorite. The piece comes from a road cut in
a mineralized vein
8.5x9.5cm
Cima d'Orno, Vignola-Falesine, Trento. Italy
Specimen n.719
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Hemimorphite
Small XX of hemimorphite, in the typical
shape, transparent and yellowish for mineralized inclusions.
Hemimorphite has been deposited within quartz fractures
12.5x8cm
Cima d'Orno, Vignola-Falesine, Trento. Italy
Specimen n.54
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Trento
prov., Tingherla mine .
Upper val dei Mòcheni, around Palù del Fersina; several ancient
and abandoned mines, Tingherla is the most known, a quartzitic
vein with fluorite and sulphides |
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Malachite
Small and thin needles of malachite (1x0.8
cm wide) in a quartz cavity, a typical specimen from this mine.
7.5x5.5cm
Tingherla mine, Palù del Fersina, Trento. Italy
Specimen n.875
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Quartz
Group of XX, coated with black sulphides (?). piece not cleaned to
maintain the original appearance
12x7.5cm
Tingherla mine, Palù del Fersina, Trento. Italy
Specimen n.719 |
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Trento
prov., other areas |
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Fluorite
Cubic XX, pale blue and opaque, on limonitic ore matrix
10x8.5cm
Vetriolo, Panarotta locality, Trento. Italy
Specimen n.489
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