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Boulangerite
Thin XX of boulangerite, around some XX of black sphalerite, on
a matrix covered by small XX of calcite
10x6cm
Bottino mine, Stazzema, Lucca. Italy
Specimen n.1251
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Galena
Complex X of galena (combination of tabular XX and cube-octahedron),1
cm wide, within quartz and siderite
4x6cm
Bottino mine, Stazzema, Lucca. Italy
Specimen n.194
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Meneghinite
Some XX of meneghninite, immersed in the mineralized matrix with minor
siderite and calcite
7x5cm
Bottino mine, Stazzema, Lucca. Italy
Specimen n.59
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Quartz
Black biterminated X 2.7cm long, on gypsum matrix. The black color is
due to bitumen inclusion. It comes from a small area of Apennines, with
occurrences of anydrite veins in the triassic evaporites, with black
quartz, gypsum, pyrite, hematite
10x5.4cm
Camporanda, Sillano, Garfagnana, Lucca. Italy
Specimen n.311
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Sphalerite
Bright black X, twinned, 0.4cm long. On the piece threre are some
others smaller XX, as it is possible to see from the 2nd photo
4x4cm
Bottino mine, Stazzema, Lucca. Italy
Specimen n.514
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Sphalerite
Small XX of sphalerite, up to 0.2cm long, with XX of ankerite-siderite.
The XX are very bright
3.5x7cm
Bottino mine, Stazzema, Lucca. Italy
Specimen n.536
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Cinnabar
Nice rounded formation of cinnabar (2 cm wide) on limestone, from an old
Italian mine
6x4cm
Siele mine, Piancastagnaio, monte Amiata. Siena. Italy
Specimen n.43
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Dawsonite
Brown carbonatic rock with many radiating XX of dawsonite
8x4cm
Solforate mine, Piancastagnaio, monte Amiata. Siena. Italy
Specimen n.135
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Quartz
Water-transparent X of quartz, 0.9 con long, posted on marble
5.5x4.5cm
Cava di moli, Montagnola Senese. Siena. Italy
Specimen n.1277 Another photo:
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Stibnite
Thin prismatic XX up to 2.5cm, in calcite matrix from this old
antimony mine
10x11.5cm
Le Cetine di Cotorniano mine, Siena. Italy
Specimen n.755
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Aragonite
Orange to red aragonite, a sort of stalactite
13x10cm
Rapolano, Siena. Italy
Specimen n.328
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Fluorite
Glassy cubic XX 0.4cm long, in marble cavity
6x4.5cm
Colonnata quarry, Massa Carrara. Italy
Specimen n.665
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Fluorite
Transparent X, edge 1cm, with some white adularia (K-feldspar), in a
typical cavity
of the marble. the X is notably transparent
7x8cm
Fantiscritti quarry, Massa Carrara. Italy
Specimen n.291
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Quartz
Very transparent X standing on the marble. It is 1,7 cm long
7x4cm
La Facciata quarry, Massa Carrara. Italy
Specimen n.1363
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Quartz
Transparent X, 1.7cm long, with adularia XX (K-feldspar), on the marble
6.5x4cm
La Facciata quarry, Massa Carrara. Italy
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Aragonite
Small geode with acicular XX of colorless aragonite up to 0.2cm, a typical
formation from this locality (see also the kutnohorite specimen
below)
3.5x2.4cm
Levane, Valdarno, Arezzo. Italy
Specimen n.199
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Kutnohorite
Shallow cavity with hemispherical black kutnohorite and small
elongated XX of colorless aragonite. In this locality the mineral is
quite different from the white formation found otherwhere (I have a kutnohorite piece from Gambatesa
mine)
2x1.5cm
Levane, Valdarno, Arezzo. Italy
Specimen n.51
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Barian Celestine
White elongated lamellar XX, up to 4cm, on a septarian formation in
limestone, altered by hydrotermal action. It is a celestine variety (from this place) very rich in barium (I rely on a book that quotes this
locality)
8.5x8cm
Orciatico, Lajatico, Pisa. Italy
Specimen n.472
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Chalcedony
Mass of botryoidal chalcedony, from and old quarry
12x14cm
Poggio Castiglione, Canneto, Pisa. Italy
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Gypsum
Group of prismatic XX, semitransparent, up to 6 cm long. From an old halite
mine
12x10cm
Pisa, Ponte Ginori, Montecatini Val di Cecina. Italy
Specimen n.150
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