The Best of Italian Microminerals

 

 

 

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2018

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ITALIA

 

  • ADULARIA - white xls + albite and calcite xls on a 3 x 3 cm. matrix - Beura quarry - Verbania - Piemonte - 2 euro

  • ALALITE - colorless xls + some garnets and vesuviana on a 4 x 3 cm. matrix - Val d'Ala (Tip.Loc.) - Torino - Piemonte - 15 euro

  • ALLANITE - small xls + chamosite on a 5 x 3 cm. matrix - Montoso Quarries - Valle Infernotto - Cuneo - Piemonte - 5 euro

  • ALMANDINO - xls + spessartina on a 5 x 4 cm. matrix - Olgiasca - Malpensata - Como - Lombardia - 3 euro

  • ANATASIO - orange xls + adularia and rutilo  on a 4 x 3 cm. matrix - Sambuco - Cuneo - Piemonte - 7,5 euro

  • ANATASIO - YELLOW XLS ON A 6X3 CM. MATRIX - PRATA ROAD CUT - BOLOGNA - EMILIA - 3 EURO

  • ANATASIO - dark blu xls on a 6 x 3 cm. matrix - Beura quarry - Verbania - Piemonte - 10 euro

  • ANATASIO - dark xls on a 3 x 3 cm. matrix - Beura quarry - Verbania - Piemonte - 4 euro

  • ANDRADITE - dark xls on a 4 x 3 cm. matrix - Montenero quarry - Onano - Viterbo - Lazio - 5 euro

  • ANGLESITE - xls on a 5 x 3 cm. matrix - Su Elzu mine - Ozieri - Sassari - 5 euro

  • ANGLESITE - xls on a 5 x 4 cm. matrix - Monteponi mine - Iglesias - Cagliari - 4 euro

  • ANTIMONITE - a 6 x 5 cm. group of shining xls without matrix - Pereta mine - Manciano - Toscana -  30 euro

  • APATITE - shining xls + dolomite on a 3 x 3 cm. matrix - Val Sapin - Courmayeur - Val d' Aosta - 5 euro

  • APATITE - milky white xls on a 5 x 3 cm. matrix  - Monte Nero quarry - Onano - Viterbo - 7 euro

  • APATITE - shining xls + dolomite on a 3 x 3 cm. matrix - Val Sapin - Courmayeur - Val d' Aosta - 7,5 euro

  • ARTINITE - white acicular xls on a 4 x 5 cm. matrix - Val Malenco - Sondrio - Lombardia - 15 euro

  • AURICALCITE - XLS ON A 3X4 CM. MATRIX - FUNTANA RAMINOSA MINE - GADONI - SARDEGNA - 5 EURO

  • BARITE - full of white tabular xls on calcite colorless xls on a 9 cm. long and 3 cm. large matrix - Brosso mine - Torino - Piemonte - 10 euro 

  •                          ( pieno di xx tabulari bianchi su xx di calcite incolore su una matrice 9 x 3 cm.)

  • BARITE - white tabular xls on calcite colorless xls on a 4 cm. long and 4 cm. large matrix - Brosso mine - Torino - Piemonte - 10 euro

  • BARITE - a gray "egg" a 6 x 4 specimen (no matrix) - Monte Veglio - Bologna - 5 euro

  • BARITE - full of white tabular xls on calcite colorless xls on a 7 cm. long and 4 cm. large matrix - Brosso mine - Torino - Piemonte - 20 euro 

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  • CALCIOALUMITE - crust + creedite xls and ca-cyanotrichite on a 4 x 5 cm. matrix - Funtana Raminosa mine - Gadoni - Nuoro - 10 euro

  • CALCITE - xls on fluorite xls on a 4 x 5 cm. matrix - Santa Lucia mine - Fluminimaggiore - Cagliari - 5 euro

  • CALCITE - scalenoedric xls with some inclusions on smaller calcite xls on a 2 x 3 cm. matrix - Tiny-Arenas mines - Sardegna - 4 euro

  •                          ( xx scalenoedrici bruni per inclusioni su tappeto di piccoli xx di calcite su matrice di 2x3 cm. )

  • CANAVESITE - white tufts on a 4 x 3 cm. matrix - Brosso mine - Torino - Piemonte - 10 euro

  • CANAVESITE - white tufts on a 5 x 4 cm. matrix - Brosso mine - Torino - Piemonte - 30 euro

  • CELESTINA - white xls and some sulfur on a 6 x 4 cm. matrix - Cozzodisi mine - Agrigento - Sicilia - 5 euro

  • CELESTINA - XLS ON COLEMANITE ON A 4X4 CM. MATRIX - BIGADIC MINE - TURKEY - 5 EURO

  • CIANITE - XLS ON A 7X4CM. MATRIX - HUSAND GLACIER - VAL FORMAZZA - OSSOLA - PIEMONTE - 4EURO

  • CLORITE - var. vermiculite on and with quartz on a 4 x 4 cm. matrix- Antillone quarry - Val Formazza - Piemonte - 3 euro

  • CORDIERITE - reddish xls + trydimite on a 5 x 3 cm. matrix - Monte Arci - Oristano - 7 euro

  • COVELLITE - iridescent laminar xls + some altered pirite - a 6 x 4 cm. specimen - I found 40 years ago (!) in Calabona mine - Alghero - Sardegna - 200 euro

  •                           ( campione che ho trovato 40 anni fa a Calabona (!) , si tratta di covellite distinguibile in lamine iridescenti con un poco di pirite )

  • DEMANTOIDE - green xls on a 6 x 3 cm. matrix - Campo Franscia - Val Malenco - Sondrio - 50 euro

  • EPIDOTO - xls + titanite and calcite xls on a 6 x 2 cm. matrix - Passo quarry - Val Formazza - Piemonte - 7,5 euro

  • EPIDOTO - XLS ON A 5X4 CM. MATRIX - VAL DI VIU' - TORINO - PIEMONTE - ALPS - 15 EURO

  • EPIDOTO - xls + garnets on a 4 x 5 cm. matrix - Antronapiana - Valle Antrona - Piemonte - 25 euro

  • EPIDOTO - xls - on a 7 x 4 cm. matrix - Antronapiana - Valle Antrona - Piemonte - 10 euro   (OLD FOUND)

  • ERITRITE - pink xls and drops + quartz on a 5 x 4 cm. matrix - Vignola - Trento - 20 euro

  • FLUORITE - cubic violet xls + some barite on a 5 x 5 cm. matrix - Santa Lucia mine - Fluminimaggiore - Cagliari - 5 euro

  • FLUORITE - yellow xls + marcasite a 5 x 5 specimen (no matrix) - Silius mine - Cagliari - 15 euro

  • GARNETS - yellow xls + diopside xls and vesuviana on a 4 x 4 cm. matrix - Pollena quarry - Montesomma-Vesuvio - Napoli - 3 euro

  • GALENA - xls + others on a 5 x 4 cm. matrix on dolomite - San Giovanni mine - Iglesias - cagliari - 7 euro

  • goethite - iridescent mamillonary - rio marina mine - elba island - 5 euro   ( 5x3 cm. specimen )

  • HEMIMORFITE - full nice colorless xls on a 4 x 3 cm matrix - San Benedetto mine - Iglesias - Sardegna - 10 euro 

  • HESSONITE - orange xls on a 4 x 2 cm. matrix - Val d'Ala - Torino - Piemonte - 4 euro

  • hydrobiotite - xls + trydimite + osumilite and cordierite - monte arci quarries - oristano - 10 euro   ( a 6x6 specimen )

  • HYDROMAGNESITE - white drops and xls on a 5 x 6 cm. matrix - Cogne mine - Val d' Aosta - 5 euro

  • hydrodolomite - white drops and mamellons - novella quarry - montesomma - vesuvio - napoli - 10 euro     ( it's a 4x4 cm. specimen)

  • JAMBORITE - greenish acicular xls + fine millerite tufts on a 5 x 2 cm. matrix - Ca' de Ladri - Bologna - 15 euro

  • magnetite - nice shining xls - brosso mine - torino piemonte - 20 euro    ( on a 7x3 cm. matrix )

  • MELANITE - black xls on sodalite on a 4 x 2 cm. matrix - San Vito quarry - Montesomma-Vesuvio - Napoli - 10 euro

  • MILLERITE - XLS + SPHALERITE ON A 6X4 CM. MATRIX - KLADNO - CZEKIA - 10 EURO

  • MONAZITE - pink xl + anatasio and others on a 4 x 4 cm. matrix - Brenva Glacier - Val Veny - Val d'Aosta - 4 euro

  • MONAZITE - xl + apatite and rutilo on a 3 x 3 matrix - Miage Glacier - Val Veny - Val d'Aosta - 5 euro

  • MUSCOVITE - xls + pirite and rutilo on a 4 x 3 cm. matrix - Tra due rivi - Torino - Piemonte - 5 euro

  • opale arlequin - coober pedy - australia - 30 euro    ( a 6x4 specimen )

  • PEROWSKITE - XLS + DIOPSIDE ON A 4X2 CM. MATRIX - ROCCA SELLA - TORINO - PIEMONTE - 5 EURO

  • PIRITE - xls on analcime xls on a 5 x 4 cm. matrix - Monastir quarries - Cagliari - Sardegna - 8 euro

  • PIRITE - XLS ON WHITE MARMO  ON A 7X3 CM. MATRIX - CAVA GIOIA - ALPI APUANE - TOSCANA - 3 EURO

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  • PIROMORFITE - xls on a 4 x 4 cm. matrix - Pala Su Sciusciu - Santa Lucia - Fluminimaggiore - 10 euro

  • QUARTZ - black bipiramidal xls + acicular reevesite on a 7 x 5 cm. matrix - Ca' de Ladri quarry - Bologna - Emilia - 10 euro

  • QUARTZ - XLS + CALCITE AND SIDERITE ON A 5X4 CM. MATRIX - BROSSO MINE - TORINO - PIEMONTE - 3 EURO

  • QUARTZ - one large single xl  4 x 6 cm. covered in one side by reddish hematite - Baveno quarry - Verbania - Piemonte - 5 euro

  • REALGAR - full of red xls on a 4 x 3 cm. matrix - Solfatara di Pozzuoli - Napoli - 20 euro

  • RODONITE - pink xls + calcopirite xls on a 6 x 4 cm. matrix - Gambatesa mine - Val Graveglia - Liguria - 20 euro

  • STILBITE - big yellowish xls on a 5 x 3 cm. matrix - Punta Argentina - Bosa - Sardegna - 5 euro

  • STILBITE - white xls on a 5 x 5 cm. matrix - Punta Argentina - Bosa - Sardegna - 5 euro

  • STILBITE - white xls on a 6 x 3 cm. matrix - Punta Argentina - Bosa - Sardegna - 7,5 euro

  • STILBITE - white xls on a 5 x 3 cm. matrix - Alghero-Bosa road - Sardegna - 4 euro

  • SULFUR - centimetric yellow xls on a 5 x 6 cm. matrix - Perticara mine - Rimini - Romagna - 15 euro

  • TINZENITE  - orange xls on a 4 x 2 cm. matrix - Gambatesa - Val Graveglia - Liguria - 25 euro 

  • TITANITE - colorless xls on a lizardite greenish 3 x 3 cm. matrix - Berceto cut road - Parma - Emilia - 3 euro

  • TITANITE - xls + adularia and others on a 6 x 4 matrix - Antillone quarry - Val Formazza - Ossola - Piemonte - 10 euro

  • todorokite into opale - baldissero - canavesie - piemonte - 4 euro    ( it's a 4x5 specimen )

  • TORMALINA - dark acicular xls into a head of a quartz xl 4 x 4 cm. large - Beura - Ossola - Piemonte - 3 euro

  • TORMALINA - dark acicular xls on a  4 x 3 cm. matrix - Beura - Ossola - Piemonte - 3 euro

  • VESUVIANA - xl + garnets xls on a 4 x 3 cm. matrix - San Vito quarry - Montesomma-Vesuvio - Napoli - 3 euro

  • VESUVIANA - brown prismatic "zoned" xls  on a 4 x 4 cm. matrix - Ala di Stura - Torino - Piemonte - 10 euro

  • VESUVIANA - dark brown xls on a 4 x 4 cm. matrix - Pitigliano quarry - Grosseto - Toscana - 15 euro

  • WILLEMITE - colorless exagonal terminated xls + cerussite on a 5 x 4 cm. matrix - Su Elzu mine - Ozieri - Sardegna - 5 euro

 

 

AUSTRIA

 

  • CALCITE - xls + clinocloro xls on a 3 x 3 cm. matrix - Gigler quarry - Maltatal - 3 euro

  • EPIDOTO - xls + titanite and others on a 7 x 2 cm. matrix - Gigler quarry - Maltatal - 5 euro

  • HEMATITE - lamellar xls + others on a 3 x 3 cm. matrix - Lohningbruch quarry - Rauris - Pinzgau - 2,5 euro

 

 

BRASILE

 

  • BERYL - bluish opaque 5 cm. long and 1 cm. large xl on a 8x8 cm. quartz matrix - 15 euro

  •                    ( singolo xl bluastro opaco lungo 5 cm. e largo 1 cm. su una matrice di quarzo di 8x8 cm.)

 

ENGLAND

  • CHILDRENITE - xls on a 4 x 2 cm. matrix - George and Charlotte mine - Tavistock - Devon - 3 euro

  • CHILDRENITE - xls on a 4 x 2 cm. matrix - George and Charlotte mine - Tavistock - Devon - 4 euro

  • HEMATITE - lamellar xls + quartz on a 3 x 3 cm. matrix - Florence mine - Egremont - Cumbria - 3 euro

  • SPHALERITE - xls on a 6 x 3 cm. matrix - Mt. Wellington - St. Day - Cornwall - 3 euro

 

FRANCIA

 

  • FARMACOSIDERITE (pharmacosiderite) - xls + cuproadamite and arseniosiderite on a 5 x 4 cm. matrix - Cap Garonne - Var - 4 euro

  • MONAZITE - orange xl + anatasio on a 4 x 3 cm. matrix - Plan du lac - Oisans - France - 5 euro

 

GERMANIA

 

  • FLUORITE - cubic xls on a 4 x 5 cm. matrix - Grube Clara - Wolfach - Germany - 5 euro

  • GOETHITE - dark acicular or small brown xls into quartz on a 7 x 4 cm. matrix - Idar Oberstein - 10 euro

  • HARMOTOMO - xls + quartz on a 8 x 4 cm. matrix - Idar Oberstein - 15 euro

 

 

GRECIA

 

  • AZZURRITE - blu xls on a 8 x 4 cm. matrix - Kamareza mines - Attika - 10 euro

  • MIMETITE - full of yellow xls on a 5 x 5 cm limonitic matrix - Plaka mine - Attika - Grecia - 30 euro

  •                           ( campione pieno di xx gialli su matrice limonitica 5x5 cm. )

 

 

MAROCCO

 

  • COBALTITE - full of xls on a 6 x 2 cm. matrix - Bou Azzer mines - Marocco - 5 euro

  • CONICALCITE - full of green drops on a 4 x 4 cm. matrix - Bou Azzer mines - Marocco - 5 euro

  • VANADINITE - orange xls on barite on a 5 x 4 cm. matrix - Mibladen mine - Marocco - 10 euro

  • WULFENITE - xls in barite vugs on a 4 x 3 cm. matrix - Mibladen mines - Marocco - 3 euro

 

 

TASMANIA

  • CROCOITE - red xls on a 6 x 6 cm. matrix - Dundas - 50 euro

  • CROCOITE - red xls on a 4 x 5 cm. matrix - Dundas - 7 euro        ( 3 specimens in stock )

 

 

TURCHIA

  • CELESTINA - sky blu xls on colemanite on a 5 x 5 cm. matrix - Bigadic mine - 5 euro
  • CELESTINA - sky blu xls on colemanite on a 4 x 4 cm. matrix - Bigadic mine - 10 euro
  • REALGAR - red xls + colemanite and celestina on a 5 x 7 cm. matrix - Bigadic mine - 5 euro

 

USA

  • PIRITE - xls + rodocrosite and quartz on a 6 x 4 cm. matrix - Butte mine - Montana - 10 euro