Mineral: Tuscanite with Spinel
Locality: Fosso la Nova, Farnese, Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy
Description: Mass: 94 g MIM number:1966 Translucent, very sharp tuscanite crystal in the center of a matrix of volcanic rhyolite studded also with ten other small crystals of tuscanite, as well as small crystals of black spinel. It is the largest crystal known for this very rare species. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence Ex collection: Salvatore Fiori (Italie)

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