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Jordi Fabre
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 Posted: Oct 12, 2009 14:53 Post subject: The marvelous collection 'Cristalli' & brief guide about Florence - (3) |
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I already published this thread in the Spanish Forum and considering its usefulness and with the help of the minsurfer Antonio Alcaide who kindly translated the text, I decided to publish it here too. I hope it can help visitors and mineral lovers to know better the magnificent city of Florence as well as the marvelous collection "Cristalli", which is temporarily displayed there.
Here is the thread, thanks again to Antonio Alcaide for his great job translating it.
The marvelous collection "Cristalli" and brief guide about Florence
In the first week of September this year I took my diminished holiday and, as it seems to me many others minsurfers do when the place coincides with a mineralogical event, I didn’t let this opportunity go away thanks to the tolerance of Carme –better known as ‘that of the infinite patience”-.
As a result of this, when I came back I realized there was something that could be useful in many ways. If I explained here what I did related to minerals and in addition I gave a kind of practical tourist guide of the city we visited –things that worked out well and things that didn’t- this could be useful for others minsurfers to:
a) To be interested in the mineralogical activity of that location and/or to make it fit with a holiday.
b) To be able to make the most of the useful information I could give about the place.
But as well the spice of the matter was that I forced myself to draw up a kind of travel book and as a result of making it and putting it on the FMF I would always have easy access to the memories of that trip. If this works and other minsurfers do the same, everyone will be able to use the experiences of others when travelling.
To sum up, in a first message I’m going to explain my tourist guide of Florence and its surroundings and then, in a second message, I’m going to talk about the outstanding Adalberto Giazotto’s collection temporarily housed in the “Cristalli” exhibition -> https://mostracristallifirenze.it/ from the historical Nature History Museum of the University of Florence.
I’m not sure if this idea will work of if others will sign up to write their own tourist and mineralogical guides, so at the moment I’m putting this message in the Trips and Museum visits section, but if it went well I would open a new section on FMF to accommodate this kind of reports.
Well then, this is my post about Florence, its surroundings and the excellent “Cristalli” collection. I begin with the tourist part and in the next message I will put what is related to the “ Cristalli” exhibition.
FLORENCE AND SURROUNDINGS. Brief tourist guide.
Florence is one of my legendary cities. This is due not only to its extraordinary beauty –all its old town is a world heritage site according the UNESCO- but also when I was very young I lived there for a short time as an adventure surviving thanks to the “etto” –100 grams of pizza- bought in the cheapest dives I found. This, besides letting me speak broken Italian well or so, is an unforgettable experience.
Thus, in order to refresh my memories and with the excellent company of my long-suffering Carme we began to study the major part of the journey, that is to say, the reservation of the flight and the accommodation. Internet offered us invaluable assistance for both things and we hired two plane tickets with the Italian company Meridiana -> https://www.meridiana.it/es/ at a moderate price due to have done it a month and a half before. That company also had the virtue of flying directly without stopovers from Barcelona (or Madrid) to Florence, what is basic because Italian companies have the ingrained habit of losing the baggage in the connections –as the illustrious Iberia usually does-. Once the tickets were confirmed, we went to look up a hotel we liked in the very long Florence’s hotel list. After a long search it seemed to us that Villa Carlota -> https://villacarlotta.hotelinfirenze.com/ was satisfactory. After a long haggling by phone we were proposed a price of 99 euros per night (taxes and VAT included) so we decided to book in at this hotel. The election was a relative success, I do not mean it is the perfect hotel, but it is quite centrally situated in a very quiet place (buses anytime/ 15 minutes walk to the Ponte Vecchio-Duomo). It has several good restaurants around and although it’s an old stylish villa that needs some alterations, its general condition is good.
In short, the hotel is not actually a four star one, but due to its location, its quality-price ratio and the extreme kindness of the all staff we think it is highly recommended, taking into account as well that in Florence hotels are anything but cheap and the central ones are not often very modern because of the difficulties to make improvements due to the multiple architectural constraints.
Okay, so we are in Florence. I’m not going to talk about everything one can visit in Florence that is obviously all its monumental old town, since there are thousands of websites that explain in detail the issue, but what I’m going to do is to give a series of home-grown tricks to make the stay/visit more pleasant.
1) Main trick: forgetting to move in your own car around Florence. This is crazy taking into account the characteristics of the city, but in addition it is forbidden for foreigners driving in the city centre, so we are forced to leave the car in any car park authorized for this purpose and which are not cheap at all. The best way to get around is by bus, as logically there is no subway in Florence. There are many daily bus lines –including holidays and nights- well covering most of the areas to visit.
2) Important trick: if you want to visit one of the main museums (Uffizi Gallery, Academy, Duomo) forget about going without prior reservation. To make reservation costs only 5 euros and it’s possible by internet –hotels also deal with it-. For those reasonable 5 euros we save ourselves from wasting a lot of time and from losing our patience too because the queues to get the tickets are huge.
3) Third trick. Around Florence there is a charming small village: Fiesole, which is on one of the hills overlooking the city, so it has fantastic views and the good news is that you can get there using a city bus from Florence, that leads us to Fiesole on a trip for the modest fee of a city bus and with its regular passing. In the same case we have other small villages, nice too, of which I would emphasize Settignano, Imprugnetta o Greve.
After having said these tricks, it must be added a piece of general advice: to be very careful with prices because Florence isn’t cheap at all and they have an eye for “hunting” unsuspecting foreigners and fleecing them, especially in restaurants. Among the virtues of the Hotel Villa Carlotta is that there are several high quality restaurants nearby, two of which have moderate prices. Namely: Antica Porta
-> https://www.antica-porta.it and Da Ruggero -> https://www.concierge.com/travelguide/florence/restaurants/15188
The last piece of advice is that nobody loses the visit to San Gimigniano (World heritage-UNESCO as well), a village situated about 40 km. from Florencia. There is a good description of such a marvellous place in this Spanish guide -> https://www.guiarte.com/sangimignano/ .
Tricks for San Gimigniano:
a) To go: it’s much better not to do one of the visits scheduled by the hotels since San Gimigniano has many nooks to view calmly and unhurriedly so, if we have no car, we must take a kind of intercity bus that leaves right next to the hotel Villa Carlotta towards Siena and then change in the village of Poggibonsi taking there the intercity bus to San Gimigniano. Pay attention to the change for not going to Siena –though of course that is not bad at all-. There are many intercity buses, every 20 or 25 minutes one comes.
b) To eat: the same problem as in Florence, that it’s to say, not to be fleeced. We strongly recommend Il Castello restaurant -> https://www.enotecailcastello.it/ and its balcony with panoramic views to the typical Tuscan hills, gentle, slightly rounded hills covered with peaceful olives, vineyards and cypresses. Right price, excellent treatment and quality food –and views-.
There would be more things to say but it takes serious work to write them, so I’m not going to extend further and simply I add some pics to what has been said.
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| Views of a Florentine villa from a room window of the Villa Carlotta Hotel. The situation of the Hotel is privileged. |
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| Posted: Oct 16, 2009 02:38 Post subject: Re: The marvelous collection 'Cristalli' & brief guide about Florence - (3) |
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THE ADALBERTO GIAZOTTO COLLECTION IN FLORENCE
In this second message I'm going to speak about the Dr. Adalberto Giazotto's extraordinary collection, which temporarily is housed in the “Cristalli” exposition -> https://mostracristallifirenze.it/ of the historical Natural History Museum of the University of Florence.
For many years Dr. Giazotto has been the point of reference for the Italian collectors. High-level nuclear physicist, he has been and is still very well connected with the Virgo Project (gravitational waves terrestrial mega-detector). During his scientific career he has published over 120 articles in international scientific journals.
Great enthusiast of minerals, Dr. Giazotto recently took a very important decision, a decision that benefits all mineral collectors greatly: to donate his collection to the Natural History Museum of the University of Florence. The donation is temporary (five years) but the wish of both Dr. Giazotto and Dr. Giovanni Pratesi, the current president of the Museum, is that the collection remains there permanently.
I take advantage of the publication of this article for asking the mineralogical world to do everything possible so that the collection continues being public as it is now. It would be really a pity that the present situation had no continuity and we lost the privilege of visiting this great collection, now placed in an incomparable framework.
Drs. Adalberto Giazotto and Giovanni Pratesi have done an outstanding job, preparing a fantastic exhibition, located in three halls with about 20 perfectly lighted showcases, all in a quite charming area of Natural Science Museum of Florence, full of History. This Museum is the oldest science museum in Europe preserving many objects and collections related to natural science, including the real Galileo Galilei’s optical tools. The synergy between the collection and the Museum is obvious and the work that has been deployed in order to display this collection in an appropriate way deserves everything possible to be done for not losing this effort.
After much ado, let’s talk about what matters, that is to say the collection and its minerals. In this message and the following ones we are going to see some photos Carme took of mineral specimens from the collection that attracted our attention for one reason or another. When I have the opportunity I will also upload some videos we made for seeing better the general appearance of the exhibition halls.
Apart from this, Dr. Giazotto has sent to us a CD with high quality pictures of most of the specimens. We will publish them here with the satisfaction of being able to offer on-line images of this extraordinary collection.
Just remind that besides the exhibition, Drs. Adalberto Giazotto and Giovanni Pratesi have published a book. " Cristalli l'ordine dal caos", describing many of the Giazotto’s collection specimens one by one in great detail and with stories related with the origin of many of them.
These columns had not been possible without the help of Antonio Alcaide who has translated the original texts in Spanish. Again, thanks Antonio.
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Metastibnite covering stibnite crystals
Miniera di Pereta, Scansano, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy
16 x 16 inches
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Gypsum and native sulphur
Miniera di Cozzodisi, Casteltermini, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy
11 x 7,4 inches
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Quartz included with ajoite
Messina, Limpopo, South Africa
21,6 x 20,4 inches
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Morganite beryl
Córrego do Urucum, Galiléia, Vale Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil
8,6 x 6,6 inches
Huge, magic, marvellous |
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Morganite beryl
Córrego do Urucum, Galiléia, Vale Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil
15 x 9,6 inches
Its colour and perfection are absolute |
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Aquamarine beryl
Paplam Patti, Tamil Nadu, India
12,4 x 5,6 inches
Huge and gorgeous beryl crystal. The colour and origin make it unique.
It will be the "ikon" of Munich Show 2009, as this edition will be devoted to India's treasures and the jewel of the crown is this specimen that they called: " the "Emperor of India" with this description:
"....The centrepiece is the "Emperor of India", the most beautiful aquamarine crystal in the world – an enormous, luminescent, turquoise precious stone, almost 10 kg in weight and 32 cm in height." |
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| “The” fluorite from La Collada. I say “the” because every great international collection usually has its fluorite from La Collada. It’s a worldwide classic |
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| Main hall of the exhibition. Posing Dr. Giazotto (right), Dr. Pratesi (left) and your humble servant (center) |
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Oct 16, 2009 03:24 Post subject: Re: The marvelous collection 'Cristalli' & brief guide about Florence - (3) |
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Here you have the images of the best specimens of the 'Cristalli' exhibit - Dr. Giazotto collection.
The images are from Jeff Scovil and Dr. Giazotto. At the end of these posts we will publish the credits of all images.
Enjoy it!
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Rhodochrosite
Hotazel Mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa.
140x100 mm |
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Celestine with Sulphur
Miniera La Grasta, Delia (Caltanissetta), Italy.
180x120 mm |
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Sulphur with Aragonite
Miniera di Cozzodisi, Casteltermini (Agrigento), Italy.
400x200 mm |
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Gypsum with Sulphur
Miniera di Cozzodisi, Casteltermini (Agrigento), Italy.
240x171 mm |
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Demantoid (Andradite)
Sferlùn, Val Malenco (Sondrio), Italy.
400x25 mm |
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Wulfenite
Sierra de los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico.
200x125x125 mm |
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Stibnite and Quartz
Cavnic, Maramures Co., Romania.
230x170 mm |
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Pyrite with Calcite
Miniera di Niccioleta, Massa Marittima (Grosseto), Italy.
380x380 mm |
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| Posted: Oct 16, 2009 05:02 Post subject: Re: The marvelous collection 'Cristalli' & brief guide about Florence - (3) |
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Quartz
Rio Doce, Brazil.
450x300 mm |
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Quartz
Ouray district, San Miguel Co., Colorado, USA.
430x220x280 mm |
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Aragonite
Miniera di San Giovanni, Iglesias (Cagliari), Italy.
200x200 mm |
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Hematite
Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumberland, England
500x450 mm; 150 kg |
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Aquamarine (Beryl)
Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
450x350 mm |
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Topaz
Xanda Mine, Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
220x160x230 mm; 11 kg. |
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Amethyst (Quartz)
Veracruz, Mexico.
280X200 mm |
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Smithsonite
Kelly Mine, Magdalena District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA.
190x130 mm |
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Fluorite
Alston Moore, Cumberland, England.
130x110 mm |
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Aragonite
Miniera di Cianciana, Agrigento, Italy.
170x170 mm |
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Aragonite
Miniera di Cianciana, Agrigento, Italy.
230x200 mm |
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| Posted: Oct 16, 2009 05:26 Post subject: Re: The marvelous collection 'Cristalli' & brief guide about Florence - (3) |
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Morganite (Beryl) with Albite and Schorl
Córrego do Urucum Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
280x230 mm |
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Kutnohorite
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa.
190x110 mm |
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Stibnite and Metastibnite
Miniera di Pereta, Grosseto, Italy.
400x400 mm |
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Baryte
Monte Masu, Villamassargia (Carbonia-Iglesias), Italy.
380x280 mm |
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Fluorite and Galena
Alston Moore, Cumberland, England.
250x200 mm |
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Phosgenite and Anglesite
Touissit, Oujda-Angad Province, Morocco.
250x150 mm |
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Vanadinite with Hollandite
Taouz, Errachidia Province, Morocco.
250x200 mm |
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Sphalerite and Calcite
Refugio de Aliva, Picos De Europa, Spain.
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Calcite with Baryte
Elmwood, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA.
220x200 mm |
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Morganite (Beryl)
Córrego do Urucum Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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| Posted: Oct 16, 2009 08:24 Post subject: Re: The marvelous collection 'Cristalli' & brief guide about Florence - (3) |
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Liddicoatite
Ankadilava, Sahatany Valley, Antsirabe, Antananarivo Region, Madagascar.
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Ankadilava, Sahatany Valley, Antsirabe, Antananarivo Region, Madagascar.
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Vanadinite
Mibladen, Midelt, Kénifra Province, Morocco.
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Morganite (Beryl)
Golconda Mine, Governador Valadares Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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Quartz
Antambolehibe, Ambositra, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar.
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Morganite (Beryl) on Albite with Schorl
Córrego do Urucum Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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Fluorite on Calcite
La Collada, Pola de Siero, Asturias, Spain.
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Aquamarine (Beryl) with Muscovite
Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Pakistan.
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Anhydrite
Miniera di Campiano, Massa Marittima (Grosseto), Italy.
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| Posted: Oct 16, 2009 08:50 Post subject: Re: The marvelous collection 'Cristalli' & brief guide about Florence - (3) |
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Morganite (Beryl)
Golconda Mine, Governador Valadares, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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Beryl
Golconda Mine, Governador Valadares, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
300x250 mm |
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Morganite (Beryl)
Golconda Mine, Governador Valadares, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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Dolomite
Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil.
250x200 mm |
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Pyromorphite
Bunker Hill Properties, Kellogg, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA.
300x250 mm |
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Wulfenite
Red Cloud Mine, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA.
150x120 mm |
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Ferberite and Quartz
Kara Oba, Betpakdala Desert, Kazakhstan.
200x180 mm |
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Axinite with Byssolite (Actinolite)
Puiva, Saranpaul, Polar Urals, Russia.
300x250 mm |
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Scheelite with Muscovite
Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Sichuan Province, China.
350x280 mm |
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Proustite
Dolores Tercera Mine, Chanarcillo, Copiapo, Chile
130x100 mm |
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Amethyst (Quartz)
Galiléia, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
200x180 mm |
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Morganite and goshenite (beryl)
Córrego do Urucum Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
250x200 mm |
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| Posted: Oct 16, 2009 09:09 Post subject: Re: The marvelous collection 'Cristalli' & brief guide about Florence - (3) |
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Emerald (Beryl)
Campo Formoso, Bahia, Brazil.
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Morganite (Beryl)
Muiâne Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique.
350x210x90 mm |
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Green Beryl with Muscovite
Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
300x200 mm |
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Scepter Quartz
Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
220x160 mm |
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Morganite (Beryl) and Albite with Schorl
Corrégo do Urucum Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
250x200 mm |
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Elbaite, Clevelandite (Albite), Lepidolite in Quartz
São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
480x300 mm |
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115768 Time(s) |
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Elbaite, Clevelandite (Albite), Lepidolite in Quartz
São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
480x300 mm |
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115786 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Amethyst (Quartz)
Guerrero, Mexico.
300x160 mm |
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115628 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Morganite (Beryl) with Albite
Bulachi, Diamar District, Northern Pakistan.
300x180 mm |
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115907 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Kunzite (Spodumene)
Resplendor, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
300x200x80 mm |
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115715 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Elbaite
Sapo Mine, Goiabeira, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
230x150 mm |
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116009 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Morganite (Beryl)
Corrégo do Urucum Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
230x180 mm |
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115770 Time(s) |
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Verdelite, Quartz and Lepidolite on Albite
Cruzeiro Mine, Serra de Safira, Santa Maria do Suaçui, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
270x250 mm |
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115865 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Elbaite
Cruzeiro Mine, Serra de Safira, Santa Maria do Suaçui, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
200x100 mm |
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118341 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Elbaite
Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
280x50 mm. |
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115808 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Beryl
Volodarsk-Volinskiy, Ukraine.
330x120 mm |
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115784 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Elbaite and Quartz
Pedernera Mine, São José de Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
350x150 mm |
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115742 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Indicolite (Elbaite) and Quartz
Pedernera Mine, São José de Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
200x150 mm |
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115782 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Indicolite (Elbaite), Albite and Quartz
Pedernera Mine, São José de Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
400x150 mm |
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115847 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Calcite with Fluorite
Elmwood, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA.
200x180 mm |
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115692 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Quartz on Calcite
Cava Val Bona, Val Pulita (Massa Carrara) Italy.
500 x 260 mm |
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115642 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Malachite and Azurite
Seabra, Bahia, Brazil.
300x200 mm |
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115619 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Rhodochrosite with Quartz, Fluorite, Chalcopyrite and Tetrahedrite
Corner Pocket, Sweet Home Mine, Alma District, Colorado, USA.
250x600 mm |
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115681 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Stibnite covered by Stibiconite on quartz
Xikuangshan Sb Deposit, Lengshuijiang Co., Hunan, China.
450x400 mm |
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115629 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Quartz
Kargil, India.
400x300 mm |
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| Viewed: |
115692 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Aragonite and Sulphur
Miniera di Giumentaro (Enna), Italy.
300x200 mm |
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115626 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Aragonite and Sulphur
Miniera di Giumentaro (Enna), Italy.
300x400 mm |
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115621 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Sulphur with Aragonite
Miniera di Cozzodisi, Casteltermini (Agrigento), Italy.
250x180 mm |
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115685 Time(s) |
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| Posted: Oct 16, 2009 09:51 Post subject: Re: The marvelous collection 'Cristalli' & brief guide about Florence - (3) |
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| Description: |
Celestine with Sulphur
Miniera di Giumentaro (Enna), Italy.
180x180 mm |
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115588 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Titanite
Capelinha, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
100x100 mm |
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| Viewed: |
115619 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Ferberite, Fluorite and Quartz
Hengyang, Hunan, China.
300x250 mm |
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115529 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Elbaite
Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
300x50 mm |
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115696 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Apatite-(CaF)
Panasqueira, Covilhã, Castelo Branco District, Portugal.
100x100 mm |
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116433 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Brazilianite, Albite and Schorl
Galiléia, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
200x200 mm |
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115596 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Aquamarine (Beryl) and Quartz
Ankazobe, Provincia di Antananarivo, Madagascar.
400x380 mm |
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115727 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Aquamarine (Beryl) with Muscovite and Calcite
Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Pakistan.
640x300x300 mm |
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115670 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Quartz with Japan law twin and Calcite
Rosario Mabel Mine, Pampa Blanca, Castrovirrenia Province, Huancavelica, Peru.
300x250 mm |
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115657 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Montebrasite
Divino das Laranjeira, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
300x300 mm |
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115589 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Scheelite on Muscovite
Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China.
400x200 mm |
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115565 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Gypsum and Sulphur
Miniera di Ciavalotta (Agrigento), Italy.
250x150 mm |
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115630 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Aquamarine (Beryl), Quartz and Orthoclase
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Nothern Pakistan.
400x350 mm |
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115523 Time(s) |
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| Posted: Oct 16, 2009 10:05 Post subject: Re: The marvelous collection 'Cristalli' & brief guide about Florence - (3) |
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Inesite with Hubeite
Fenjiashan Mine, Daye Co., Hubey province, China.
400x350 mm |
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115577 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Indicolite (Elbaite), Lepidolite and Quartz on Albite and Orthoclase
Pederneira Mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
550x400x350 mm |
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116027 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Cassiterite on Muscovite
Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China.
350x300 mm |
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115616 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Aquamarine (Beryl) with Albite and Quartz
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Nothern Pakistan.
400x140 mm |
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115743 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Vanadinite and Baryte
Mibladen, Midelt, Kénifra Province, Morocco.
400x300 mm |
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115552 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Scheelite, Cassiterite and Muscovite
Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Sichuan Province, China.
250x200 mm |
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115584 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Amethyst (Quartz) with Japan law twin, and Calcite
Fengjiashan Mine, Daye, Huangshi, Hubei, China.
300x300 mm |
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115550 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Stibnite and Stibiconite
Xikuangshan Sb Deposit, Lengshuijiang Co., Hunan, China.
700x400 mm |
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115600 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Carrollite associated with Bornite and Calcite
Kamoya South Mine, Kambove, Katanga Copper Crescent, D.R. Congo
300x200 mm |
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115553 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Fluorite with Quartz
Planggenstock, Göscheneralp, Canton Uri, Switzerland.
200x150 mm |
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115621 Time(s) |
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| Posted: Oct 16, 2009 10:23 Post subject: Re: The marvelous collection 'Cristalli' & brief guide about Florence - (3) |
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Hematite pseudo Magnetite
Payún Matru Volcano, Malargüe, Mendoza, Patagonia, Argentina.
200x150 mm |
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115661 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Azurite and Malachite
Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia.
250x200 mm |
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115746 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Aquamarine (Beryl) on Albite
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Nothern Pakistan.
220x120 mm |
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115851 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Fluorite on Muscovite
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Nothern Pakistan.
180x150 mm |
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115583 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Aquamarine (Beryl)
Paplam Patti, Karur District, Tamil Nadu State, India.
160x320 mm; 9.8 kg |
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116070 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Epidote
Hashupa, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Nothern Pakistan.
50x250 mm |
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| Viewed: |
115638 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Aegirina, Albite and Zircon
Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi
180 x 160 mm |
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| Viewed: |
115608 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Elbaite on Quartz and Albite
Nelum Valley, Kashmir, Northern Pakistan.
200x200 mm |
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| Viewed: |
115676 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Spessartine and black Quartz
Tongbei, Fujian Province, China.
350x250 mm |
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115601 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Phosgenite on Galena
Miniera di Monteponi (Carbonia Iglesias), Italy.
380x380 mm |
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115568 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Morganite, Quartz and Manganotantalite on Albite
Bulachi, Diamar District, Northern Pakistan.
350x350 mm |
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115761 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Heliodor (Beryl)
Fitampito, Provincia di Fianarantsoa, Madagascar.
200x90 mm; 3,5 kg |
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115766 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Emerald (Beryl) on Calcite
Polveros Mine, Muzo, Boyacà, Colombia.
400x350 mm |
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115818 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Parisite-(Ce) with Aegirine on Quartz
Mount Malosa, Zomba district, Malawi.
220x150 mm |
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115584 Time(s) |
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| Posted: Oct 16, 2009 10:43 Post subject: Re: The marvelous collection 'Cristalli' & brief guide about Florence - (3) |
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Aegirina and Quartz
Mount Malosa, Zomba district, Malawi.
180x150 mm |
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115590 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Sulphur
Miniera di Giumentaro (Enna), Italy.
200x200 mm |
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115563 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Danburite
Charcas, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.
400x350 mm |
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115621 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Amethyst (Quartz)
Anahi Mine, La Gaiba District, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia.
500x500 mm |
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115801 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Aquamarine (Beryl) and Albite on Quartz
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan.
400x350 mm |
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115728 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Rubellite (Elbaite) on Quartz
Molo, Momeik, Shan State, Myanmar.
220x220 mm |
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115715 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Elbaite on Cleavelandite (Albite)
Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan.
260x220 mm |
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115667 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Elbaite and Muscovite
Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan.
300x110 mm |
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115634 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Pyrite
Huancavelica Mine, Peru.
200x200 mm |
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115686 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Spodumene, Elbaite, Quartz and Lepidolite
Mawi, Laghman Province, Afghanistan.
450x350 mm |
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115680 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Aquamarine (Beryl), Orthoclase and Quartz
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Pakistan.
350x270 mm |
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115652 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Elbaite with Albite
Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan.
200x130 mm |
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115714 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Elbaite associated with Albite
Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan.
250x150 mm |
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116221 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Aquamarine on Muscovite associated with Scheelite and Fluorite
Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China.
450x450 mm |
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115758 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Elbaite with Albite
Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan.
270x300 mm |
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115752 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Epidote
Andravory, Milanoa, Vohemar, Diego Suarez Region, Madagascar.
450x400 mm |
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115692 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Ajoite on Quartz
Messina District, Limpopo, South Africa
550x450 mm |
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115623 Time(s) |
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| Posted: Oct 16, 2009 11:02 Post subject: Re: The marvelous collection 'Cristalli' & brief guide about Florence - (3) |
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| Description: |
Ajoite in Quartz
Messina District, Limpopo, South Africa.
550x450 mm |
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115602 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Ajoite in Quartz
Messina District, Limpopo, South Africa.
550x450 mm |
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115987 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Cerussite
Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia.
250x150 mm |
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115634 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Calcite on Amethyst (Quartz)
Irai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
400x350 mm |
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115597 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Aquamarine (Beryl) on Quartz
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan.
280x180 mm |
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116038 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Aegirina, Zircon and Microcline
Mount Malosa, Zomba district, Malawi.
400x400 mm |
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115531 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Fluorite
Erongo Mountains, Usakos and Umaruru District, Erongo Region, Namibia.
400x150 mm |
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115635 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Aquamarine (Beryl)
Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Pakistan.
350x200 mm |
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115902 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Pollucite, Spodumene and Quartz
Mawi, Laghman Province, Afghanistan.
200x180 mm |
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115600 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Scepter Amethyst (Quartz)
Ikalamavony, Matsiatra Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar.
230x150 mm |
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115677 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Calcite
Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Kray, Russia.
330x250 mm |
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115625 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Fluorite
Miniera di Camissinone, Zogno (Bergamo), Italy.
400x300 mm |
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116573 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Babingtonite and Prehnite
Guangdong Province, China.
200x100 mm |
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115587 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Prasio (Quartz) with Hematite
Seriphos, Isole Cicladi, Greece.
200x150 mm |
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115761 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Cuprite
Onganja, Seeis, Windhoek District, Komas Region, Namibia.
100x70 mm |
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115818 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Elbaite
Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan.
300x150x150 mm |
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115668 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Aquamarine, Schorl and Muscovite on Orthoclase
Nyet, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Pakistan.
450x350 mm |
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115701 Time(s) |
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| Description: |
Datolite
Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Kray, Russia.
400x350 mm |
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115624 Time(s) |
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Oct 16, 2009 11:32 Post subject: Re: The marvelous collection 'Cristalli' & brief guide about Florence - (3) |
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Well that's it. A wonder, right?
Below is the list of authors of the photos supplied by the Dr. Adalberto Giazotto. Thanks to him both by the photos as well as for the effort he did to put his collection in public display in Florence.
I’d love to read the other minsurfers opinions about this article as well as the opinions of those who have visited the beautiful Florence recently. Welcome all new posts to complete these columns contributing with their own experiences.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Oct 16, 2009 12:02 Post subject: Re: The marvelous collection 'Cristalli' & brief guide about Florence - (3) |
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| Jordi Fabre wrote: | | Well that's it. A wonder, right? |
I'm trying to find words for that ... but ... these minerals are just to good to be real. The size!!! Just dizzying, stunning, beyond belief. Wow.
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David Von Bargen
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Location: Milwaukee
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| Posted: Oct 16, 2009 12:34 Post subject: Re: The marvelous collection 'Cristalli' & brief guide about Florence - (3) |
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| Nice specimens, but 1050 sure doesn't look like an emerald.
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Oct 16, 2009 12:39 Post subject: Re: The marvelous collection 'Cristalli' & brief guide about Florence - (3) |
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| David Von Bargen wrote: | | Nice specimens, but 1050 sure doesn't look like an emerald. |
Corrected David, thanks a lot.
If someone still find some other mistake, please letting us know.
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Ed Huskinson
Joined: 15 Apr 2009
Posts: 318
Location: Kingman, Arizona
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| Posted: Oct 16, 2009 12:53 Post subject: Re: The marvelous collection 'Cristalli' & brief guide about Florence - (3) |
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Hi everybody!!
Wow. Holy cow! I'm having trouble typing because as each picture unfolded while I scrolled down, my heart rate increased and my blood pressure soared.
So many of these are minerals from localities unknown or little known to me. It just got better and better.
Then my computer went crazy and I looked down and realized that I had drooled all over my keyboard and shorted the thing out. So now I have to go over to Staples to buy another Logitech wireless keyboard.
Thanks Jordi, for this. I've added the site to my favorites under FMF, and plan to visit it often.
Stunning, just stunning.
Muchissimas gracias!!!
Ed
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jimB
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Location: Tucson, Arizona
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| Posted: Oct 19, 2009 21:56 Post subject: Re: The marvelous collection 'Cristalli' & brief guide about Florence - (3) |
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Hi Jordi,
What a wonderful exhibit of minerals. That surely must be the worlds best ajoite in quartz considering the size and perfection. I loved the Brazilian morganite and thought tie "angels wing" selenite and sulphur unbelieveable. I would love to see the collection in person.
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