View previous topic :: View next topic |
Author |
Message |
Jordi Fabre
Overall coordinator of the Forum
Joined: 07 Aug 2006
Posts: 4900
Location: Barcelona
|
Posted: Oct 12, 2009 14:53 Post subject: The marvelous collection 'Cristalli' & brief guide about Florence - (3) |
|
|
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.
Description: |
Views of a Florentine villa from a room window of the Villa Carlotta Hotel. The situation of the Hotel is privileged. |
|
Viewed: |
120755 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Dome of the Duomo from Giotto's Campanile |
|
Viewed: |
120774 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
One of the most beautiful squares of Florence: Piazza Santissima Annunziata |
|
Viewed: |
120770 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
The world famous Ponte Vecchio seen from the equally well-known Piazzale Michelangelo |
|
Viewed: |
120777 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
The green lungs of Florence are the Giardino di Boboli full of sculptures |
|
Viewed: |
120782 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
The green lungs of Florence are the Giardino di Boboli full of sculptures |
|
Viewed: |
120699 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
120769 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Sight of Florence from Fiesole |
|
Viewed: |
120776 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
The very beautiful village of San Gimigniano |
|
Viewed: |
120720 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
The gentle Tuscan slopes from San Gimigniano |
|
Viewed: |
120769 Time(s) |
|
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Jordi Fabre
Overall coordinator of the Forum
Joined: 07 Aug 2006
Posts: 4900
Location: Barcelona
|
Posted: Oct 16, 2009 02:38 Post subject: Re: The marvelous collection 'Cristalli' & brief guide about Florence - (3) |
|
|
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.
Description: |
Metastibnite covering stibnite crystals Miniera di Pereta, Scansano, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy 16 x 16 inches Mineral sculpture of a rare species |
|
Viewed: |
120765 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Gypsum and native sulphur Miniera di Cozzodisi, Casteltermini, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy 11 x 7,4 inches Beauty and elegance in its purest |
|
Viewed: |
120785 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Quartz included with ajoite Messina, Limpopo, South Africa 21,6 x 20,4 inches It is considered among the best in the world. I think so |
|
Viewed: |
120981 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Morganite beryl Córrego do Urucum, Galiléia, Vale Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil 8,6 x 6,6 inches Huge, magic, marvellous |
|
Viewed: |
120628 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Morganite beryl Córrego do Urucum, Galiléia, Vale Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil 15 x 9,6 inches Its colour and perfection are absolute |
|
Viewed: |
120662 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
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." |
|
Viewed: |
121051 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
A showcase with very high-level Italian specimens. Several exceptional sulphur and gypsum ones |
|
Viewed: |
120633 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
“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 |
|
Viewed: |
120644 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Main hall of the exhibition. Posing Dr. Giazotto (right), Dr. Pratesi (left) and your humble servant (center) |
|
Viewed: |
120769 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
120641 Time(s) |
|
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Jordi Fabre
Overall coordinator of the Forum
Joined: 07 Aug 2006
Posts: 4900
Location: Barcelona
|
Posted: Oct 16, 2009 03:24 Post subject: Re: The marvelous collection 'Cristalli' & brief guide about Florence - (3) |
|
|
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!
Description: |
Rhodochrosite Hotazel Mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. 140x100 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120819 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Celestine with Sulphur Miniera La Grasta, Delia (Caltanissetta), Italy. 180x120 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120668 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Sulphur with Aragonite Miniera di Cozzodisi, Casteltermini (Agrigento), Italy. 400x200 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120752 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Gypsum with Sulphur Miniera di Cozzodisi, Casteltermini (Agrigento), Italy. 240x171 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120644 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Demantoid (Andradite) Sferlùn, Val Malenco (Sondrio), Italy. 400x25 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120662 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Wulfenite Sierra de los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico. 200x125x125 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120624 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Stibnite and Quartz Cavnic, Maramures Co., Romania. 230x170 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120693 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Pyrite with Calcite Miniera di Niccioleta, Massa Marittima (Grosseto), Italy. 380x380 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120707 Time(s) |
|
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Jordi Fabre
Overall coordinator of the Forum
Joined: 07 Aug 2006
Posts: 4900
Location: Barcelona
|
Posted: Oct 16, 2009 05:02 Post subject: Re: The marvelous collection 'Cristalli' & brief guide about Florence - (3) |
|
|
More images
Description: |
Quartz Rio Doce, Brazil. 450x300 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120300 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Quartz Ouray district, San Miguel Co., Colorado, USA. 430x220x280 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120652 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Aragonite Miniera di San Giovanni, Iglesias (Cagliari), Italy. 200x200 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120668 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Hematite Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumberland, England 500x450 mm; 150 kg |
|
Viewed: |
120698 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Aquamarine (Beryl) Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 450x350 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120851 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Topaz Xanda Mine, Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 220x160x230 mm; 11 kg. |
|
Viewed: |
120607 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Amethyst (Quartz) Veracruz, Mexico. 280X200 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120671 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Smithsonite Kelly Mine, Magdalena District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA. 190x130 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120699 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Fluorite Alston Moore, Cumberland, England. 130x110 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120632 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Aragonite Miniera di Cianciana, Agrigento, Italy. 170x170 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120631 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Aragonite Miniera di Cianciana, Agrigento, Italy. 230x200 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120651 Time(s) |
|
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Jordi Fabre
Overall coordinator of the Forum
Joined: 07 Aug 2006
Posts: 4900
Location: Barcelona
|
Posted: Oct 16, 2009 05:26 Post subject: Re: The marvelous collection 'Cristalli' & brief guide about Florence - (3) |
|
|
More images
Description: |
Morganite (Beryl) with Albite and Schorl Córrego do Urucum Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 280x230 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120638 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Kutnohorite Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa. 190x110 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120595 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Stibnite and Metastibnite Miniera di Pereta, Grosseto, Italy. 400x400 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120882 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Baryte Monte Masu, Villamassargia (Carbonia-Iglesias), Italy. 380x280 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120540 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Fluorite and Galena Alston Moore, Cumberland, England. 250x200 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120568 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Phosgenite and Anglesite Touissit, Oujda-Angad Province, Morocco. 250x150 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120638 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Vanadinite with Hollandite Taouz, Errachidia Province, Morocco. 250x200 mm |
|
Viewed: |
121066 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Sphalerite and Calcite Refugio de Aliva, Picos De Europa, Spain. 300x200 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120601 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Calcite with Baryte Elmwood, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA. 220x200 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120618 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Morganite (Beryl) Córrego do Urucum Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 170x60 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120715 Time(s) |
|
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Jordi Fabre
Overall coordinator of the Forum
Joined: 07 Aug 2006
Posts: 4900
Location: Barcelona
|
Posted: Oct 16, 2009 08:24 Post subject: Re: The marvelous collection 'Cristalli' & brief guide about Florence - (3) |
|
|
More images
Description: |
Liddicoatite Ankadilava, Sahatany Valley, Antsirabe, Antananarivo Region, Madagascar. 330x60 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120600 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Liddicoatite Ankadilava, Sahatany Valley, Antsirabe, Antananarivo Region, Madagascar. 330x60 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120552 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Vanadinite Mibladen, Midelt, Kénifra Province, Morocco. 80x80 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120509 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Morganite (Beryl) Golconda Mine, Governador Valadares Minas Gerais, Brazil. 270x100 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120804 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Quartz Antambolehibe, Ambositra, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar. 300x300 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120560 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Morganite (Beryl) on Albite with Schorl Córrego do Urucum Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 400x300 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120612 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Fluorite on Calcite La Collada, Pola de Siero, Asturias, Spain. 350x300 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120585 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Aquamarine (Beryl) with Muscovite Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Pakistan. 320x180 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120698 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Anhydrite Miniera di Campiano, Massa Marittima (Grosseto), Italy. 400x240 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120567 Time(s) |
|
_________________ Audaces fortuna iuvat |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Jordi Fabre
Overall coordinator of the Forum
Joined: 07 Aug 2006
Posts: 4900
Location: Barcelona
|
Posted: Oct 16, 2009 08:50 Post subject: Re: The marvelous collection 'Cristalli' & brief guide about Florence - (3) |
|
|
More images
Description: |
Morganite (Beryl) Golconda Mine, Governador Valadares, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 250x250 mm; 10 kg |
|
Viewed: |
120618 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Beryl Golconda Mine, Governador Valadares, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 300x250 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120605 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Morganite (Beryl) Golconda Mine, Governador Valadares, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 500x400 mm; 40 kg |
|
Viewed: |
120717 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Dolomite Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil. 250x200 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120463 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Pyromorphite Bunker Hill Properties, Kellogg, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA. 300x250 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120542 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Wulfenite Red Cloud Mine, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA. 150x120 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120509 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Ferberite and Quartz Kara Oba, Betpakdala Desert, Kazakhstan. 200x180 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120558 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Axinite with Byssolite (Actinolite) Puiva, Saranpaul, Polar Urals, Russia. 300x250 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120505 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Scheelite with Muscovite Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Sichuan Province, China. 350x280 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120555 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Proustite Dolores Tercera Mine, Chanarcillo, Copiapo, Chile 130x100 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120522 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Amethyst (Quartz) Galiléia, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 200x180 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120718 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Morganite and goshenite (beryl) Córrego do Urucum Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 250x200 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120512 Time(s) |
|
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Jordi Fabre
Overall coordinator of the Forum
Joined: 07 Aug 2006
Posts: 4900
Location: Barcelona
|
Posted: Oct 16, 2009 09:09 Post subject: Re: The marvelous collection 'Cristalli' & brief guide about Florence - (3) |
|
|
More images
Description: |
Emerald (Beryl) Campo Formoso, Bahia, Brazil. 200x180 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120626 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Morganite (Beryl) Muiâne Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique. 350x210x90 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120588 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Green Beryl with Muscovite Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 300x200 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120648 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Scepter Quartz Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 220x160 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120466 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Morganite (Beryl) and Albite with Schorl Corrégo do Urucum Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 250x200 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120470 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Elbaite, Clevelandite (Albite), Lepidolite in Quartz São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 480x300 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120538 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Elbaite, Clevelandite (Albite), Lepidolite in Quartz São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 480x300 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120554 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Amethyst (Quartz) Guerrero, Mexico. 300x160 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120395 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Morganite (Beryl) with Albite Bulachi, Diamar District, Northern Pakistan. 300x180 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120677 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Kunzite (Spodumene) Resplendor, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 300x200x80 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120478 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Elbaite Sapo Mine, Goiabeira, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 230x150 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120776 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Morganite (Beryl) Corrégo do Urucum Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 230x180 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120549 Time(s) |
|
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Jordi Fabre
Overall coordinator of the Forum
Joined: 07 Aug 2006
Posts: 4900
Location: Barcelona
|
Posted: Oct 16, 2009 09:31 Post subject: Re: The marvelous collection 'Cristalli' & brief guide about Florence - (3) |
|
|
More images
Description: |
Verdelite, Quartz and Lepidolite on Albite Cruzeiro Mine, Serra de Safira, Santa Maria do Suaçui, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 270x250 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120649 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Elbaite Cruzeiro Mine, Serra de Safira, Santa Maria do Suaçui, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 200x100 mm |
|
Viewed: |
123120 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Elbaite Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 280x50 mm. |
|
Viewed: |
120578 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Beryl Volodarsk-Volinskiy, Ukraine. 330x120 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120539 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Elbaite and Quartz Pedernera Mine, São José de Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 350x150 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120494 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Indicolite (Elbaite) and Quartz Pedernera Mine, São José de Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 200x150 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120553 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Indicolite (Elbaite), Albite and Quartz Pedernera Mine, São José de Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 400x150 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120608 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Calcite with Fluorite Elmwood, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA. 200x180 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120480 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Quartz on Calcite Cava Val Bona, Val Pulita (Massa Carrara) Italy. 500 x 260 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120416 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Malachite and Azurite Seabra, Bahia, Brazil. 300x200 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120385 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Rhodochrosite with Quartz, Fluorite, Chalcopyrite and Tetrahedrite Corner Pocket, Sweet Home Mine, Alma District, Colorado, USA. 250x600 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120458 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Stibnite covered by Stibiconite on quartz Xikuangshan Sb Deposit, Lengshuijiang Co., Hunan, China. 450x400 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120398 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Quartz Kargil, India. 400x300 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120465 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Aragonite and Sulphur Miniera di Giumentaro (Enna), Italy. 300x200 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120393 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Aragonite and Sulphur Miniera di Giumentaro (Enna), Italy. 300x400 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120389 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Sulphur with Aragonite Miniera di Cozzodisi, Casteltermini (Agrigento), Italy. 250x180 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120454 Time(s) |
|
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Jordi Fabre
Overall coordinator of the Forum
Joined: 07 Aug 2006
Posts: 4900
Location: Barcelona
|
Posted: Oct 16, 2009 09:51 Post subject: Re: The marvelous collection 'Cristalli' & brief guide about Florence - (3) |
|
|
More images
Description: |
Celestine with Sulphur Miniera di Giumentaro (Enna), Italy. 180x180 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120341 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Titanite Capelinha, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 100x100 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120372 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Ferberite, Fluorite and Quartz Hengyang, Hunan, China. 300x250 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120293 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Elbaite Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 300x50 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120454 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Apatite-(CaF) Panasqueira, Covilhã, Castelo Branco District, Portugal. 100x100 mm |
|
Viewed: |
121193 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Brazilianite, Albite and Schorl Galiléia, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 200x200 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120358 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Aquamarine (Beryl) and Quartz Ankazobe, Provincia di Antananarivo, Madagascar. 400x380 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120496 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Aquamarine (Beryl) with Muscovite and Calcite Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Pakistan. 640x300x300 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120455 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Quartz with Japan law twin and Calcite Rosario Mabel Mine, Pampa Blanca, Castrovirrenia Province, Huancavelica, Peru. 300x250 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120449 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Montebrasite Divino das Laranjeira, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 300x300 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120355 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Scheelite on Muscovite Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China. 400x200 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120341 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Gypsum and Sulphur Miniera di Ciavalotta (Agrigento), Italy. 250x150 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120390 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Aquamarine (Beryl), Quartz and Orthoclase Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Nothern Pakistan. 400x350 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120298 Time(s) |
|
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Jordi Fabre
Overall coordinator of the Forum
Joined: 07 Aug 2006
Posts: 4900
Location: Barcelona
|
Posted: Oct 16, 2009 10:05 Post subject: Re: The marvelous collection 'Cristalli' & brief guide about Florence - (3) |
|
|
More images
Description: |
Inesite with Hubeite Fenjiashan Mine, Daye Co., Hubey province, China. 400x350 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120335 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Indicolite (Elbaite), Lepidolite and Quartz on Albite and Orthoclase Pederneira Mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 550x400x350 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120817 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Cassiterite on Muscovite Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China. 350x300 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120373 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Aquamarine (Beryl) with Albite and Quartz Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Nothern Pakistan. 400x140 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120500 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Vanadinite and Baryte Mibladen, Midelt, Kénifra Province, Morocco. 400x300 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120306 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Scheelite, Cassiterite and Muscovite Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Sichuan Province, China. 250x200 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120359 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Amethyst (Quartz) with Japan law twin, and Calcite Fengjiashan Mine, Daye, Huangshi, Hubei, China. 300x300 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120322 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Stibnite and Stibiconite Xikuangshan Sb Deposit, Lengshuijiang Co., Hunan, China. 700x400 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120368 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Carrollite associated with Bornite and Calcite Kamoya South Mine, Kambove, Katanga Copper Crescent, D.R. Congo 300x200 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120310 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Fluorite with Quartz Planggenstock, Göscheneralp, Canton Uri, Switzerland. 200x150 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120397 Time(s) |
|
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Jordi Fabre
Overall coordinator of the Forum
Joined: 07 Aug 2006
Posts: 4900
Location: Barcelona
|
Posted: Oct 16, 2009 10:23 Post subject: Re: The marvelous collection 'Cristalli' & brief guide about Florence - (3) |
|
|
More images
Description: |
Hematite pseudo Magnetite Payún Matru Volcano, Malargüe, Mendoza, Patagonia, Argentina. 200x150 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120438 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Azurite and Malachite Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia. 250x200 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120525 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Aquamarine (Beryl) on Albite Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Nothern Pakistan. 220x120 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120627 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Fluorite on Muscovite Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Nothern Pakistan. 180x150 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120352 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Aquamarine (Beryl) Paplam Patti, Karur District, Tamil Nadu State, India. 160x320 mm; 9.8 kg |
|
Viewed: |
120854 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Epidote Hashupa, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Nothern Pakistan. 50x250 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120400 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Aegirina, Albite and Zircon Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi 180 x 160 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120370 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Elbaite on Quartz and Albite Nelum Valley, Kashmir, Northern Pakistan. 200x200 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120451 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Spessartine and black Quartz Tongbei, Fujian Province, China. 350x250 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120360 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Phosgenite on Galena Miniera di Monteponi (Carbonia Iglesias), Italy. 380x380 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120330 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Morganite, Quartz and Manganotantalite on Albite Bulachi, Diamar District, Northern Pakistan. 350x350 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120543 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Heliodor (Beryl) Fitampito, Provincia di Fianarantsoa, Madagascar. 200x90 mm; 3,5 kg |
|
Viewed: |
120541 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Emerald (Beryl) on Calcite Polveros Mine, Muzo, Boyacà, Colombia. 400x350 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120594 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Parisite-(Ce) with Aegirine on Quartz Mount Malosa, Zomba district, Malawi. 220x150 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120345 Time(s) |
|
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Jordi Fabre
Overall coordinator of the Forum
Joined: 07 Aug 2006
Posts: 4900
Location: Barcelona
|
Posted: Oct 16, 2009 10:43 Post subject: Re: The marvelous collection 'Cristalli' & brief guide about Florence - (3) |
|
|
More images
Description: |
Aegirina and Quartz Mount Malosa, Zomba district, Malawi. 180x150 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120345 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Sulphur Miniera di Giumentaro (Enna), Italy. 200x200 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120330 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Danburite Charcas, San Luis Potosí, Mexico. 400x350 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120380 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Amethyst (Quartz) Anahi Mine, La Gaiba District, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. 500x500 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120583 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Aquamarine (Beryl) and Albite on Quartz Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan. 400x350 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120515 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Rubellite (Elbaite) on Quartz Molo, Momeik, Shan State, Myanmar. 220x220 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120478 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Elbaite on Cleavelandite (Albite) Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan. 260x220 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120441 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Elbaite and Muscovite Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan. 300x110 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120392 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Pyrite Huancavelica Mine, Peru. 200x200 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120472 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Spodumene, Elbaite, Quartz and Lepidolite Mawi, Laghman Province, Afghanistan. 450x350 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120447 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Aquamarine (Beryl), Orthoclase and Quartz Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Pakistan. 350x270 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120428 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Elbaite with Albite Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan. 200x130 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120501 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Elbaite associated with Albite Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan. 250x150 mm |
|
Viewed: |
121001 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Aquamarine on Muscovite associated with Scheelite and Fluorite Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China. 450x450 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120524 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Elbaite with Albite Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan. 270x300 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120538 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Epidote Andravory, Milanoa, Vohemar, Diego Suarez Region, Madagascar. 450x400 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120456 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Ajoite on Quartz Messina District, Limpopo, South Africa 550x450 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120395 Time(s) |
|
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Jordi Fabre
Overall coordinator of the Forum
Joined: 07 Aug 2006
Posts: 4900
Location: Barcelona
|
Posted: Oct 16, 2009 11:02 Post subject: Re: The marvelous collection 'Cristalli' & brief guide about Florence - (3) |
|
|
The last ones
Description: |
Ajoite in Quartz Messina District, Limpopo, South Africa. 550x450 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120359 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Ajoite in Quartz Messina District, Limpopo, South Africa. 550x450 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120754 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Cerussite Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia. 250x150 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120402 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Calcite on Amethyst (Quartz) Irai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. 400x350 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120368 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Aquamarine (Beryl) on Quartz Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan. 280x180 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120816 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Aegirina, Zircon and Microcline Mount Malosa, Zomba district, Malawi. 400x400 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120282 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Fluorite Erongo Mountains, Usakos and Umaruru District, Erongo Region, Namibia. 400x150 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120390 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Aquamarine (Beryl) Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Pakistan. 350x200 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120660 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Pollucite, Spodumene and Quartz Mawi, Laghman Province, Afghanistan. 200x180 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120369 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Scepter Amethyst (Quartz) Ikalamavony, Matsiatra Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar. 230x150 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120446 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Calcite Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Kray, Russia. 330x250 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120384 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Fluorite Miniera di Camissinone, Zogno (Bergamo), Italy. 400x300 mm |
|
Viewed: |
121360 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Babingtonite and Prehnite Guangdong Province, China. 200x100 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120367 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Prasio (Quartz) with Hematite Seriphos, Isole Cicladi, Greece. 200x150 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120531 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Cuprite Onganja, Seeis, Windhoek District, Komas Region, Namibia. 100x70 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120613 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Elbaite Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan. 300x150x150 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120444 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Aquamarine, Schorl and Muscovite on Orthoclase Nyet, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Pakistan. 450x350 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120465 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Datolite Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Kray, Russia. 400x350 mm |
|
Viewed: |
120380 Time(s) |
|
_________________ Audaces fortuna iuvat |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Jordi Fabre
Overall coordinator of the Forum
Joined: 07 Aug 2006
Posts: 4900
Location: Barcelona
|
Posted: Oct 16, 2009 11:32 Post subject: Re: The marvelous collection 'Cristalli' & brief guide about Florence - (3) |
|
|
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.
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
120262 Time(s) |
|
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Tobi
Site Admin
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
Posts: 4109
Location: Germany
|
Posted: Oct 16, 2009 12:02 Post subject: Re: The marvelous collection 'Cristalli' & brief guide about Florence - (3) |
|
|
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.
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
David Von Bargen
Joined: 09 Jul 2009
Posts: 41
Location: Milwaukee
|
Posted: Oct 16, 2009 12:34 Post subject: Re: The marvelous collection 'Cristalli' & brief guide about Florence - (3) |
|
|
Nice specimens, but 1050 sure doesn't look like an emerald.
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Jordi Fabre
Overall coordinator of the Forum
Joined: 07 Aug 2006
Posts: 4900
Location: Barcelona
|
Posted: Oct 16, 2009 12:39 Post subject: Re: The marvelous collection 'Cristalli' & brief guide about Florence - (3) |
|
|
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.
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Ed Huskinson
Joined: 15 Apr 2009
Posts: 318
Location: Kingman, Arizona
|
Posted: Oct 16, 2009 12:53 Post subject: Re: The marvelous collection 'Cristalli' & brief guide about Florence - (3) |
|
|
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
_________________ La respuesta está en las rocas!! Estudiadlas!!
Ed |
|
Back to top |
|
|
jimB
Joined: 07 Sep 2009
Posts: 51
Location: Tucson, Arizona
|
Posted: Oct 19, 2009 21:56 Post subject: Re: The marvelous collection 'Cristalli' & brief guide about Florence - (3) |
|
|
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.
_________________ JimB |
|
Back to top |
|
|
|