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Legend: Sizes of specimens in cm. Sizes of crystals in mm. Weight in kg. Prices in euros (consider an exchange rate of 1.35 U.S.A. dollars for 1 euro). Reproduction of text and photos prohibited without permission of author. All the specimens are from Italy if not differently specified.

m128- Cordierite – Roccatederighi - Toscana – Italy. Size 3x2x2 weight 0.05. Grey biterminated cordierite crystal of 7 mm. on matrix. 9 €

	m148- Nosean, nepheline – Castellaccio di Petrignano – Vetralla - Lazio – Italy. Size 5x3x2 weight 0.1. Nosean micro-crystals and white hexagonal nepheline crystals on volcanic eject. 9 €

m253- Pyroxmangite – Min. Gambatesa – Val Graveglia – Liguria – Italy. Size 4x3x3 weight 0.1. Group of orange pyroxmangite micro-crystals on jasper matrix. 7 €

m261- Cerchiaraite – Min.Cerchiara – Val di Vara – Liguria – Italy (type locality). Size 5x4x2 weight 0.1. Group of olive green cerchiaraite micro-crystals on jasper matrix. 9 €

m551- Cuspidine – M.Gentile – Ariccia – Colli Albani - Lazio – Italy. Size 5x4x4 weight 0.15. Group of white-cream cuspidine crystals with max. size 3 mm. on volcanic eject. 14 €

m905- Omphacite - Carboneri – Val Pellice - Piemonte – Italy. Size 9x5x3 weight 0.25. Group of green omphacite crystals with max. size 14 mm. immersed in matrix. 17 €

m902- Omphacite - Carboneri – Val Pellice - Piemonte – Italy. Size 7x5x2 weight 0.15. Group of green omphacite crystals with max. size 10 mm. immersed in matrix. 8 €

m146- Biotite – Corcolle - Lazio - Italy. Size 4x3x2 weight 0.1. Brown brilliant lammellae of biotite of 25 mm. on volcanic matrix. 8 €

m530- Chloritoid, kyanite – Colle Cervetto – Val Varaita – Piemonte - Italy. Size 5x4x2 weight 0.1. Group of black chloritoid lamellae with max. Size 15 mm and light green kyanite crystals with max. size 15 mm. immersed in matrix. 7 €

	m258- Aegirine – Min.Cerchiara – Val di Vara – Liguria – Italy. Size 8x6x5 weight 0.45. Tufts of grey-violet aegirine microcrystals on braunite matrix. 17 €

m591- Allanite-(ce) – Trimouns mine – Luzenac – Midi-Pyrenees - France. Size 3x2x2 weight 0.05. Brown allanite crystal of 2 mm. on matrix. 6 €

m334- Dioptase – Altyn Tyube – Karaganda Oblast – Kazakhstan. Size 12x7x6 weight 0.7. Exceptional big specimen covered with green emerald brilliant dioptase crystals with max. size 7 mm. and gemmy quality. Very aesthetic sample. 310 €

m206- Serandite – Poudrette quarry – M.S.Hilaire – Quebec - Canada. Size 4x3x1 weight 0.1. Cluster of pink serandite crystals with max. size 5 mm. 17 €

m249- Sursassite – Min.Molinello – Val Graveglia – Liguria – Italy. Size 4x4x2 weight 0.1. Group of pink sursassite crystals of 1-2 mm. on jasper matrix. 9 €

	m692- Chabazite on offrettite – Lago d’Arno – Adamello massif - Lombardia – Italy. Size 8x7x2 weight 0.15. Carpet of colourless cubic chabazite crystals with max. size 2 mm. on offrettite microcrystals. 9 €

m143- Hedembergite/johansennite – Mine Temperino – Campiglia - Toscana - Italy. Size 4x3x1 weight 0.05. Cluster of black-green radiating mixed crystals. 5 €

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