ALPINE
MINERALS - page 2
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.
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m198- Fluorite
– Bockstein – Gastein valley – Hohe Tauern Mts. – Salzburg - Austria.
Size 12x9x6 weight 0.95. Beautiful carpet of light green octaedric fluorite crystals with
max. size 15 mm. on matrix. 110 € |
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m060- Schorl
– Piona – Lombardia - Italy. Size 9x7x5 weight 0.35. Black biterminated schorl
crystal of 50 mm. on matrix. Reserved
m958- Beryl
– M. Bracco – Valle Po - Piemonte – Italy. Size 6x4x4 weight 0.15. Cluster
of curved deformed blue beryl crystals with max. size 15 mm. immersed in quartzite matrix.
The main crystal is terminated. 33 €
m960- Beryl
– M. Bracco – Valle Po - Piemonte – Italy. Size 7x5x1 weight 0.1. Cluster
of curved deformed blue beryl crystals with max. size 35 mm. immersed in quartzite matrix.
28 €
m199- Hematite
with rutile, quartz and calcite – Cavradi Gorge – Val Tavetsch -
Switzerland. Size 17x11x7 weight 1.1. Big specimen with a group of black brilliant
lamellae of hematite, the biggest one is 20 mm., small red rutile crystals in epitaxy with
hematite, quartz and scalendoedric calcites. Classic specimen from a classic alpine site. 350 €
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m067- Natrolite
– Piz Sella – Val Gardena – Alto Adige - Italy. Size 10x8x7 weight 1.0.
Cluster of pink natrolite crystals with max. lenght 12 mm. on volcanic matrix. 33 € |
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m978- Andradite
var. topazzolite – Piano di Cassafrera – Val di Susa –
Piemonte - Italy. Size 15x10x3 weight 0.65. Big plate covered of yellow topazzolite
crystals with max. size 4 mm. with green clinochlore lamellae. 28 €
m088- Baryte
on siderite – Mine Brosso – Piemonte - Italy. Size 14x9x6 weight
1.2. On this specimen there is an aggregate of lenticolar big baryte crystals with max.
size 20 mm., brown siderite crystals with max. size 20 mm. and small quartz and pyrite
crystals. 50 €
m105- Diopside,
grossular var. hessonite – Testa Ciarva – Val d’Ala –
Piemonte - Italy. Size 5x3x3 weight 0.1. Cluster of light green diopside crystals with
max. size 6 mm. and gemmy quality on orange hessonite crystals. 17 €
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m675- Heulandite
– Drio le Pale – Val di Fassa – Trentino - Italy. Size 10x7x7 weight 0.45.
Group of red-brown tabular heulandite crystals with max. size 4 mm. on volcanic matrix. 28 € |
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m950- Diopside
– Cassera Sbiasere – Valle Po – Piemonte - Italy. Size 5x5x3 weight 0.15.
Cluster of green diopside crystals with max. size 16 mm. on rodingite matrix. 11 €
m970- Titanite
– P.Cristalliera – Val Chisone – Piemonte - Italy. Size 10x7x5 weight 0.55.
Cluster of pink titanite crystals with max size 17 mm. on green clinochlore lamellae. 22 €
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