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Italian Minerals for Collectors

A website dedicated to advanced mineral collectors. Lot of specimens from all over the world but greatly dedicated to Italian mineralogy.

I am a mineral collector but also a rock-hunter ! I have been collecting rock from when I was 10 years old.

My area of interest is in pegmatite minerals from Isola Elba, Tuscany, Italy and probably this is the richest website of such kind of specimens !

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BARYTE

NUXIS, RIO BACHERA, CAGLIARI, ITALY - Very nice cluster of golden baryte ! The cluster is composed by 5 well terminated baryte crystals up to 3.8x2 cm in size ! Classic finding of 2010. Overall size…

SULFUR

Colonnata quarry, Apuane Alps, Carrara, Italy - A bright yellow sulfur crystal of 1x1 cm in size shows on the top of this marble specimen ! A very nice crystal, terminated. Rare to find such kind of…

ATACAMITE

ATACAMA, CHILE - Bright crystals of 1 cm show up on this specimen. Neat and perfectly terminated crystals! Nice 9x6x5 cm.

BARYTE

Elk Creek, Meade Co., South Dakota, USA - The spectacular esthetic of this specimen is a classic ! The specimen consists of an incredible carpet of bright yellow calcite crystals to 1 cm in size with…

ILVAITE

Campiglia Marittima, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy - Small black terminations of stand around a small amount of quartz matrix with a few isolated crystals of quartz. The quartz crystals are…

RHODOCROSITE

UCHUCHACUA MINE, LIMA DEPT., PERU - Bright pink rhodocrosite crystals show up on this specimen. The crystals size is up to 1.1 cm. Overall size is 6x3.5x3 cm.

CAVANSITE on STILBITE

INDIA - Showy rock with several cavansite spheoids in the 0.5-0.7 cm range. The color is light blue and it has a good contrast on the stilbite crystals. 5.5x3x3 cm.

ANDRADITE var DEMANTOID

Antetezambato, Ambanja Area, Antsiranana Region, North Madagascar - A super specimen with great demantoid crystals. The color is the classic green/yellowish. Great luster and brightness. The crystals…

SMITHSONITE

TSUMEB MINE, TSUMEB, NAMIBIA - Light pink smithsonite crystals show up on this specimen. The crystals are dispersed on the dark matrix and are up to 1.5 cm long ! Great specimen from this defunct…

SMITHSONITE

TSUMEB - Bright PINK smithsonite crystals cover almost completely this specimen. Their size is up to 2-4 mm and form several clusters of crystals. Real nice 5x2x3.5 cm rock.

BENITOITE and NEPTUNITE

SAN BENITO GEM MINE, SAN BENITO CO., CA, USA - This specimen hosts both the typical minerals from this locality. There is a terminated blue crystal of benitoite of 1 cm on the edge, well exposed on…

BROOKITE & QUARTZ

KARHAN MTS., PAKISTAN - The best specimen of the lot ! There is an undamaged terminated brookite crystal of 2.4x1.4 cm in size and close to it there is an other brookite of 1.5 cm in size. A super…

ALABANDITE & RHODOCHROSITE

Uchucchacua Mine, Lima Department, Peru - Semi lustrous sharp crystals to 1.5 cm in size across the top of this matrix with minor rhodochrosite. In very good condition and quite fine for the species.…

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