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 1.3 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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m303- Brookite
– Bristen – Reuss valley – Uri - Switzerland. Size 7x5x4 weight 0.25. Group
of red tabular brookite XXs with max. size 6 mm. on matrix. 22 € |
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m056- Diopside
– Cava Castellaccio – Ciappanico - Val Malenco – Lombardia - Italy. Size
5x4x4 weight 0.1. Cluster of light violet diopside crystals with max. size 20 mm. The
strange colour is for manganese impurities. 22 € |
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m885- Diopside
on grossular – Cassera Sbiasere – Valle Po – Piemonte - Italy.
Size 4x3x1 weight 0.05. Cluster of green diopside crystals with max. size 20 mm. on red
grossular crystals. 9 €
m875- Diopside
on grossular – Cassera Sbiasere – Valle Po – Piemonte - Italy.
Size 4x3x1 weight 0.1. Cluster of green diopside crystals with max. size 27 mm. on red
grossular matrix. Reserved
m873- Diopside
on grossular – Cassera Sbiasere – Valle Po – Piemonte - Italy.
Size 8x5x2 weight 0.1. Cluster of green diopside crystals with max. size 18 mm. on red
grossular crystals. 17 €
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m808- Quartz
– Colle Vaccera – Val Pellice – Piemonte - Italy. Size 4x3x2 weight 0.05.
Cluster of perfect colourless quartz crystals with max. size 35 mm. 9 € |
m900- Quartz
var. amethyst – M.Argentera – Valle Gesso – Piemonte - Italy.
Size 8x6x3 weight 0.2. Cluster of violet crystals with max. size 15 mm. on matrix. The
tips are darker than the body of the crystals. Very rare in the alpine region. 22 €
m619- Albite
with actinolite var. byssolite – Champorcher – Valle d’Aosta -
Italy. Size 7x7x3 weight 0.35. Carpet of white tabular albite crystals with max. size 8
mm. and green byssolite fibers. 17 €
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m931- Grossular
var. hessonite - Carboneri – Val Pellice – Piemonte - Italy. Size
13x10x5 weight 0.9. Carpet of red-orange brilliant hessonite crystals with max. size 3 mm.
and gemmy quality on rodingite matrix. 44
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m925- Grossular
var. hessonite with clinochlore – Carboneri – Val Pellice –
Piemonte - Italy. Size 7x5x2 weight 0.2. Group of exceptional dark red brilliant hessonite
XXs with max. size 7 mm. and gemmy quality with dark green clinochlore lamellae on
rodingite matrix. 22 €
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