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Scheelite
– Mine of Traversella - Valchiusella – Piemonte - Italy. Size 5x4x4 cm.
Exceptional old specimen found in 1955. Big bipiramidal perfect yellow XX of 40 mm. on a
mixed matrix of talc and green chlorite. Very blue fluorescent at U.V. light (short wave). |
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Quartz twined
with the Japan’s law with mesitine – Mine Traversella –
Valchiusella - Piemonte – Italy. Size 7x5x5. Old specimen found many years ago and
now very rare to find. Cluster of quartz XXs with yellow mesitine. The two XXs twined with
the Japan’s law are 22 mm. in lenght. |
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Bismutinite
on hematite – Mine of Brosso (Salvere section) – Piemonte -
Italy. Size 9x4x3. Aggregate of black brilliant XXs with max. lenght 40 mm. on hematite
and pyrite matrix. Classic old specimen found around 1950. |
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Pyrite with
arsenopyrite – Mine of Traversella – Valchiusella –
Piemonte - Italy. Size 10x7x5 cm. Beautiful hedgehog of brilliant pyrite XXs with max.
size 15 mm. mixed with arsenopyrite XXs with max. size 3 mm. |
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Bournonite,
dolomite - Mine Brosso (San Giuseppe section) – Piemonte - Italy.
Size 13x10x6. Spray of grey bournonite XXs with max. size 4 mm. and the typical gear shape
on a carpet of white dolomite. Old specimen found in 1970. |
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Magnesite
var. mesitina – Mine of Traversella – Valchiusella -
Piemonte - Italy. Size 17x13x8 cm. Big carpet of yellow lenticolar XXs with max. size 20
mm. on matrix with some grey quartz XX of 30 mm. |
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Quartz on
pyrite – Mine of Brosso (S.Giuseppe section) – Piemonte -
Italy. Size 20x14x8 cm. Carpet of colourless quartz XXs with max. size 30 mm. on pyrite
matrix. |
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Pyrite
– Mine of Brosso (Salvere section) – Piemonte - Italy. Size 14x13x10 cm.
Incredible group of big intersected pentagonododecaedric XXs with max. size 40 mm. |
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Pink Barite
– Mine of Brosso (Giariniere section) – Piemonte - Italy. Size 12x10x4 cm. Group
of pink tabular XXs with max. size 7 mm. on matrix. Exceptional barite's colour for this
mine. |
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Galena on
mesitite – Mine of Traversella - Valchiusella – Piemonte -
Italy. Size 10x7x3 cm. Cluster of cuboctaedric XXs with max. size 12 mm. on white
lenticolar mesitite. Old specimen found in 1985. |
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Pyrite on
magnetite – Mine of Brosso (Salvere section) – Piemonte -
Italy. Size 20x10x9 cm. Giant specimen with octaedric brilliant pyrite XXs with max. size
25 mm. on black magnetite. |
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