
My collection
- Specimens from Sardinia
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Covellite on pyrite - Mine Calabona -
Alghero - Sardegna. Size 6x5x3 cm. Cluster of blue tabular covellite XXs with max. size 20
mm. partially encrusted with pyrite. Classic old specimen found around 1920 in this old
mine. |
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Phosgenite
Mine Monteponi - Iglesias Sardegna - Italy. Size 9x8x4 cm. Group of cream
transparent prismatic XXs with max. size 15 mm. |
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Native silver
- Mine Serra SIllixi - Sarrabus Sardegna - Italy. Size 3x2x2 weight 0.1.
Aggregation of brilliant dendritic silver. Classic old specimen found around 1890. |
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Pyromorphite
- Mine Crabulazzu - Arbus - Sardegna - Italy. Size 6x5x4 cm. Group of green grass
prismatic XXs with max. size 4 mm. on granitic matrix. |
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Enargite
- Mine Furtei - Sardegna. Size 12x10x8 cm. Group of black brown prismatic XXs max. size 15
mm. in a vug. |
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Anglesite on galena Mine Monteponi
Iglesias - Sardegna. Size 11x10x5 cm. Group of colourless XXs with max. size 18 mm.
in a vug of galena matrix. |
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Orthoclase with epidote Quarry
S.Bachisio - Telti Sardegna. Size 8x8x5 cm. Cluster of pink biterminated orthoclase
XXs with max. size 55 mm. partially covered with small green epidotes. |
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Stilbite Pula Sardegna. Size
10x9x6 cm. Rare old specimen with with cream big XXs with max. size 60 mm. |
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Fluorite
Mine S.Lucia - Fluminimaggiore Sardegna - Italy. Size 15x6x6 cm. Group of
colourless cubic intersected XXs with max. size 13 mm. on matrix. |
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Fluorite
Min. Su Zurfuru - Fluminimaggiore Sardegna. Size 5x3x3 cm. Group of light
blue perfect XXs with max. side 20 mm. |
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Fluorite
Min. Su Zurfuru - Fluminimaggiore Sardegna. Size 11x10x5 cm. Carpet of
yellow cubic XXs with max. size 13 mm. on arsenical matrix. |
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Blue
hemimorphite - Mine Sa Duchessa Domusnovas - Sardegna. Size
6x5x4 cm. Typical bothroidal formation from this old copper mine. Now undiscoverable. |
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