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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.

	m076- Cafarsite – M. Cervandone – Val Devero - Piemonte – Italy. Size 11x5x3 weight 0.3. Group of brown bipiramidal cafarsite XXs with max. size 10 mm. on matrix.  55 €

	m021- Rutile, xenotime – M.Aquila – Val Sangone - Piemonte - Italy. Size 5x4x3 weight 0.15. Group of dark red rutile crystals with max. size 1 mm. on matrix. The crystals are kneee twined. There is also a prismatic yellow xenotime micro-crystal. Reserved

	m077- Cafarsite – M. Cervandone – Val Devero - Piemonte – Italy. Size 4x4x2 weight 0.1. Group of brown octaedric cafarsite crystals with max. size 4 mm. on matrix.  13 €

m592- Thomsenolite – Ivigtut – Greenland. Size 5x4x2 weight 0.1. Group of colourless thomsenolite microcrystals with brown brilliant siderite and chalcopyrite. 11 €

m803- Carlosturanite – Min. Auriol – Sampeyre – Val Varaita – Piemonte – Italy (type locality). Size 11x3x1 weight 0.1. Cluster of grey fibers with max. size 50 mm. on serpentino matrix. 11 €

m911- Lazulite – M.Ferra – Val Varaita - Piemonte – Italy. Size 9x6x3 weight 0.2. Light blue lazulite on quartzite matrix. 11 €

m914- Lazulite – M.Ferra – Val Varaita - Piemonte – Italy. Size 4x3x2 weight 0.1. Group of light blue lazulite XXs of 3 mm. on quartzite matrix. 17 €

m436- Pyrope – Martiniana – Valle Po - Piemonte – Italy (Dora-Maira massif). Size 10x8x8 weight 1.05. Cluster of pink round pyrope crystal with max. size 70 mm. on matrix. Typical sample of high pressure methamorfism. It was formed at 100 km. of depth under the ground’s level. At the chemical analysis these exceptional (for the size) crystals result composed of 90% of pyrope and 10% of almandine, then they are the most pure pyrope found in nature. 22 €

m432- Pyrope – Martiniana – Valle Po - Piemonte – Italy (Dora-Maira massif). Size 7x7x5 weight 0.6. Pink round pyrope crystal of 65 mm. attached to a little matrix. Typical sample of high pressure methamorfism. It was formed at 100 km. of depth under the ground’s level. At the chemical analysis these exceptional (for the size) crystals result composed of 90% of pyrope and 10% of almandine, then they are the most pure pyrope found in nature. 17 €

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