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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 1.5 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.

p004- Coesite, ellenbergerite on pyrope – Martiniana – Valle Po - Piemonte – Italy (Dora-Maira massif) (type locality for ellenbergerite). Size 5x4x3 weight 0.15. Two colourless coesite nodules of 2 mm. and dark violet ellenbergerite crystal on pyrope matrix. Typical sample of high pressure methamorfism. It was formed at 100 km. of depth under the ground’s level. It is visible the typical radial cracking around coesite. Reserved

p045- Lazulite – M.Ferra – Val Varaita – Piemonte - Italy. Size 5x3x1 weight 0.05. Aggregate of blue lazulite of 15 mm. on quartzite matrix. 11 €

p431- Pyrope – Martiniana – Valle Po - Piemonte – Italy (Dora-Maira massif). Size 10x7x6 weight 0.65. Pink round pyrope crystal of 75 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.  Reserved

m144- Cinnabar – Petriolo - Toscana - Italy. Size 5x4x2 weight 0.1. Red cinnabar crystals of 1-2 mm. on dolomite matrix. Reserved

m234- Axinite-(Mn) - Min. Monte Pu – Val Graveglia - Liguria - Italy. Size 9x6x4 weight 0.3. Carpet of brown axinite crystals with max. size 8 mm. on jasper matrix. 13 €

m438- Rutile – Valbona quarry – Carrara - Toscana - Italy. Size 4x4x2 weight 0.1. Dark red rutile crystal of 4 mm. on white marble. 7 €

m941- Chloritoid, kyanite – Colle Cervetto – Val Varaita – Piemonte - Italy. Size 6x5x2 weight 0.15. Group of black chloritoid lamellae with max. size 20 mm. with green kyanite crystals immersed in quartz matrix. 9 €

m962- Clinozoisite – Prali – Val Germanasca - Piemonte – Italy. Size 3x2x1 weight 0.05. Cluster of pink clinozoisite crystals of 1-2 mm. on matrix. 5 €

m557- Devilline – Berta quarry - El Papiol - Barcelona – Catalonia - Spain. Size 2x2x2 weight 0.05. Cluster of light-blue devilline microcrystals on matrix. 5 €

m585- Lavendulan on conichalcite – Dolores mine - Pastrana - Murcia - Spain. Size 3x2x2 weight 0.05. Cluster of light-lue lavendulan microcrystals on green conichalcite. 7 €

m588- Allanite-(ce) – Trimouns mine – Luzenac – Midi-Pyrenees - France. Size 5x4x4 weight 0.15. Perfect brown allanite crystal of 4 mm. on matrix. 9 €

p015- Berthierite – Caspari Mine – Sauerland - North Rhine-Westphalia - Germany. Size 3x2x1 weight 0.05. Blue metallic berthierite micro-crystals on matrix. 9 €

p023- Perroudite - Cap Garonne Mine – Pradet – Var – Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur – France (Type locality). Size 4x2x2 weight 0.05. Group of red perroudite micro-crystals on matrix. Reserved

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