Microminerals from Italy #2

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145  ILMENITE Tosca Quarry, Varsi, Parma  Very very fine euhedral black metallic to sub-metallic stubby crystals on matrix.  (E)    $5.00
153  INDERITE Brosso, Salvere Level, Torino  Radial groups of vitreous, colourless to white thin prismatic crystals.  Usually with minor Canavesite.  (N, E)  $6.00
151  KUTNOHORITE Arezzo  Sream to brown to black - on superb Aragonite crystals in calcareous nodules.  (N, E)  $6.00
50151 KUTNOHORITE Arezzo  Spherical or saddle-shaped groups - cream to brown to black - on superb Aragonite crystals in calcareous nodules in 3.8x3.2x3.0 cm boxes.  $8.00
5      LUDWIGITE Colli Albani, Rome  Sharp acicular to elongated, blue-black crystals and sprays in matrix.  (E)  $7.00
50005 LUDWIGITE Colli Albani, Rome  Sharp acicular to elongated, blue-black crystals and sprays in matrix in a 3.8 x 3.2 x 3.0 cm box.  $8.00
29    PHILLIPSITE Fittā di Soave, Verona  Water-clear crystals on Caledonite in vugs in basalt.  (E)  $5.00
50029 PHILLIPSITE Fittā di Soave, Verona  Water-clear crystals on Caledonite in vugs in basalt in 3.8 x 3.2 x 3.0 cm box.  $7.00
143   QUARTZ Casale Val d'Aveto, Piacenza  The Italian Herkimer Diamond - SUPERB - Euhedral colourless crystals with adamantine lustre - many with gas bubble inclusions on matrix.  (E)  $5.00
12     SMITHSONITE Zorzone Mine, Bergamo  Extremely fine pieces with highly lustrous water-clear crystals in vugs.  (E)  $7.00
50012 SMITHSONITE Zorzone Mine, Bergamo  Extremely fine pieces with highly lustrous water-clear crystals in vugs in 3.8 x 3.2 x 3.0 cm box.  $8.00
146   SPHALERITE Tosca Quarry, Varsi, Parma  Most unusual - stacks of tiny (30x) lustrous red-brown crystals forming "columns" on a matrix of +/- white acicular Aragonite, lustrous colourless Titanite and Lizardite lining the vugs.   (E)  $5.00

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