This group of minerals includes 35 samples from various locations in Sicily. They are all analyzed or viewed by a Sicilian mineralogist expert. Measurements: MM, TN, Miniatures. Weight about 400 grams.
In the picture: Chabazite Na, Aenigmatite, Enstatite-ferrosilite series, Hedenbergite, Magnesioaubertite, Pseudocotunnite, Szomolnokite, Tenorite, Tobermorite.
1. Aenigmatite: black elongated crystals, Pantelleria Island, Trapani Province, Sicily, Italy
2. Analcime TL: icositetrahedral crystals, colorless and transparent, Cyclopean Islands, Aci Trezza, Aci Castello, Etna Volcanic Complex, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy
3. Analcime: icositetrahedral crystals, colorless and transparent, Palagonia, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy
4. Aragonite: speudohexagonal prismatic crystals, pink-red fluorescent, Giumentaro Mine (Capodarso Mine), Capodarso, Enna (Castrogiovanni), Enna Province, Sicily, Italy
5. Augite: black crystals in slag lava, Monti Rossi, Mount Etna, Etna Volcanic Complex, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy
6. Bismuthinite: thin elongated metallic crystals, La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
7. Chabazite-Na: Colorless crystals of chabazite-Na and gmelinite-Na in solid solution forming a spheric aggregate, Palagonia, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy
8. Cannizzarite: thin leafy, metallic crystals, La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
9. Celestina: transparent and colorless prismatic crystals, Muculufa Mine, Butera, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy
10. Challacolloite: small yellow crystals, La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
11. Demicheleite: small red needles, La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
12. Enstatite (enstatite-ferrosilite series): radial tufts of red and yellow crystals, Mt Calvario, Biancavilla, Etna Volcanic Complex, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy
13. Fluoroedenite TL: elongated yellow crystals, Mt Calvario, Biancavilla, Etna Volcanic Complex, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy
14. Godovikovite: white spherules, La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
15. Gypsum: monoclinic white crystals, Floristella Mine, Enna (Castrogiovanni), Enna Province, Sicily, Italy
16. Hedenbergite: green prismatic packages, Fiumedinisi, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
17. Hematite: metal sheets with hexagonal outline, Mount Etna, Etna Volcanic Complex, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy
18. Magnesioaubertite TL: Light blue-green crystalline aggregates, Faraglione Grande, Faraglioni di Levante, Porto Levante, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
19. Mesolite: white spheres, Rupe di Aci Castello, Aci Castello, Etna Volcanic Complex, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy
20. Natrolite: curls of white or semitransparent radial crystals, Palagonia, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy
21. Obsidian: black volcanic glass, Lipari Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
22. Opal: colorless drops, La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
23. Phillipsite: crystalline hemispheres, Palagonia, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy
24. Pseudocotunnite: white elongated crystals, La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
25. Quartz: small groups of white crystals in the Obsidian cavities, Canneto beach, Lipari Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
26. Quartz: squat colorless and transparent crystals, Isnello, Palermo Province, Sicily, Italy
27. Siderazoto TL: iridescent patinas, Mount Etna, Etna Volcanic Complex, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy
28. Sulfur: yellow inflorescences, La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
29. Sulfur: yellow comolexed crystals, Cozzo Disi Mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
30. Sulfur: talamone, Cozzo Disi Mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
31. Szomolnokite: small groups of yellow crystals with silky tufts of Pickeringite, La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
32. Tacharanite: white spherules covered with calcite, Palagonia, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy
33. Tenorite: thin elongated metallic crystals, Mount Etna, Etna Volcanic Complex, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy
34. Tetranatolite: white spheres, Palagonia, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy
35. Tobermorite: analyzed, white spherules with crystalline aggregates of Chabazite-Na-Gmelinite-Na, Palagonia, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy.
