a small collection of 72 classic and rare minerals from the latium volcanic areas. the minerals are mainly micromount and microscopic, as usual for this region. most of the crystals are perfect shaped. pieces will be boxed at best, and labeled with a list.

mineral list:

1 - allanite-(ce) - stracciacappe caldera, rome province - perfect tabular tiny crystals.

2 - baddeleyite - stracciacappe caldera, rome province - perfect tiny green crystals.

3 - zircon - mt cavalluccio, campagnano di roma, rome province - perfect tiny pink crystal.

4 - thorite - capranica, viterbo province - perfect green crystal.

5 - stillwellite-(ce), titanite, zircon, thorite - vetralla, viterbo province - nice combination of stillwellite-(ce) crystals group with perfect orange titanite, green thorite and white zircon. rare sample.

6 - vonsenite - vico lake, viterbo province - acicular metallic crystals.

7 - “hellandite” - capranica, viterbo province - group of yellow tabular crystals.

8 - danburite - vetralla, viterbo province - group of perfect prismatic tiny crystals.

9 - magnetite - vetralla, viterbo province - group of perfect black csrystals.

10 - zircon - bassano romano, viterbo province - perfect gemmy pink crystal.

11 - titanite - bassano romano, viterbo province - perfect gemmy orange crystal.

12 - vicanite-(ce) (tl) - vetralla, viterbo province - nice tiny green crystal, very rare sample.

13 - tuscanite - mt cavalluccio, campagnano di roma, rome province - white crystals group.

14 - vishnevite - casale rosati, valentano, viterbo province - tiny perfect ialine crystals.

15 - nepheline - mt cavalluccio, campagnano di roma, rome province - many white/trasparent crystals on lavic fragment.

16 - spinel - sacrofano, rome province - group of perfect dark green crystals.

17 - phlogopite, hematite - fosso ricomero, vetralla, viterbo province - tiny black/metallic hematite crystals on perfect orange phlogopite.

18 - fayalite - onano quarry, viterbo province - many perfect brown crystals.

19 - titanite - vetralla, viterbo province - perfect gemmy orange crystal with black “horneblende”.

20 - “tourmaline” - capranica, viterbo province - group of green crystals, rare sample.

21 - andradite - onano quarry, viterbo province - many perfect brown iridescent crystals.

22 - “melilite”, nepheline - laghetto quarry, rome province - lavic fragment with many tabular melilite crystals and perfect nepheline. old sample from classic locality (currently inaccessible).

23 - augite var. fassaite - fosso attici, magliano romano, rome province - many perfect green crystals.

24 - gehlenite - s. rocco, caprarola, viterbo province - mass of grey pseudo-cubic crystals. old sample from classic locality (currently exhausted).

25 - alunite (tl) - allumiere, rome province - cluster of many yellow alunite crystals. old sample from classic type locality (currently inaccessible).

26 - lapis lazuli - parco chigi, ariccia, rome province - blue veins on rock cluster. old sample from classic locality (currently inaccessible).

27 - phillipsite-k, chabazite-k - vallerano quarry, rome province - classic sample with many globular aggregates of phillipsite-k and chabazite-k, really nice. old sample from classic locality (currently inaccessible).

28 - azurite, quartz - tolfa, rome province - blue crystalline masses of azurite on quartz - old sample from classic locality (currently inaccessible).

29 - magnesio-hastingsite - onano quarry, viterbo province - lavic fragment with many acicular crystals.

30 - phillipsite-k - ariccia, rome province - tiny perfect crystals.

31 - augite - parco chigi, ariccia, rome province - isolated single crystal of 1.2 cm. old sample from classic locality (currently inaccessible).

32 - hydromagnesite - albano, rome province - white rounded aggregates of crystals.

33 - analcime - farnese, viterbo province - many perfect tiny crystals.

34 - “thorianite-uraninite” - capranica, viterbo provicne - tiny pseudo-cubic black crystals, rare sample.

35 - britholite-(ce) - vetralla, viterbo province - tiny white prismatic crystals.

36 - “horneblende”, “sodalite” - mt cavalluccio, campagnano di roma, rome province - black horneblende with yellow “sodalite”.

37 - titanite - fosso ricomero, vetralla, viterbo province - small vug with many tiny perfect crystals.

38 - hydromagnesite - corcolle quarry, rome province - white globular aggregates. old sample from classic locality (currently inaccessible).

39 - tridymite - fosso ricomero, vetralla, viterbo province - tiny white aggregates.

40 - “pyrochlore” - capranica, viterbo province - tiny red complex crystal, rare sample.

41 - “pyrochlore” - mt cavalluccio, campagnano di roma, rome province - tiny red crystal, rare sample.

42 - fluorapatite - fosso attici, magliano romano, rome province - many transparent elongated crystals.

43 - peprossiite-(ce) - vetralla, viterbo province - yellow crystalline masses, very rare sample. analyzed.

44 - anorthite - fosso attici, magliano romano, rome province - many white crystals.

45 - andradite - farnese, viterbo province - perfect brown crystals.

46 - franzinite - albano, rome province - transparent/white crystals, very rare sample. analyzed.

47 - magnetite - bassano romano, viterbo province - perfect complex crystal, really beautiful.

48 - fluorite - mt cavalluccio, campagnano di roma, rome province - white/transparent tiny crystal.

49 - magnetite - mt cavalluccio, campagnano di roma, rome province - perfect black/metallic crystal.

50 - baddeleyite, thorite - capranica, viterbo province - nice combination of a perfect green baddeleyite crystal with tiny thorite.

51 - liottite - valentano, viterbo province - nice crystalline mass, rare sample. analyzed.

52 - tobermorite - vallerano quarry, rome province - globular white aggregates of tobermorite. old sample from classic locality (currently inaccessible).

53 - vonsenite - le carcarelle, vetralla - black/metallic elongated crystals. old sample from classic locality (currently inaccessible).

54 - augite var. fassaite, spinel - stracciacappe caldera, rome province - nice sample with many green fassaite crystals covered by black spinel.

55 - “apatite”, magnetite - casale rosati, valentano, viterbo province - small vug in rock with many ialine apatite crystals and grey/metallic magnetite.

56 - “garnet” - casale rosati, valentano, viterbo province - green gemmy garnet crystals (probably andradite).

57 - tuscanite - stracciacappe caldera, rome province - white/transparent tabular crystals.

58 - kaliophilite - corcolle quarry, rome province - many white/transparent elongated crystals. nice old sample from classic locality (currently inaccessible).

59 - vonsenite - fosso ricomero, vetralla, viterbo province - black elongated crystals.

60 - andradite - fosso attici, magliano romano, rome province - perfect black tiny crystals.

61 - grossular - sacrofano, rome province - perfect yellow crystals. nice old sample from classic locality.

62 - ludwigite - corcolle quarry, rome province - many aggregates of black acicular crystals. really nice old sample from classic locality (currently inaccessible).

63 - perrierite-(ce) - bassano romano, rome province - brown elongated crystal, very rare sample.

64 - artinite - albano, rome province - many acicular ialine crystals, rare sample.

65 - allanite-(ce) - mt cavalluccio, campagnano di roma, rome province - perfect black crystal.

66 - danburite - villa san giovanni in tuscia, viterbo province - perfect ialine crystals, really nice piece from classic locality.

67 - haüyna - onano quarry, viterbo province - really nice deep blue crystal.

68 - “sodalite” - vetralla, viterbo province - nice pink crystal.

69 - “hellandite” - mt cavalluccio, campagnano di roma, rome province - yellow tabular crystals.

70 - haüyna - albano, rome province - pale blue crystals, classic locality.

71 - “gadolinite” - vetralla, viterbo province - pale green tiny crystal, very rare sample.

72 - stillwellite-(ce) - vetralla, viterbo province - tiny crystal with titanite and “horneblende”, rare sample.