A collection of 90 classic and rare minerals from the latium volcanic areas, including very rare and type locality pieces. the minerals are mainly micromount and microscopic, as usual for this region. most of the crystals are perfect shaped. boxed and labeled.

minerals list

zircon, “horneblende” - tre croci, vetralla, viterbo province - perfect ialine crystal, whit black “horneblende”

zircon - capranica, viterbo province - perfect ialine crystal

zircon - bassano romano, viterbo province - pink perfect crystal

“sodalite” - capranica, viterbo province - yellow ialine perfect crystals

vonsenite, flogopite, “sodalite” - capranica, viterbo province - beautiful acicular vonsentie, with brown flogopite and white “sodalite”

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

“hellandite” - mt cavalluccio, campagnano di roma, rome province - perfect tiny yellow-brown crystal, really beautiful

quartz - tre croci, vetralla, viterbo province - ialine terminated crystal, not common in sainidinite matrix

titanite - capranica, viterbo province - beautiful orange elongated crystal

titanite - tre croci, vetralla, viterbo province - perfect orange crystals

titanite - mt cavalluccio, campagnano di roma, rome province - perfect orange crystal with black magnetite

danburite - vetralla, viterbo province - perfect ialine prismatic crystals, rare mineral, classic for this locality

danburite - capranica, viterbo province - perfect ialine prismatic crystals, rare mineral, classic for this locality

gadolinite-(ce) - vetralla, viterbo province - pale green tiny crystal, very rare sample

magnetite - vetralla, viterbo province - beautiful black/metallic crystal

magnetite, “hellandite” - capranica, viterbo province - group of perfect black crystals, with tabular yellow “hellandite”

stillwellite-(ce) - vetralla, viterbo province - tiny pink crystal, rare sample

stillwellite-(ce) - capranica, viterbo province - tiny pink crystal, with green thorite, rare sample

thorite - capranica, viterbo province - tiny perfect deep green crystal, classic for this locality

thorite, zircon (epitaxy) - vetralla, viterbo province - double terminated green crystal of thorite in epitaxy with ialine zircon, nice and rare piece

thorite - bassano romano, viterbo province - elongated and perfect green crystals, nice piece, classic for this locality

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

vicanite-(ce) - capranica, viterbo province - nice green crystal, very rare sample

chabazite-k - vallerano quarry, rome province - old sample from classic locality (currently inaccessible) with many globular aggregates of chabazite-k

artinite, periclase - albano, rome province - many acicular ialine crystals with orange octahedral periclase, rare sample

spinel - sacrofano, rome province - group of dark green octahedral crystals on pale green fassaite

baddeleyite - fosso attici, magliano romano, rome province - perfect green crystals

baddeleyite, “sodalite” - bassano romano, viterbo province - many perfect green crystals with a yellow-brown “sodalite”

analcime - vetralla, viterbo province - white complex crystals, not common for this locality

allanite-(ce), “sodalite” - mt cavalluccio, campagnano di roma, rome province - tabular brown crystal with white perfect “sodalite”, nice piece

allanite-(ce) -  fosso attici, magliano romano, rome province - perfect brown tiny crystal

cristobalite - le piagge, soriano nel cimino, viterbo province - spherical white aggregates on lava from and old locality (currently inaccessible)

quartz, titanite, “horneblende” - bassano romano, viterbo province - nice assotiation of a tiny ialine quartz, with orange titanite and black “horneblende”

haüyne - onano quarry, viterbo province - nice tiny deep blue crystal

“tourmaline” - vetralla, viterbo province - aggregate of acicular pale green crystals, not common for this locality

“tourmaline” - capranica, viterbo province - green crystals, not common for this locality

“cancrinite” - tre corci, vetralla, viterbo province - pack of hexagonal white crystals, typical for this area

“cancrinite” - bassano romano, viterbo province - nice transparent crystal

cuspidine - ariccia, rome province - tiny elongated white crystals, rare piece

wollastonite - mt cavalluccio, campagnano di roma, rome province - white altered (as usual) crystals, with “sodalite” and brown andradite

wollastonite, grossular - s rocco, caprarola, viterbo province - tiny white altered (as usual) crystals, with yellow shiny grossular

gehlenite - s rocco, caprarola, viterbo province - pseudocubic grey crystals, classic piece for this locality

zirconolite - vetralla, viterbo province - tiny acicular red crystal, very rare sample, analyzed

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

vonsenite - le carcarelle, vetralla, viterbo province - black elongated crystals, old sample from classic locality (currently inaccessible)

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

tuscanite - stracciacappe caldera, rome province - white transparent tabular crystals

“apatite”, titanite, “horneblende” - casale rosati, valentano, viterbo province - ialine “apatite” crystals with yellow titanite and black “horneblende”, nice piece

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

tuscanite - fosso attici, magliano romano, rome province - white/transparent tabular crystals

epidote, garnet - casale rosati, valentano, viterbo province - deep green perfect epidote crystal with pale green andradite

andradite var melanite - stracciacappe caldera, rome province - black shiny andradite var. melanite crystal

andradite, “apatite” - sacrofano, rome province - brown perfect andradite crystal with ialine “apatite” and “pyroxene”

magnetite, “apatite” - m. tozzo, campagnano di roma, rome province - black shiny complex crystal with ialine “apatite” and “pyroxene”

baddeleyite, magnetite - mt cavalluccio, campagnano di roma, rome province - perfect green crystals with shiny magnetite, nice piece

“sodalite” - le carcarelle, vetralla, viterbo province - white ialine perfect crystals, old sample from classic locality (currently inaccessible)

pseudobrookite - fosso ricomero, vetralla, viterbo province - tiny acicular orange crystals, rare piece

“pyrochlore” - capranica, viterbo province - tiny red crystal, rare piece

“pyrochlore” - mt cavalluccio, campagnano di roma, rome province - tiny red crystal on black “mica”, rare piece

“britholite” - mt cavalluccio, campagnano di roma, rome province - tiny white prismatic crystals

liottite - mt cavalluccio, campagnano di roma, rome province - ialine crystals, very rare sample (analyzed)

franzinite - albano, rome province - ialine crystals, very rare sample (analyzed)

fluorite, titanite - sacrofano, rome province - complex ialine white crystal with yellow titanite

peprossiite-(ce) - vetralla, viterbo province - tiny yellow crystals, very rare sample (analyzed)

afghanite - casale rosati, valentano, viterbo province - tipycal pack of hexagonal crystals, sample analyzed

helvine - capranica, viterbo province - tiny black altered (as usual) crystal, rare sample

nepheline - stracciacappe caldera, rome province - ialine white crystals

“britholite” - vetralla, viterbo province - white prismatic crystal

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

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

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

gismondine, phillipsite-k, chabazite-k - acqua acetosa quarry, rome - classic and rare sample of gismondine with many globular aggregates of phillipsite-k and chabazite-k, really nice. old sample from classic locality (currently inaccessible)

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

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

titanite, phlogopite - fosso ricomero, vetralla, viterbo province - spear-like yellow titanite crystals with orange phlogopite

ludwigite - corcolle quarry, rome province - black acicular crystals with ialine calcite, old sample from classic locality (currently inaccessible)

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

hydromagnesite , calcite - corcolle quarry, rome province - white globular aggregates on ialine calcite, old sample from classic locality (currently inaccessible)

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

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

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

andradite, “pyroxene” - onano quarry, viterbo province - many perfect brown iridescent crystals with green pyroxene

spinel - stracciacappe caldera, rome province - beautiful group of black crystals

hematite (iron rose) - capranica, viterbo province - beautiful tiny iron rose of metallic hematite (not common in this form, for this locality)

vesuvianite - valle biachella, sacrofano, rome province - really beautiful piece with many brown perfect crystals, old sample from classic locality (currently inaccessible)

maghemite - onano quarry, viterbo province - tiny brown spherical aggregates

fluoborite - albano, rome province - ialine prismatic acicular crystals, rare piece

“sodalite” - valle biachella, sacrofano, rome province - white transparent crystals, old sample from classic locality (currently inaccessible)

tridymite - fosso ricomero, vetralla, viterbo province - tiny white arborescent aggregates

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