Pierluigi Ambrino's Photo Gallery

RL2-0Y9Sardignaite BiMo₂O₇(OH)·2H₂O

Punta de Su Seinargiu, Sarroch, Metropolitan City of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy

Largest Crystal Size: 1 mm

Excellent association of sardignaite as elongated tabular crystals on quartz, with colourless fluorite.

Size of the crystal group: 1 mm

Find and Collection: Marco Ciuffardi, 2011

Photo: Pierluigi (Piero) Ambrino

559-9A0Realgar As₄S₄

Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy

Largest Crystal Size: 4.7 mm

Realgar crystal group on gypsum, in marble

Crystal group size is 4.7 mm

Finding and Collection: Marco Ciuffardi, 2011

Photo: Pierluigi (Piero) Ambrino

TUV-6PXLinarite PbCu(SO₄)(OH)₂

Baccu Locci Mine, Villaputzu, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy

Prismatic crystals association of linarite, on colorless cerussite.
Associated with, white globules of chalcoalumite, light-green tabular crystals of chalcophyllite, hydrozincite and colorless cubic fluorite.

Base picture 17 mm

Recovery and Collection Marco Ciuffardi, 2011

Photo Pierluigi (Piero) Ambrino