Tony Albini's Photo Gallery

LLU-P03Columbite-(Mn) Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆

Anderson No. 1 Mica Mine, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA

Dimensions: 5.5 cm x 6 cm x 7 cm

Columbite - (Mn) 5.5cm Collected Dec 1978 with owners permission. Came from 100th boulder ice split. Anthony J Albini collection Analysis by Dr Peter Cerny Herold Moritz Photo.

5WQ-DE7Tantalite-(Mn) Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆

Anderson No. 1 Mica Mine, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA

Dimensions: 4 cm x 4 cm x 4 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 1.5 cm

Collected Nov 25 1980 with owners permission. Analyzed by Dr Peter Cerny University of Manitoba Herold Moritz Photo.

QJJ-75WMicrocline (Var: Amazonite) K(AlSi₃O₈)

Pikes Peak batholith, Teller County, Colorado, USA

Dimensions: 16 cm x 12 cm x 5 cm

Amazonite crystals on graphic granite matrix. Specimen measures 16 x 12 x 5 cm. Anthony J. Albini specimen #8033. Harold Moritz photo.

FQN-DJ5Elbaite Na(Li_1.5Al_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)

White Rocks Quarry, White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA

Dimensions: 11 cm x 11 cm x 16 cm

Watermelon elbaite crystals in pegmatite matrix. Specimen is 11 x 11 x 16 cm, largest crystal 8 cm long. Collected in the 1970s by a Bristol, Conn. resident named "Freddy". Anthony J. Albini specimen #8038. Harold Moritz photo.

QDL-Q7XElbaite Na(Li_1.5Al_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)

White Rocks Quarry, White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA

Dimensions: 10 cm x 5 cm x 6 cm

Rubellite crystals in pegmatite matrix. Specimen is 10 x 5 x 6 cm. Collected in the 1970s by a Bristol, Conn. resident named "Freddy". Anthony J. Albini specimen #8037. Harold Moritz photo.

11K-2Y9Topaz Al₂(SiO₄)(F,OH)₂ , Muscovite KAl₂(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂

Old Mine Park, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA

Topaz crystal, with a muscovite coating, with pink fluorite variety chlorophane. Crystal is 6.5 cm tall. I have collected this site since 1978 and per observations and conversations with Ronald E. Januzzi who collected this site more than anyone else, most of the topaz is partially or totally altered to muscovite. This specimen has a surface alteration. At the extreme bottom of this picture you can see unaltered topaz. Collected by Anthony J. Albini, specimen #6079. Harold Moritz photo.

9NH-EN2Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz) SiO₂

Becker Quarry, West Willington, Willington, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA

Rare Tessin habit quartz crystal 7 cm tall. Anthony J. Albini specimen #6011. Harold Moritz photo.

KAF-RCUQuartz (Var: Smoky Quartz) SiO₂

Becker Quarry, West Willington, Willington, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA

Rare Tessin habit quartz crystal 5 cm tall. Anthony J. Albini specimen #7605. Harold Moritz photo.

UYE-42LSchoonerite ZnMn²⁺Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺(PO₄)₃(OH)₂·9H₂O , Rockbridgeite Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(PO₄)₃(OH)₅

Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

Dimensions: 3.5 cm x 3 cm x 4 cm

Brown schoonerite coating black, radiating rockbridgeite. Specimen is 3.5 x 3 x 4 cm. Anthony J. Albini specimen #6004. Harold Moritz photo. Child photos are Richard Schooner's handwritten labels, one also signed on back by Richard Schooner.

4LC-FRYColumbite-(Fe) Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆ , Samarskite-(Y) YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈

Spinelli prospect, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA

Dimensions: 9 cm x 10 cm x 7 cm

Columbite crystal in matrix with some remnant samarskite on the top. Specimen 9 x 10 x 7 cm. Crystal 7 cm long. Anthony J. Albini specimen #8034. Harold Moritz photo. Note, site is closed private property, collected with permission. Site is now filled in, remediated.