Fulvio Piero Capponi's Photo Gallery
GR4-CR7Schorl NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Alpe Sparesè, Dorio, Lecco Province, Lombardy, ItalyDimensions: 90.0 mm x 70.0 mm x 40.0 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 30.0 mm
E5Y-64HSchorl NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Dosso Valley, Como Province, Lombardy, ItalyDimensions: 25 mm x 10 mm x 10 mm
Schorl crystal included in pegmatite from Alpe Madri, Valle del Dosso.
Crystal size: about 25 mm x 10 mm x 10 mm.
Photographed by Fulvio Capponi.
Collected by Stefano Mercadante on October 19, 2014.
7QJ-M08Xenotime Group
Alpe Sparesè, Dorio, Lecco Province, Lombardy, ItalyDimensions: 2 mm x 0.5 mm x 0.5 mm
Private collection of Fulvio Capponi.
Green xenotime crystal at the contact with a purple zircon.
I personally collected it in 2011 and I took the photo through a microscope at 10x magnification.
Identified as xenotime by sight, instrumental analyses are in progress on a similar crystal at the Institute for the Dynamics of Environmental Processes, National Research Council, Milan Organizational Unit.
Pegmatite rock
Garzelli Valley, Bodengo Valley, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, ItalyBig rock landslide mineralized pegmatite. Shelf under the cannon of the canyon at about 2000 m altitude.
16 August 2013
2LD-JJABeryl Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Garzelli Valley, Bodengo Valley, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, ItalyBeryl crystal included in pegmatite
Crystals Size: 80 mm vs 6 mm.
Pass of Cannon Ledù Garzelli from the valley at an altitude of 2250 m. about
Photographed by: Fulvio Capponi
Collected by: Stefano Mercadante
16 August 2013
NEN-1C2Schorl NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Dosso Valley, Como Province, Lombardy, ItalyLargest Crystal Size: 3.5 cm
Schorl crystals in pegmatitic rock from Alpe Pedrone.
Crystal size: up to 3.5 cm x 1 cm
Year of discovery: 2013
Photo: Fulvio Capponi
Y2L-D1UKyanite Al2(SiO4)O
Dosso Valley, Como Province, Lombardy, ItalyLargest Crystal Size: 9 cm
Kyanite: the wider crystal measures 5 cm x 1.5 cm, the longer crystal measures 9 cm x 0.5 cm.
Year of discovery: July 2013
Photo and collection: Fulvio Capponi
QH2-U4AGarnet Group X3Z2(SiO4)3
Dosso Valley, Como Province, Lombardy, ItalyLargest Crystal Size: 15 mm
Garnet crystals included in pegmatite from Alpe Pedrone.
Crystal size of about 15 mm.
Collected by Stefano Mercadante on July 27, 2013.
Photographed by Fulvio Capponi
Middle Valle del Dosso
Dosso Valley, Como Province, Lombardy, ItalyValle del Dosso: the middle sector of the valley
Photographed in July 2013 by Fulvio Capponi
Alpe Madri, Valle del Dosso
Dosso Valley, Como Province, Lombardy, ItalyAlpe Madri, Valle del Dosso
Photographed in July 2013 by Fulvio Capponi