Roberto Bosi's Photo Gallery

I Cinghi di Boccassuolo

Cinghi ophiolites, Palagano, Modena Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

The main face of the basalt quarry near Boccassuolo.
Picture taken on 28th September 2014

2V3-6YXAmber

Castelvecchio, Prignano sulla Secchia, Modena Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Dimensions: 100 mm x 95 mm x 24 mm
Weight: 174 g

A quite altered amber nodule in matrix. The blackish stratified material on the matrix surface is due to the presence of carbonized vegetable remains.
Self collected in 1978.
Collection and photo Roberto Bosi

CH1-JNPAmber

Castelvecchio, Prignano sulla Secchia, Modena Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Dimensions: 33 mm x 24 mm x 28 mm
Weight: 11 g

Isolated amber nodule. The detachment of a small scrap has revealed a calcite pebble that was embedded by the resin many millions of years ago.
Self collected in 1980.
Collection and photo: Roberto Bosi

QJQ-YC1Petrified Wood

Aneva creek, Pietracolora, Gaggio Montano, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Field of View: 85 mm

Left sample: 23 x 50 x 20 mm, weight 25 g.
Right sample: 36 x 53 x 21 mm, weight 38 g.

Self collected in summer 1988.
Collection and photo Roberto Bosi.

16P-A2DPetrified Wood

Aneva creek, Pietracolora, Gaggio Montano, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Dimensions: 75 mm x 46 mm x 19 mm
Weight: 53 g

Self collected in summer 1988.
Collection and photo Roberto Bosi.

RA8-NMTThorite Th(SiO₄)

Vetralla, Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy

Dimensions: 18 mm x 13 mm x 13 mm
Field of View: 0.5 mm
Weight: 5 g

Collection and photo Roberto Bosi

1Y7-1D5Baryte BaSO₄

Valvassera mine, Valganna, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy

Dimensions: 28 mm x 18 mm x 16 mm
Field of View: 2.5 mm
Weight: 21 g

Clear tabular crystal
Collection and photo: Roberto Bosi

AL5-D2XFeitknechtite Mn³⁺O(OH)

Kuratomi mine, Tsukumi City, Oita Prefecture, Japan

Dimensions: 12 mm x 10 mm x 6 mm
Field of View: 9 mm
Weight: 5 g

Brown massive feitknechtite
Collection and photo Roberto Bosi

L83-PRPTriphylite (Var: Ferrisicklerite) Li_1-x(Fe³⁺_xFe²⁺_1-x)PO₄ , Phosphosiderite FePO₄·2H₂O , Pyrite FeS₂

Ponte Valley, Brissago, Locarno, Ticino, Switzerland

Dimensions: 20 mm x 10 mm x 11 mm
Field of View: 18 mm
Weight: 6 g

Brown ferrisicklerite with bluish phosphosiderite and minor brass yellow pyrite
Collection and photo Roberto Bosi

VW2-2GGPumpellyite-(Mg) Ca₂MgAl₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O , Albite Na(AlSi₃O₈)

Obří důl, Pec pod Sněžkou, Trutnov District, Hradec Králové Region, Czech Republic

Dimensions: 19 mm x 9 mm x 8 mm
Field of View: 2 mm
Weight: 5 g

Pale green pumpellyite with white albite
Collection and photo Roberto Bosi