Franco Luca Bonino's Photo Gallery
A0Q-85HAnatase TiO2
Sagliano mines, Sagliano Micca, Biella Province, Piedmont, ItalyField of View: 2.00 mm
Tabular grey blue anatase crystal from the boulders in Oneglie near Cervo stream.
Photo and collection: Franco Luca Bonino.
KMN-KV9Malachite Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Sagliano mines, Sagliano Micca, Biella Province, Piedmont, ItalyField of View: 5.50 mm
Flattened clumps of Malachite from the boulders in Oneglie near Cervo stream.
Photo and collection: Franco Luca Bonino.
V9L-XK2Molybdenite MoS2
Sagliano mines, Sagliano Micca, Biella Province, Piedmont, ItalyField of View: 1.13 mm
Molybdenite crystal from the boulders in Oneglie near Cervo stream.
Photo and collection: Franco Luca Bonino.
2PA-UHCChernovite-(Y) Y(AsO4)
Monte Cervandone area, Devero Alp, Baceno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, ItalyField of View: 2.00 mm
Chernovite-(Y) crystal with an hexagonal muscovite. Fov 2.00 mm. Former Domenico Preite's collection.
Photo and collection: Franco Luca Bonino
WM5-VLNChromite Fe2+Cr3+2O4
Finero Ultramafic Complex, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, ItalyField of View: 3.20 mm
Dark cromite crystlas. Fov 3.20 mm. Former Roberto Gilardino's collection.
Photo and collection: Franco Luca Bonino
694-7C1Vigezzite (Ca,Ce)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6
Alpe Rosso, Orcesco, Druogno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, ItalyField of View: 2.00 mm
Tiny red-brown vigezzite crystals. Fov 2.00 mm. Former Domenico Preite's collection.
Photo and collection: Franco Luca Bonino
DRJ-VJPArsenopyrite FeAsS , Pyrite FeS2
Rosa tunnel, Tavagnasco Mines, Tavagnasco, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, ItalyField of View: 2.80 mm
Arsenopyrite and pyrite crystals on quartz matrix.
Photo and collection: Franco Luca Bonino.
NEH-78GAnatase TiO2
Monte Cervandone area, Devero Alp, Baceno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, ItalyField of View: 2.00 mm
Dark brown, amber-colored crystal of anatase. From an exchange with Domenico Preite.
Photo and collection: Franco Luca Bonino.
QEC-XM3Botallackite Cu2(OH)3Cl , Gypsum CaSO4·2H2O
Herzog Julius smelter slag locality, Astfeld, Langelsheim, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, GermanyField of View: 2.00 mm
Botallackite crystals in a small bubble of a slag. Fov 2.00 mm.
Photo and collection: Franco Luca Bonino
KC6-YR0Dravite NaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Meitre Quarry, Bussoleno, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, ItalyField of View: 2.80 mm
Brown extra dark crystals of Dravite, from the dump of the quarry. Fov 2.80 mm.
Photo and collection: Franco Luca Bonino