Beppe Finello's Photo Gallery

WHJ-3UYOpal SiO₂·nH₂O , Quartz SiO₂

Luserna Stone Quarries, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Field of View: 3.3 mm

I had preserved this sample due to the presence of some Xenotime-(Y) crystals; this morning, observing it more carefully under the microscope, in addition to the xenotime, which is all in all banal, I noticed this curious bubble of Opal (Var. Hyalte) grown on the top of a quartz crystal.
Sample personally collected in the Rocche Alte Nord quarry, Rorà, Torino province, Piedmont, Italy
Collection and photo: Giuseppe Finello

PC5-565Aluminotaipingite-(CeCa) (Ce₆Ca₃)◻Al(SiO₄)₃[SiO₃(OH)]₄F₃ , Chamosite (Fe²⁺)₅Al(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈ , Albite Na(AlSi₃O₈) , Quartz SiO₂

Casette Quarry, Montoso Quarries, Bagnolo Piemonte, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy

Field of View: 1.35 mm

Nice pink pseudo-octahedral crystals of Aluminotaipingite-(CeCa) with small aggregates of chamosite on albite and quartz. Sample selfcollected in the TL Casette quarry, Montoso
Collection and photo Giuseppe Finello

245-PJJPseudobrookite Fe₂TiO₅

Emmelberg, Üdersdorf, Daun, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Field of View: 0.68 mm

Giuseppe Finello collection and photo.

DR5-FH8Wulfenite Pb(MoO₄) , Goethite α-Fe³⁺O(OH)

Alpe Machetto Mine, Cascine Machetto, Quittengo, Campiglia Cervo, Biella Province, Piedmont, Italy

Field of View: 1.32 mm

Orange crystals of Wulfenite on globular black goetite. In this extreme close-up shot, are visible the growth patterns on the faces of the crystals.
Giuseppe Finello collection and photo.

Y22-4WTWulfenite Pb(MoO₄) , Goethite α-Fe³⁺O(OH)

Alpe Machetto Mine, Cascine Machetto, Quittengo, Campiglia Cervo, Biella Province, Piedmont, Italy

Field of View: 3.6 mm

Group of orange bipyramidal perfect crystals of Wulfenite on globular black goetite. from Alpe Machetto Mine.
Giuseppe Finello collection and photo.

HVF-60WAnglesite PbSO₄

Baratti slag locality, Piombino, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy

Field of View: 0.80 mm

Lustrous milky crystals of Anglesite, grown in a small cavity of an Etruscan slag. Sample collected personally on the beach of the Baratti sea
Collection and photo Giuseppe Finello

R66-XEPGypsum CaSO₄·2H₂O , Brochantite Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆

Baratti slag locality, Piombino, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy

Field of View: 0.87 mm

Tiny little gem: perfectly transparent prismatic gypsum crystal in the center of a shining green brochantite crystals aggregate. Sample personally collected on the sea beach of Baratti.
Collection and photo Giuseppe Finello

MLY-K80Aeschynite-(Y) (Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆

Seccarezze Quarries, Luserna San Giovanni, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Field of View: 3.10 mm

Aeschynite-(Y) orange polysynthetic crystal on druse of small quartz crystals; sample personally collected at Seccarezze 4 quarry, Luserna san Giovanni, Pellice Valley, Torino province,
Giuseppe Finello collection and photo.

03R-AFUMonazite-(Ce) Ce(PO₄) , Rutile TiO₂

Miage Glacier, Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy

Field of View: 2 mm

Giuseppe Finello collection and photos

UTG-EMKGypsum CaSO₄·2H₂O

Baratti slag locality, Piombino, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy

Field of View: 7.9 mm

Gypsum crystals grown in the cavity of an Etruscan metallurgical slag - sample personally collected last Friday 25 November in the slag locality of Baratti.
Collection and photo Giuseppe Finello