Daniele Respino's Photo Gallery
QL9-EH8Babingtonite Ca2(Fe,Mn)FeSi5O14(OH)
Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, ItalyA 9 x 12 druse richly covered with 3-4 mm black triclinic babingtonite xx scattered on the matrix. Photo and collection of D. Respino.
187-R7LBabingtonite Ca2(Fe,Mn)FeSi5O14(OH)
Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, ItalyA 16 mm black babingtonite x perched on a 5 cm free quartz x. Photo and collection of D. Respino.
9W6-3XDBavenite Ca4Be2Al2Si9O26(OH)2 , Quartz SiO2
Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, ItalyA 9 x 15 quartz druse richly covered with 1-2 cm smoky quartz xx and 1-2 cm white bavenite tufts scattered on the matrix. Photo and collection of D. Respino.
KJ4-FM5Diopside CaMgSi2O6 , Grossular Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Ala Valley, Lanzo Valleys, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, ItalyA 5 x 9 grossular (hessonite) druse with a 2 cm pale greenish diopside crystal perched on on the matrix. Photo and collection of D. Respino.
V62-TAXFluorite CaF2 , Babingtonite Ca2(Fe,Mn)FeSi5O14(OH)
Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italya 15 mm pink fluorite octahedron on matrix, with associated babingtonite xx. Photo and collection of D. Respino.
4U1-529Fluorite CaF2 , Quartz SiO2
Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, ItalyA 2 cm pale bluish fluorite octahedron perched on a 8 cm smoky quartz. Photo and collection of D. Respino.
EFY-GR2Gadolinite-(Y) Y2Fe2+Be2Si2O10
Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, ItalyA 4 mm gadolinite x perched on orthoclase and albite matrix.Sample is 5 x7 cm wide. Photo and collection of D. Respino
P3W-UFULaumontite CaAl2Si4O12·4H2O
Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, ItalyA 4 x 6 cm druse richly covered with 1-2 cm white laumontite xx scattered on the matrix. Photo and collection of D. Respino.
YQV-65LOrthoclase K(AlSi3O8)
Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, ItalyA 5 x 7 druse with a 4 cm pinkish orthoclase twinned x perched on the matrix. Photo and collection of D. Respino.
8DT-HVYOrthoclase K(AlSi3O8) , Quartz SiO2
Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, ItalyA 10 x 12 druse richly covered with 2 cm quartz xx and a 4 cm orthoclase x perched on the matrix. Photo and collection of D. Respino.