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GR4-CR7 Schorl NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)

Alpe Sparesè, Dorio, Lecco Province, Lombardy, Italy

Dimensions: 90.0 mm x 70.0 mm x 40.0 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 30.0 mm

Photo ID: 1362797 Uploaded by: Fulvio Piero Capponi Upload date: 2024-03-28 View Count: 11 Status: Public galleries Type: Photo - 2586×1779 (4.6 Mpix)

E5Y-64H Schorl NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)

Dosso Valley, Como Province, Lombardy, Italy

Dimensions: 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.

Photo ID: 800904 Uploaded by: Fulvio Piero Capponi Upload date: 2017-02-03 View Count: 94 Status: Public galleries Type: Photo - 772×673 (0.5 Mpix)

7QJ-M08 Xenotime Group

Alpe Sparesè, Dorio, Lecco Province, Lombardy, Italy

Dimensions: 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.

Photo ID: 750349 Uploaded by: Fulvio Piero Capponi Upload date: 2016-05-26 View Count: 116 Status: Public galleries Type: Photo - 854×733 (0.6 Mpix)

Pegmatite rock

Garzelli Valley, Bodengo Valley, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy

Big rock landslide mineralized pegmatite. Shelf under the cannon of the canyon at about 2000 m altitude.
16 August 2013

Photo ID: 558064 Uploaded by: Fulvio Piero Capponi Upload date: 2013-09-06 View Count: 617 Status: Public galleries Type: Photo - 1024×768 (0.8 Mpix)

2LD-JJA Beryl Be₃Al₂(Si₆O₁₈)

Garzelli Valley, Bodengo Valley, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy

Beryl 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

Photo ID: 558052 Uploaded by: Fulvio Piero Capponi Upload date: 2013-09-06 View Count: 318 Status: Public galleries Type: Photo - 907×768 (0.7 Mpix)

NEN-1C2 Schorl NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)

Dosso Valley, Como Province, Lombardy, Italy

Largest 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

Photo ID: 549887 Uploaded by: Fulvio Piero Capponi Upload date: 2013-07-29 View Count: 490 Status: Public galleries Type: Photo - 1024×748 (0.8 Mpix)

Y2L-D1U Kyanite Al₂(SiO₄)O

Dosso Valley, Como Province, Lombardy, Italy

Largest 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

Photo ID: 549886 Uploaded by: Fulvio Piero Capponi Upload date: 2013-07-29 View Count: 419 Status: Public galleries Type: Photo - 1024×751 (0.8 Mpix)

QH2-U4A Garnet Group X₃Z₂(SiO₄)₃

Dosso Valley, Como Province, Lombardy, Italy

Largest 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

Photo ID: 549875 Uploaded by: Fulvio Piero Capponi Upload date: 2013-07-29 View Count: 447 Status: Public galleries Type: Photo - 994×768 (0.8 Mpix)