Enrico Bonacina's Photo Gallery
NF4-9HWCarminite PbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2
Ste Barbe vein, Montmins mining district, Échassières, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, FranceField of View: 3.3 mm
Field Full of small crystals.
Specimen and foto Enrico Bonacina.
Olympus E-M5 Mark II.
D9C-GJHDravite NaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Crevoladossola, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, ItalyField of View: 5 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 1.3 mm
Two divergent crystals, the longer one measures 1.3 mm in length
Olympus E-M5
Specimen Alfonso Silvani
Photografer Enrico Bonacina
CLR-6E1Dravite NaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Crevoladossola, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, ItalyField of View: 5 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 2.5 mm
Perfect terminated crystal 2.5 mm long
Olympus E-M5
Specimen and photo by Enrico Bonacina
WWM-VTKDravite NaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Crevoladossola, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, ItalyField of View: 5 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 3.1 mm
Rare double-terminated crystal 3 mm long
Olympus E-M5
Specimen Domenico Forloni
Photographer Enrico Bonacina
Q5W-LT0Dravite NaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Crevoladossola, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, ItalyField of View: 5.1 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 1.8 mm
Nice double-terminated crystal 1.8 mm long
Olympus E-M5
Specimen Domenico Forloni
Photographer Enrico Bonacina
NNJ-1QKWulfenite Pb(MoO4)
Cespedosio, Camerata Cornello, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, ItalyField of View: 5.2 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 1.5 mm
Excellent crystal with internal accretion
Largest side 1.5 mm
Olympus E-M5
Specimen and photo by Enrico Bonacina
R6H-R1HThomsonite-Ca NaCa2[Al5Si5O20]·6H2O
San Vito Quarry, San Vito, Ercolano, Mount Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, ItalyField of View: 4.1 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 2.15 mm
Flattened prismatic crystal 2.15 mm long
Specimen and photo by Enrico Bonacina
1UG-3QVThomsonite-Ca NaCa2[Al5Si5O20]·6H2O
San Vito Quarry, San Vito, Ercolano, Mount Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, ItalyField of View: 4 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 2.15 mm
Crystals 2.15 mm long in parallel association
Olympus E-M5
Specimen and photo Enrico Bonacina
TXM-E81Thomsonite-Ca NaCa2[Al5Si5O20]·6H2O
San Vito Quarry, San Vito, Ercolano, Mount Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, ItalyField of View: 7 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 3.9 mm
Crystals up to 3.9 mm in parallel association
Olympus E-M5
Specimen and photo of Enrico Bonacina
0FQ-ME1Azurite Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, ItalyField of View: 3.6 mm
Small sharp crystals
Base of the photo 3.6 mm
Olympus digital E-30
Specimen and photo of Enrico Bonacina