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Adularia : KAlSi3O8, Lepidolite : K(Li,Al)3(Si,Al)4O10(F,OH)2, Feldspar Group
	Easter Vein, Catri, Sant'Ilario in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy The Easter vein is one of the few elba pegmatite veins which host a good number of usual "alpine species" plus the most popular elban ones: tourmaline, beryl, etc. This rare mineralogy is due to its particular host rock: serpentine. Among these species, this is a very nice sample of adularia crystals on matrix, matched with lepidolite blades. The ...
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Aegirine : NaFe3+[Si2O6], Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz) : SiO2, Orthoclase : K[AlSi3O8], Zircon : Zr[SiO4], Xenotime-(Y) : YPO4
	Mt Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi Size of specimen cm 15 x 12 x 10. An aesthetic cluster of aegirine all terminated on orthoclase feldspar crossed by a long doubly terminated smoky quartz crystal. Some zircons on the specimen plus a large group of xenotime crystals on the base of the aegirine. Sarah Sudcowsky collection
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Aegirine : NaFe3+[Si2O6], Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz) : SiO2
	Mt Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi Specimen about 12 x 8 x 4 cm. A pocket centre: ALL DOUBLY TERMINATED!!! aegirine crystals (about 7-8 cm tall) attached between two gemmy smoky quartz. Sarah Sudcowsky collection.
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Albite : Na[AlSi3O8], Orthoclase : K[AlSi3O8], Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz) : SiO2
	San Piero in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy The specimen is an aggregation of different minerals with different colours. A lovely combination...The clear blue of the albite, the kind pink of the orthoclases, the deep transparent brown of the smoky quartzes. The specimen is about 7 x 4 x 6 cm. The orthoclase crystals are up to 2 x 1,5 cm. Found and collected by Sarah Sudcowsky
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Albite : Na[AlSi3O8], Schorl : [Na][Fe2+3][Al6][(OH)3|OH|(BO3)3|Si6O18], Orthoclase : K[AlSi3O8], Quartz : SiO2
	San Piero in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy This perfect albite crystal is 1,5 x 1 x 0,4 cm. The whole specimen is about 5 x 4 x 4 cm. The main crystal, among several other ones, is standing on the matrix and it has a good vitreous transparence. Found and collected by Sarah Sudcowsky
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Albite : Na[AlSi3O8], Orthoclase : K[AlSi3O8], Lepidolite : K(Li,Al)3(Si,Al)4O10(F,OH)2, Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz) : SiO2
	San Piero in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy The specimen is cm 8 x 5 x 5. The combining among the kind blue albite,gemmy smoky quartzes,lepidolite rosettes and pinkish orthoclases is as lovely as Elban specimens usually are... Found and collected by Sarah Sudcowsky
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Albite : Na[AlSi3O8], Orthoclase : K[AlSi3O8], Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz) : SiO2
	San Piero in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy The piece is about cm 5 x 3 x 3. The albite has got a nice bluish colour,and is arranged like flowers between pink orthoclases and smoky quartz. Luca Gervino collection (found and collected by him).
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Almandine : Fe2+3Al2[SiO4]3
	Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland Size 7 x 5 x 7 cm. The crystals are 2 cm large and with some reddish veins. Found and collected by Sarah Sudcowsky
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Almandine : Fe2+3Al2[SiO4]3
	Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland The specimen size are about cm 7 x 7 x 5. The X is cm 2 large. With reddish veins,in serpentine matrix. Found and collected by Sarah Sudcowsky
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Andradite (Var: Demantoid) : Ca3Fe3+2[SiO4]3, Asbestos, Serpentine Group : D2[Si2O5](OH)4 + or - nH2O
	Franscia Mine, Campo Franscia, Lanterna Valley, Malenco Valley, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy The specimen is about cm 7 x 6 x 7. The main crystals are partly gemmy,till a size of cm 0,8. This has been my first specimen, in 1984. Sarah Sudcowsky collection
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