Saps Mines, Moggio Udinese, Udine Province, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy
Crystal of 1.1 cm in geode with microcrystals of dolomite. Collection and photo L. Vidus.
© Luigi Vidus
Pale pink dolomite crystals up to 0.3 cm with white calcite. Collection Museo di Storia Naturale di Pordenone M2668. Photo L. Vidus.
Galena crystal of 1.2 cm with microcristal of sphalerite from Rio Fous, upper galleries. I collected these sample in 1996. Collection and photo L. Vidus.
Sphalerite crystal of 0.2 cm in calcite from Rio Fous, upper galleries. I collected this sample in 1996. Collection and photo L. Vidus.
Crystals up to 0.4 cm. Collection Museo di Storia Naturale di Pordenone M3507. Photo L. Vidus.
Quartz crystal of 0.6 cm in geode with microcrystals of dolomite. Collection Museo di Storia Naturale di Pordenone M2670. Photo L. Vidus.
Galena crystal of 2.2 cm with microcrystals of sphalerite in calcite from Rio Fous, upper galleries. I collected this sample in the high galleries in 1996. Collection and photo L. Vidus.
Saps is a very small village in Aupa Valley, near Moggio Udinese.
This is me (Luigi Vidus) at the entrance of one of the many Rio dell'Andri galleries.
Photo of the upper Rio Fous gallery's entrance.
Searching for minerals inside the upper Rio Fous galleries.