Claudio Albertini's Photo Gallery
JDH-A51Brazilianite NaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4
Córrego Frio mine, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, BrazilLargest Crystal Size: 2 cm
Specimen obtained in 2003 from the Bally-Prior Museum (Nr. 15855), Schönenwerd (Switzerland). The Museum obtained this piece in 1966 in a trade with Peter Bancroft. (My collection Nr. E028)
TXR-9FJAluminocerite-(CeCa) (Ce6Ca3)◻Al(SiO4)3[SiO3(OH)]4(OH)3
Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, ItalyField of View: 0.15 mm
Photo SEM and WDS analysed in Bicocca University - Milano
Claudio Albertini Collection
50V-1VFRaite Mn2+Mn2+2Na2(◻1.75Ti0.25)Si8O20(OH)2(H2O)4·Na(H2O)6
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, CanadaPicture width 6 mm.
This specimens, one of the best specimens collected (2003) by Jean-Pierre Beckerich, was obtained during a visit to him togheter with my friend Jonathan Levinger.
Photo Enrico Bonacina. Collection Claudio Albertini