Angelo Brambilla's Photo Gallery
172-3E3Titanite CaTi(SiO4)O
Gneiss quarries, Arvigo, Calanca, Moesa Region, Grisons, SwitzerlandField of View: 6.4 mm
Titanite crystal on "adularia"
Self collected in 1981.
Collection and photo : Angelo Brambilla
KUR-Y1CColumbite-(Mn) Mn2+Nb2O6
Fonte del Prete, San Piero in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Livorno Province, Tuscany, ItalyField of View: 1.8 mm
Brown columbite-(Mn) crystals (vis.id.)
Self collected in 1985.
Collection and photo : Angelo Brambilla
02H-NKDXenotime-(Y) Y(PO4)
Subalpina Quarry, Cavagnano, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, ItalyField of View: 1.4 mm
Orange-yellow xenotime-(Y) crystal with small red sphalerite (?) crystals.
Self collected in 1985
Collection and photo : Angelo Brambilla
YKA-223Miguelromeroite MnMn2Mn2(AsO4)2(HAsO4)2·4H2O
Veta Negra Mine, Pampa Larga mining district, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, ChileField of View: 1.6 mm
Pink crystals of miguelromeroite (Originally obtained as villyaellenite).
Former Renato and Adriana Pagano collection (2000).
Collection and photo: Angelo Brambilla.
YX5-78TJarosite KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6
Cape Calamita Mine, Capoliveri, Livorno Province, Tuscany, ItalyField of View: 1.2 mm
Yellow-brown Jarosite crystals.
Self collected in 1975.
Collection and photo: Angelo Brambilla.
QCW-WHDActinolite-Ferro-actinolite Series, Quartz SiO2
Porticciolo, Rio Marina, Rio, Livorno Province, Tuscany, ItalyField of View: 7.3 mm
Acicular "actinolite" with quartz crystals.
Self collected in 1975.
Collection and photo: Angelo Brambilla.
T74-MRHTungstenite WS2 , Pyrite FeS2
Crevoladossola Quarry, Crevoladossola, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, ItalyField of View: 2.0 mm
Tungstenite crystal on dolomite with minor pyrite.
Self colleced in 1979.
Collection and photo: Angelo Brambilla.
JK5-KQ4Quartz SiO2 , Omphacite (NaaCabFe2+cMgd)(AleFe3+fFe2+gMgh)Si2O6
Bric Vert, Quincinetto, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, ItalyField of View: 3.4 mm
Lavender-blue quartz crystals on omphacite (after chemical dissolution of calcite).
Self collected in 1975.
Collection and photo: Angelo Brambilla
6XF-CKWMalachite Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 , Cerussite PbCO3
Miage Glacier, Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, ItalyField of View: 1.5 mm
Green malachite crystals on cerussite.
Self collected in 1982. (site 3)
Collection and photo: Angelo Brambilla.
NNM-C1YGarnet Group X3Z2(SiO4)3 , Glaucophane ◻[Na2][Mg3Al2]Si8O22(OH)2
Bric Vert, Quincinetto, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, ItalyField of View: 5.5 mm
Dark red 'garnet' crystals on light blue glaucophane.
Self collected in 1975.
Collection and photo : Angelo Brambilla