Cristian Biagioni's Photo Gallery
E9N-TAKMercury Hg , Quartz SiO2
Levigliani mine, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, ItalyField of View: 5 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 5 mm
CQN-UPTEkanite Ca2ThSi8O20
Botro ai Marmi, Campiglia Marittima, Livorno Province, Tuscany, ItalyLargest Crystal Size: 6 mm
Dark green, dipyramidal ekanite crystal, up to 6 mm in size, with pyrrhotite and diopside from Montorsi mine.
C2W-TVUScheelite Ca(WO4) , Pyrite FeS2
Botro ai Marmi, Campiglia Marittima, Livorno Province, Tuscany, ItalyLargest Crystal Size: 2 cm
Bipyramidal orange crystal of scheelite with pyrite after arsenopyrite. Montorsi mine.
WCT-H9DTourmaline AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Botro ai Marmi, Campiglia Marittima, Livorno Province, Tuscany, ItalyLargest Crystal Size: 5 cm
Brown prismatic crystals of tourmaline on a fracture of altered monzogranite. Maffei mine.
FMP-6PHSphalerite ZnS
Botro ai Marmi, Campiglia Marittima, Livorno Province, Tuscany, ItalyLargest Crystal Size: 10 mm
Black tetrahedron of sphalerite in a quartz + feldspar vein. Montorsi mine, found in 2013.
0XK-W4MPyrite FeS2
Botro ai Marmi, Campiglia Marittima, Livorno Province, Tuscany, ItalyLargest Crystal Size: 3 mm
Pyrite after pyrrhotite. Montorsi mine. Found in 2013.
K7G-KJ6Molybdenite MoS2
Botro ai Marmi, Campiglia Marittima, Livorno Province, Tuscany, ItalyLargest Crystal Size: 3 mm
Lamellar crystals of molybdenite from Montorsi mine. Found in 2010.
4HD-8YAFluorite CaF2
Botro ai Marmi, Campiglia Marittima, Livorno Province, Tuscany, ItalyLargest Crystal Size: 8 mm
Violet crude octahedral crystals of fluorite from Montorsi mine. Found in 2010.
NT8-YCVAllanite-(Ce) (CaCe)(AlAlFe2+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Botro ai Marmi, Campiglia Marittima, Livorno Province, Tuscany, ItalyLargest Crystal Size: 10 mm
Black tabular crystal of allanite with orange titanite. Montorsi mine. Self-collected in 2013.
YF7-A2MScapolite
Botro ai Marmi, Campiglia Marittima, Livorno Province, Tuscany, ItalyLargest Crystal Size: 6 mm
Prismatic crystal of scapolite. Montorsi mine. Self-collected in 2010.