Titanite

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Titanite crystal, 1 mm in size, in xenolithic rock.

Ilmenite

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Ilmenite crystal in sanidinite xenolith rock. Photo taken with microscope Zeiss Standard and simple achromatic lens,W-pl 10x/23 and 50/1.8 OM Olympus, Nikon D3200 camera.

Ilmenite

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Beautiful ilmenite crystals; FOV: 2x2 mm.

Titanite

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Titanite, 2 mm long, with sanidine crystals in xenolithic rock. APS (Afocal Photographic System) Olympus E410,28mm. f2,8 lens, orthoscopic eyepiece, Novoflex bellows, Tamron 28mm. F2,5 reversed. No staking technical.

Titanite, Ilmenite, Rutile

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Titanite, 1 mm in size, with ilmenite and rutile.

Titanite

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Beautiful titanite crystal, 2 mm long, in xenolithic rock

Andradite (Var: Melanite)

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Garnet var.melanite, 2 mm in size, with sanidine crystals in xenolithic rock.

Zircon

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Zircon crystal, 1 mm long, in xenolitic rock.

Ilmenite

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Ilmenite crystal, 1.5 mm in size, in xenolitic rock.

Titanite

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Titanite; field of view: 3x2 mm. Collection & Photo: Di Domenico Dario

Ilmenite

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

ilmenite crystal,dim.1 mm.,in to xenolitic rock.

Titanite

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Titanite on sanidine; Collection & Photo: Di Domenico Dario

Ilmenite

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Ilmenite in xenolithic rock; FOV: 1.5x1.5 mm. Photo taken with afocal sistem.

Titanite

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Beautifull titanite crystal in sanidinite rock. Photo taken with Zeiss Standard microscope and acromatic lens; Nikon D3200 camera.

Titanite

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Crystal size: 1 mm Colletion and photo: L. Mattei The same crystal of the previous photo [Photo ID: 408855], photographed from a different angle

Zircon

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Crystal size: 1.1 mm Colletion and photo: L. Mattei

Andradite

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Andradite crystal in sanidinite xenolith rock. Photo taken with microscope Zeiss Standard and simple achromatic lens,W-pl 10x/23 and 50/1.8 OM Olympus, Nikon D3200 camera.

Andradite (Var: Melanite), Sanidine

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Garnet var. melanite with sanidine crystals in xenolithic rock; FOV: 10x15 mm.

Ilmenite

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Ilmenite crystal in sanidinite xenolith rock. Photo taken with microscope Zeiss Standard and simple achromatic lens,W-pl 10x/23 and 50/1.8 OM Olympus, Nikon D3200 camera.

Zircon

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Crystal size: 1.3 mm Colletion and photo: L. Mattei

Titanite

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Crystal size: 1 mm Colletion and photo: L. Mattei

Titanite

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Titanite; field of view: 3x2 mm. Collection & Photo: Di Domenico Dario

Titanite

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Titanite from Spizzicatore Hill - Italy

Ilmenite

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

This is a micromount specimen of ilmenite from Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy. I acquired the specimen from Don Smoley at the 2025 Cuyahoga Falls autumn mineral show and it was in the former collection of Luigi Mattei (1947 - 2012). Jamison K. Brizendine specimen and photo.

View of the quarry of Spizzicatore hill

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

View towards Spizzicatore hill from the window of my house at Allumiere. July 2008.

View of the quarry

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

A close-up of the volcanic formation.

View of the quarry at Spizzicatore hill

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

The quarry of ignimbritic rocks at Spizzicatore hill in the municipal territory of Allumiere.

Spizzicatore quarry

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Giant xenolith rock with massive garnet and sanidine crystals.

View of the Spizzicatore quarry

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

View of the Spizzicatore quarry in April 2013.

The abandoned quarry of Spizzicatore hill

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Bird's eye view of the abandoned quarry of Spizzicatore hill in May 2014.

Titanite

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Titanite crystal, 1 mm in size, in xenolithic rock.

Ilmenite

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Ilmenite crystal in sanidinite xenolith rock. Photo taken with microscope Zeiss Standard and simple achromatic lens,W-pl 10x/23 and 50/1.8 OM Olympus, Nikon D3200 camera.

Ilmenite

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Beautiful ilmenite crystals; FOV: 2x2 mm.

Titanite

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Beautiful titanite crystal, 2 mm long, in xenolithic rock

Titanite

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Titanite, Ilmenite, Rutile

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Titanite, 1 mm in size, with ilmenite and rutile.

Andradite (Var: Melanite)

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Garnet var.melanite, 2 mm in size, with sanidine crystals in xenolithic rock.

Zircon

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Zircon crystal, 1 mm long, in xenolitic rock.

Ilmenite

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Ilmenite crystal, 1.5 mm in size, in xenolitic rock.

Titanite

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Titanite; field of view: 3x2 mm. Collection & Photo: Di Domenico Dario

Ilmenite

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

ilmenite crystal,dim.1 mm.,in to xenolitic rock.

Titanite

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Titanite on sanidine; Collection & Photo: Di Domenico Dario

Titanite

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Beautifull titanite crystal in sanidinite rock. Photo taken with Zeiss Standard microscope and acromatic lens; Nikon D3200 camera.

Ilmenite

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Ilmenite in xenolithic rock; FOV: 1.5x1.5 mm. Photo taken with afocal sistem.

Titanite

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Crystal size: 1 mm Colletion and photo: L. Mattei The same crystal of the previous photo [Photo ID: 408855], photographed from a different angle

Zircon

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Crystal size: 1.1 mm Colletion and photo: L. Mattei

Andradite

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Andradite crystal in sanidinite xenolith rock. Photo taken with microscope Zeiss Standard and simple achromatic lens,W-pl 10x/23 and 50/1.8 OM Olympus, Nikon D3200 camera.

Andradite (Var: Melanite), Sanidine

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Garnet var. melanite with sanidine crystals in xenolithic rock; FOV: 10x15 mm.

Zircon

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Crystal size: 1.3 mm Colletion and photo: L. Mattei

Ilmenite

Spizzicatore Hill, Allumiere, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Ilmenite crystal in sanidinite xenolith rock. Photo taken with microscope Zeiss Standard and simple achromatic lens,W-pl 10x/23 and 50/1.8 OM Olympus, Nikon D3200 camera.