Seula mine, Mount Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

Nice clump of small crystals 2,2 mm long tuft Specimen Enrica and Mariano Vedani Photo by Enrico Bonacina

© Enrico Bonacina

Sony Alpha 7R ii, bellows, Mitutoyo M Plan 20x, aperture, Raynox DCR-250 retro, Stack-Master linear actor, stack shot control. Collection and photo: Stephan Wolfsried

© Stephan Wolfsried 8/2016

cascandite - a 2 mm pink and orange group of lamellar crystals on albite sergio varvello photo and collection

Set of multiple tufts violet Basic picture 4,2 mm Collection Enrica and Mariano Vedani Photo by Enrico Bonacina

© Enrico Bonacina

1.11 mm purple ball of Cascandite crystals. Collection of the Natural History Museum of Milan, Italy n.29981. Photo M.Chinellato

© Chinellato Matteo

Tufts of long crystals of opal ball Crystals up to 4,6 mm Collection of Domenico Forloni Photo by Enrico Bonacina

© Enrico Bonacina

Small flower of crystals Around 0,75 mm Champion Enrica and Mariano Vedani Photo by Enrico Bonacina

© Enrico Bonacina

Aggregate of white tabular crystals of bavenite. Collection and photo by Gianfranco Ciccolini. Nikon D750, bellows, Luminar 25 mm.

A monoclinic crystal, with the inner part darker than the external one that is lighter, of a mineral belonging to the gadolinite group. Collection and photo of Gianfranco Ciccolini.

Small set, photographed just to see the rare combination of the two species Diameter Jervisite 0,18 mm Collection of Domenico Forloni Photo by Enrico Bonacina

© Enrico Bonacina

a group of lenticular. colourless crystals on muscovite area 0,7 mm self collected april 1996 sergio varvello photo and collection

a 2 mm group of acicular crystals self collected on may 2000 sergio varvello photo and collection

a wonderful tuft of white jervisite crystals and pink cascandite crystals area 1 mm self collected september 1999 sergio varvello photo and collection

dimension crystals mm. 1,2 Very nice group of cristal with classic oblique and asymmetrical termination photo and collection Luigi Chiappino

Nice bunch of grystals in altered Around 1,6 mm Champion Enrica and Mariano Vedani Photo by Enrico Bonacina

© Enrico Bonacina

Group of prismatic crystals of Bazzite with fluorite on orthoclase Collection and photo Giuseppe Finello

© gfinello

group of tabular white crystals of bavenite up to 2.47 mm Foto Matteo Chinellato Collection Domenico Preite

© Matteo Chinellato

this is the first time that I found a bavenite with this nice light blue color. self collected sunday, 12-9-2010 sergio varvello photo and collection

Parallel association of orange-colored tabular crystals of aeschynite-(Y) on bluish-green pseudo-hexagonal crystals of siderophyllite, on brown quartz crystals. Collection and photo by Gianfranco Ciccolini. Nikon D750, two bellows, Luminar 25 mm, total opening.

An ocher tabular crystal of euxenite-(Y) , on dark green 'zinnwaldite' crystals and, on the left, white and pink colored orthoclase crystal. Collection and photo by Gianfranco Ciccolini. Nikon D750, two bellows, Luminar 25 mm, total opening.

A prismatic crystal, light orange in color, of a mineral belonging to the gadolinite group, in the middle of albite crystals and a quartz crystal. Received by Mr. Sergio Varvello. Collection and photo by Gianfranco Ciccolini.

Sony Alpha 7R ii, bellows, Mitutoyo M Plan 20x, aperture, Raynox DCR-250 retro, Stack-Master linear actor, stack shot control. Collection and photo: Stephan Wolfsried

© Stephan Wolfsried 8/2016

At the bottom left, a light pink prismatic crystal of synchisite and at the right an aggregate of tetragonal crystals, of simple habit with prism and tetragonal bipyramid, light yellow, of xenotime-(Y). Collection and photo by Gianfranco Ciccolini. Nikon D850, bellow, Luminar 25 mm, total opening.

Stacked crystals resembling in appeareance the Tower of Babel Size: 0,7 mm height Specimen in the collection of Enrica and Mariano Vedani Photo by Enrico Bonacina

© Enrico Bonacina

calcioancylite-(Nd) - a 1,5 mm group of pink crystals on gadolinite sergio varvello photo and collection

Dark green spheres of pumpelleyte-(Fe2+), on quartz and albite crystals. Collection and photo of Gianfranco Ciccolini.

a group of lenticular, light pink crystals on quarz area 1 mm self collected july 2008 sergio varvello phto and collection

dimension area mm. 4 x 4 This is the Type Locality

rosette of tabular white crystals of bavenite up to 1.6 mm. Photo Enrico Bonacina, Collection Domenico Preite

© Enrico Bonacina

some very tiny, white crystals of gugiaite on a large bavenite crystal area 2 mm self collected march 2011 sergio varvello photo and collection

© sergio varvello

bavenite - a 1cm crystal on orthoclase sergio varvello photo and collection

dimension area mm. 4 x 4

Black wedge-shaped babingtonite crystal (3 mm) with drusy hematite on quartz crystal.

© Van King

Crystals dimension 0,7 mm Specimen and photo: Germano Fretti

© Germano Fretti

Lilac crystal of calcioancylite-(Nd) with colorless tabular crystals of stilbite-Ca. Former Sergio Varvello collection and now Gianfranco Ciccolini collection, author of the photo.

In Coll. M. Slama Canon EOS 600D with Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x, stacked from 35 Images using Zerene Stacker (Pmax)

© Martin Slama

group of radiating white crystals of bavenite up to 1 mm Foto Enrico Bonacina, collection Domenico Preite

© Enrico Bonacina

Sony Alpha 7R ii, bellows, Mitutoyo M Plan 10x, aperture, Raynox DCR-250 retro, Stack-Master linear actor, stack shot control. Analysed. Collection and photo: Stephan Wolfsried

© Stephan Wolfsried 12/2016

grey hingganite with colourless albite, quartz and dark green clinochlore xls In Coll. M. Slama Canon EOS 250D with Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x, stacked from 34 Images using Zerene Stacker (Dmap)

A colorless crystal of kristiansenite on which small crystals of Ca-stilbite have grown, also colorless, with dark green, almost black crystals of possible 'zinnwaldite'. Collection and photo by Gianfranco Ciccolini. Nikon D850, bellows, Luminar 16 mm.

Sheaf-like aggregate of yellowish brown, elongstrd epidote crystals. Bottom left, colorless fluorite crystals of octahedral habit with rhombododecahedron faces. The child photo shows, in the center of the photo, another example of a sheaf-like aggregate. It grew on a purplish crystal of titanite. All around the right part of the aggregate in the ...

single black crystal of babingtonite up to 1 mm Photo and collection Enrico Bonacina

© Enrico Bonacina

aeschynite-(Y) - a 1,5 mm orange crystal on albite sergio varvello photo and collection

beautiful single black crystal of babingtonite up to 1.5 mm, on quartz. Photo Enrico Bonacina, Collection Domenico Preite

© Enrico Bonacina

A single crystal on orthoclase dimension 0,2 mm self collected november 2010 sergio varvello photo and collection

a group of lenticular crystals on quarz area 0,7 mm self collected june 1996 sergio varvello photo and collection

wonderful group of orange-pink crystals on alterated gadolinite area 1,6 mm self collected april 1997 sergio varvello photo and collection

beautiful single black crystal of babingtonite up to 1.3 mm Photo and collection Enrico Bonacina

© Enrico Bonacina

a curious formation of light pink crystals (a pseudomorphosis of bertrandite?) area 1,6 mm self collected march 2011 sergio varvello photo and collection

© sergio varvello

3.8 cm. White bavenite crystals coating a quartz-rich matrix from the collection of David J. Eicher.

© David J. Eicher

Two goups of crystals on quartz crystal Crystals up to 3 mm Sample and photos Enrico Bonacina

© Enrico Bonacina

In the midst of many tabular, elongated, colorless, bavenite crystals, an aggregate of green epidote crystals. Collection and photo by Gianfranco Ciccolini. Nikon D750, bellows, Luminar 25 mm.

Siderophyllite plates in granite matrix. Paolo Bosio collection. Photo by Gian Carlo Piccoli, published in Piccoli, G.C., Maletto, G., Bosio, P., and Lombardo, B. (2007) Minerali del Piemonte e della Valle d'Aosta. Associazione Amici del Museo "F. Eusebio" di Alba, L'Artigiana Srl - Azienda Grafica, Alba (Cuneo), page 360.

Pale yellow hellandite-(Y) crystals on muscovite crystals, gray epidote crystals with chlorite In Coll. M. Slama (ex Coll. Sergio Varvello) Canon EOS 600D with Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x, stacked from 30 Images using Zerene Stacker (Pmax)

© Martin Slama

An ocher colored tabular crystal of euxenite-(Y) with, on the right of the crystal, epitaxy of smaller crystals of aeschynite-(Y) in a small vug between white and/or colorless albite and orthoclase crystals. Collection and photo by Gianfranco Ciccolini. Nikon D750, two bellows, Luminar 25 mm, total opening.

Epidote (2mm) on quartz coll. e foto P.Grandi

© Pietro Grandi

1.26 mm group of yellow Aeschynite-(Y) crystals. Collection & Photo Matteo Chinellato This image is copyrighted. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited

© Chinellato Matteo - ChinellatoPhoto

yellow crystal of Aeschynite-(Y) dimension crystal mm. 0,37 photo Germano Fretti collection Luigi Chiuappino

Stilbite-Ca sample with particular dark brown phantom - self collected a long time ago at Seula mine. Collection and photo: Giuseppe Finello.

© gfinello

peter neschen collection (I-0584) Nikon D7000 + Zeiss Stemi 508 + Helicon Focus Methode B

Blackish green crystals of rare scandiobabingtonite with green epidote and quartz on orthoclase crystals. Photo uploaded courtesy of Carsten Slotta (namesake of Slottaite), with permission from Carsten. This specimen was auctioned by him, and is now in a private collection. Photo copyright Carsten Slotta. Stacked from 37 images. Method=B ...

© Carsten Slotta/Mintreasure.com

I published this photo on behalf of Germano Fretti. Bazzite crystals mm 0,7 on granite matrix. Photo and collection Germano Fretti.

© Germano Fretti

Elongated single crystal of salmon-colored microcline feldspar. Has good, well defined crystal form and is complete on all sides. No damage. Ex. A. Stevenson collection #840a. Overall size of mineral specimen: 34x15x14 mm. Size of individual crystals: 34 mm.

© 2002 John H. Betts

Small but nice clump of crystals (analyzed) Crystals up to 0,55 mm Specimen Enrica and Mariano Vedani Photo by Enrico Bonacina

© Enrico Bonacina

beautiful complex violet cube of fluorite up to 1.6 mm on Baveno granite. Photo Enrico Bonacina, Collection Domenico Preite

© Enrico Bonacina

Crystal size around 9x4,5 cm - Ex A. Ponis, May 1971

© Dott. Geol. Marco Barsanti - geoman1@tin.it

Image width 2 mm. Collection and photo Giovanni Fraccaro.

© Giovanni Fraccaro

short dark green-brown crystals of scandiobabingtonite up to 0.65 mm on baveno granite Photo Matteo Chinellato Collection Domenico Preite

© Matteo Chinellato

Black crystals of Babingonite (size 2-3 mm) on albite crystals. Photo and collection Giovanni Fraccaro.

© Giovanni Fraccaro

Orthoclase twinned crystal (prob. Baveno twinning) size of crystal around 6,5x2,5 cm - Ex N. garzetti, Sept. 1995

© Dott. geol. Marco Barsanti - geoman1@tin.it

Globular aggregate of green pumpellyite crystals (size 2 mm) on albite crystals. Self collected 1998. Photo and collection Giovanni Fraccaro.

© Giovanni Fraccaro

Small, platy crystals of Gugiaite from Baveno, Italy. Field of view: 3 mm. Specimen and photo: Knut Eldjarn.

© Knut Eldjarn

Albite crystal to 1,8 mm Photo and specimen: Germano Fretti

© Germano Fretti

kristiansenite - a 1 mm group of crystals on quarz with "apatite" sergio varvello photo and collection

Picture with is 3mm; rose crystals of the rare Calcioankylite-(Nd) (TL).

© Elmar Lackner