Racoş, Brașov County, Romania
Pair of twinned Augite from this richly mineralogical area. The first-left specimen measure 10 x 5.2 x 8.8 mm. The second-8.1 x 8.0 x 7.4 mm. Was used a reflective surface for the another viewable perspective of the samples. NP Collection and photograph.
© Nicu Pascanu
Yellow, transparent Forsterite on basalt rock. Difficult to collect there. July 2014. NP Collection and photograph.
Yellow Forsterite and green Peridot host on basalt rock. Difficult to collect there. July 2014. NP Collection and photograph.
The Racoş basalt quarry, in 1914. Vintage picture postcard, published by Fénynyomdai Magy, Budapest. The card was sent on 23 December 1914 from Alsórákos to Budapest. G. Grundmann collection.
© Fénynyomdai Magy, Budapest.