Montoso Quarries, Bagnolo Piemonte, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy

Metazeunerite crystals from Pret Basso Quarry. Self collected Collection and Photo Bruno Marello Photo published in the book "La Tavola dei Minerali di Luserna" Edizioni M.A.G.M.A.X. - Museo Astense di Geologia, Mineralogia, Arte Mineraria e Cristallografia

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Crystal size is about 2 mm. Photo and collection V. Cecile

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Crystal size 4 mm. Self collected 2001. Photo and collection Giovanni Fraccaro.

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A beautiful specimen of zeunerite from Rocche Grana quarry Collection and photo Giuseppe Finello

Crystal size is about 2 mm. Photo and collection V. Cecile.

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Crystal size 2mm,specimen N°M1210.Photo and collectio Paolo Grosso

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Hellandite-(Y) crystals twinned by reflection across the mirror plane {001}. Self collected in the year 2014 in the Casette quarry, Montoso. Collection and photo Giuseppe Finello

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Canary-yellow uranospinite grown epitaxially on green zeunerite and associated with fluorite. Specimen collected on 7th October 2017 at Rocche Grane quarry. Collection and photo: Pasquale Antonazzo.

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Lemon yellow uranospinite crystals with green zeunerite core. Found in Rocche Grana quarry (Montoso, Bagnolo Piemonte, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy), Saturday, November 15th, 2014. Collection and photo Giuseppe Finello

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Crystal size about 2 mm. Photo & collection Paolo Grosso

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Crystals size 2-3 mm. Self collected 2001. Photo and collection Giovanni Fraccaro.

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Specimen and Photo: Bruno Marello Photo published in the book "La Tavola dei Minerali di Luserna" Edizioni M.A.G.M.A.X. - Museo Astense di Geologia, Mineralogia, Arte Mineraria e Cristallografia

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Green zeunerite with epitaxial canary-yellow uranospinite, self-collected on 25th November 2017 at the Rocche Grana quarry. Collection and photo: P. Antonazzo.

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Nice and very well formed pseudohexagonal crystals of chamosite - sample self collected in the Regione Acque Saporite quarry, Montoso, Bagnolo Piemonte, Cuneo Province. A thin coating of probable silica selectively covers the faces of the crystals. Collection and photo Giuseppe Finello. Note: I did several EDS analyzes on "chlorite" samples ...

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Zeunerite crystal (size 2 mm) with albite on gneiss matrix. Self collected 2002. Photo and collection Giovanni Fraccaro.

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Spectacular pale yellow Hellandite-(Y) cruciform twin, self collected in May 2014 in the Bricco Volti quarry, Montoso. Collection and photo Giuseppe Finello

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Crystal size is about 2 mm. Photo and collection V. Cecile

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Crystal group of yellow Uranospinite from Rocche Grana Quarry; self collected Specimen and Photo Bruno Marello

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field of wiew 10 mm.Phot & collection Paolo Grosso

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size 1 mm

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Yellow crystal aggregate of Arsenuranospatite collected at Rocche Grana Quarry Material analyzed by A.M.I.-SIUK at the University of Turin (SEM-EDS, Micro Raman Spectroscopy, Gandolfi XRD Camera) First Italian find for the species, made by B. Marello, M. Bertan and L. Cianchi Specimen and Photo: Bruno Marello

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Chamosite crystals with titanite from Balma Oro Quarry, Valle Infernotto, Montoso Specimen and Photo Bruno Marello

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Crystal size 1 mm. Self collected 2001. Photo and collection Giovanni Fraccaro.

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Zeunerite crystal mm 1,55 on matrix. Enrico Bonacina photo Fabio Brignoli collection (roccelllans)

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Needle-like zalesite crystals with square tabular crystals of zeunerite. Sample self collected at Rocche Grana quarry, Montoso EDS analisys result: Atomic% Ca=1.14, Cu=18.94, As=10.16, O=69.2, Pb=0.56 Collection and photo: Giuseppe Finello

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Crystal size is about 2 mm. Photo and collection V. Cecile.

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Sample self collected at Pret Basso qarry, Montoso. Collection and photo Giuseppe Finello

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Collected in Rocche Grana quarry, Montoso, Bagnolo Piemonte, Piedmont, Italy. Collection and photo Giuseppe Finello

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Twinned Hellandite-(Y) crystals on colorless octahedrons of Fluorite. Sample self collected at Casette quarry, Montoso. Collection and photo Giuseppe Finello

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Fluorite crystal of 0.7 mm Colletion and photo L. Mattei

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Canary yellow uranospinite on brown/black goethite found by myself at Rocche Grana quarry on the 25 November 2017. Collection and photo: P. Antonazzo.

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Zeunerite crystals mm 0,8 on matrix Photo by Enrico Bonacina collection Fabio Brignoli (roccelllans)

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0.4 mm yellow ball of Parauranophane (Uranophane-beta). Collection Domenico Preite; photo Matteo Chinellato

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Perfect equidimensional uranospinite crystals, grown on globular chamosite aggregates coated with a thin layer of iron hydroxides. Specimen self-collected at the Rocche Grana quarry, Montoso. Collection and photo: Giuseppe Finello

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Crystal size is about 2 mm. Photo and collection V. Cecile

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Picture width 1 cm. Self collected 2001. Photo and collection Giovanni Fraccaro.

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Crystals to 2 mm, specimen N°M1748 in the collection. Photo and collection Paolo Grosso

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I collected this specimen in April 18, 2015 at the Rocche Grana quarry, Montoso, Bagnolo Piemonte, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy. (EDS confirmed) Collection and photo Giuseppe Finello

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Crystal size 3 mm. Photo and collection Giovanni Fraccaro.

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Self collected in the Rocche Grana quarry, Montoso. Collection and photo Giuseppe Finello

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Beautiful crystal size 0,5 mm

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Fluorite crystal of 1.7 mm on matrix. Photo Enrico Bonacina; collection Fabio Brignoli (roccelllans)

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crystal size 2 mm.Photo Paolo Grosso

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Collection and Photo Bruno Marello

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A very particular and smelly mineral species: it is tinnunculite, uric acid dihydrate, as pale pinkish-brown very small crystals up to ~0.2 mm; Sample self collected at Bricco Volti quarry, Montoso, Bagnolo Piemonte, Cuneo province, Italy; it is probably formed from Phoenicurus ochruros (Black Redstart) dropping. Collection and photo Giuseppe ...

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Crystal of 2 mm. Photo & collection Paolo Grosso

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0.8 mm group of green Zeunerite tabular crystals. Collection Domenico Preite photo Matteo Chinellato

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Field of view 4 mm. Photo and collection Paolo Grosso

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crystal size 2mm.Photo & collection Paolo Grosso

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size 1 mm

© Luigi Mattei

size 0,9 mm

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View size 1 mm Colletion and photo L. Mattei

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5 mm violet-blue, complex fluorite crystal group from Montoso quarries with "chamosite". Collection and photo: P. Antonazzo.

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"LCD screen": Lemon-yellow uranospinite with green epitaxial growth of zeunerite - Rocche Grana quarry, Montoso. Collection and photo: Giuseppe Finello

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grop of tabular green crystals of zeunerite FOV 3.2 mm Photo Pasquale Antonazzo Coll. Domenico Preite ex coll. Pasquale Antonazzo

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grop of tabular canary-yellow crystals of uranospinite FOV 2.0 mm Photo Pasquale Antonazzo Coll. Domenico Preite ex coll. Pasquale Antonazzo

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Unusual intense blue titanite crystals on albite; sample self collected on 11-12-13 at Casette quarry, Montoso. Collection and photo Giuseppe Finello

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Epitaxy of Uranospinite and Zeunerite - Sample self collected this morning at Rocche Grana quarry, Montoso. Collection and photo Giuseppe Finello

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Lemon-yellow uranospinite with green epitaxial growth of zeunerite up to 0.5 mm Photo Pasquale Antonazzo Collection Domenico Preite Ex collection Pasquale Antonazzo

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Lemon-yellow uranospinite with green epitaxial growth of zeunerite up to 0.4 mm Photo Pasquale Antonazzo Collection Domenico Preite Ex collection Pasquale Antonazzo

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Lusernaite-(Y) aggregate of crystals of about 2.3 mm, found in July 2012 in a new locality at Montoso. SEM-EDS and SXRD analyses were performed on the sample. It is lusernaite-(Y) very pure in which however does not appear fluorine. In the same paragenesis were found kainosite-(Y), allanite-(Y), synchysite-(Ce), xenotime-(Y), titanite, and ...

Canary-yellow parauranophane (uranophane-β) self-collected on the 7th October 2017 at Rocche Grane quarry. Field of view 3.2 mm. Collection and photo: Pasquale Antonazzo.

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Photo Illustrated on the book "la Tavola dei Minerali di Luserna" Editor M.A.G.M.A.X. Museo di Geologia. Mineralogia. Arte Mineraria e X Cristallografia Collection and Photo Bruno Marello

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Exceptional radiating crystal group of yellow Parauranophane (Uranophane-beta) collected in Crivella Inferiore quarry, Montoso. Visually identified. Photo published in the book "La Tavola dei Minerali di Luserna" Edizioni M.A.G.M.A.X. - Museo Astense di Geologia, Mineralogia, Arte Mineraria e Cristallografia Specimen and Photo Bruno Marello

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Zeunerite crystal mm 0,7 on matrix. Photo Germano Fretti collection Fabio Brignoli (roccelllans)

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Yellow parauranophane (uranophane-β) on dark green chamosite; sample self collected many years ago at Rocche Grana quarry, Montoso. Collection and photo Giuseppe Finello.

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Picture width 1 mm. Collection and photo Stephan Wolfsried

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A classic, nice sample of Zeunerite tabular crystals associated with Fluorite and iron and manganese black oxides; Sample self collected at Rocche Grana quarry, Montoso. Collection and photo Giuseppe Finello

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Close up view of a crystal. Collection and photo: Giuseppe Finello.

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This metazeunertite sample is my last find before it snowed. January 12, 2019 at Rocche Grana quarry, Montoso. Collection and photo: Giuseppe Finello

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Chamosite aggregates on matrix. Field of view 3.6 mm. Photo Enrico Bonacina, collection Fabio Brignoli (roccelllans)

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Lead-gray metallic, opaque, flattened, elongated microcrystals of galenobismutite, a bismuth-lead sulphosalt Analized by G. Parodi, Museum National d'Historie Naturelle, Paris Collected at Bricco Volti quarry, Montoso Specimen and Photo Bruno Marello Photo published in the book "La Tavola dei Minerali di Luserna" Edizioni M.A.G.M.A.X. - Museo ...

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Green zeunerite crystals from Rocche Grana quarry, self-collected on 25th November 2017. When these crystals were found they were clear, but because of the dehydration they are turning into metazeunerite becoming opaque. Collection and photo: P. Antonazzo

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Crystal size 2 mm. Photo and collection Paolo Grosso

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Clear green zeunerite crystal partially covered by goethite from Rocche Grana quarry found by myself on the 25th November 2017. Collection and photo: P. Antonazzo.

© Pasquale Antonazzo