Ciprianiite

  
 
  
Origin: Monte Cavalluccio, Capagnano, Roma, Lazio, Italy
Sample size: 3 x 3 x 2 cm, crystals less than 1 mm (top), Bladed tan, glassy crystal to about 0.5 mm in vuggy matrix, Overall 2.5 x 2 x 2 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

Lightbrown crystals in matrix
Origin: Monte Cavalluccio, Sacrofano, Lazio, Italy
Sample size: thumbnail
 
Spray of light-brown transparent crystals on matrix
Origin: Tre Croci, Vetrella, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy (type locality)
Sample size: micromount
 
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

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