Elpasolite

Origin: Cetine di Cotorniano Mine (Cetine Mine), Rosia, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy
Picture size: 2.5 mm
Owner: Thomas Witzke
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Thomas Witzke

Institut für Mineralogie und Lagerstättenlehre
Aachen, Germany

 

  
Analcime looking, clear crystals to about 0.5 mm in and on vuggy matrix associated with gypsum
Origin: Cetine mine, Rosia, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy
Sample size: 1.5 x 1.5 x 1cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

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