Quartz on marble from the quarries of Apuane Alps, Italy

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ITA-C92

QUARTZ on marble

COLONNATA QUARRY, CARRARA, ITALY - Perfectly terminated quartz crystal on marble. The quartz id the typical "diamond", the well known crystals from Apuane Apls. The crystal is 1.2 cm in length and is waterclear ! Overall size is 7x2.5x3.5 cm

€ 30



ITA-B86 65 euro
Quartz on white marble
 12 x 4 x 3 cm
La Facciata quarry, Carrara
Italy

Perfect biterminated crystal of 2 cm in size stands on the white marble. Not easy to find such nice quartz! There are also some 1-1.5 cm dolomite crystals around. Nice display ! Overall size is 12x4x3 cm



ITA-B88 80 euro
Quartz on white marble
 9 x 6 x 4 cm
La Facciata quarry, Carrara
Italy

An incredibly rich specimen ! There are 8-10 biterminated waterclear quartz crystals on this rock ! The crystals are all well exposed and visible on the marble and are up to 1.6 cm in length ! The quartz are so bright and clear that it has been hard to take good shots ! There are also some calcite crystals. Overall size is 9x6x4 cm

TCS-2  65 euro
Quartz on white marble
 7 x 4 x 3 cm
La Facciata quarry, Carrara
Italy

This perfectly biterminated quartz is 1.6x1.2x0.5 cm, a sort of giant crystal ! there are some calcite and dolomite crystals close to the quartz Very well exposed and positioned on the white marble matrix.

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ItalianMinerals@libero.it


TCS-4 70 euro
Quartz on white marble
 12 x 6 x 7 cm
La Facciata quarry, Carrara
Italy

Two terminated quartz crystals of 1.7 and 1.5 cm show up on this rock. There are other small 0.7 cm quartzes and some calcites around. Real showy specimen !

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ItalianMinerals@libero.it


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