Puricelli Quarry, Cavagnano, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy

1.25 mm long area with several red-brown synchysite-(Y) crystals. Collection: Domenico Preite; photo: Matteo Chinellato

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A 0.20 mm "sandwich" consisting of a bastnäsite-(Ce) hexagonal crystal at the center and two synchysite-(Y) crystals at the ends. SEM-BSE image 300 x.

© Italo Campostrini

Beautiful explosion of scharp crystals Diameter about 1 mm Specimen and photo by Enrico Bonacina

© Enrico Bonacina

a group of prismatic, colourless crystals on vug area 3 mm self collected april 2005 sergio varvello photo and collection

Gadolinite-(Y) - Hingannite-(Y) on orthoclase. Collection and photo P. Antonazzo

© Pasquale Antonazzo

Strange needle-shaped crystals All 6,5 mm long Specimen and photo by Enrico Bonacina

© Enrico Bonacina

"Euxenite" crystals on matrix. Field of view mm 1,3 Germano Fretti photo Fabio Brignoli collection (roccelllans)

© Germano Fretti

Anatase crystals on Siderophyllite mm 0,7. Germano Fretti photo Fabio Brignoli collection (roccelllans)

© Germano Fretti

Orange hexagonal bastnäsite-(Ce) on quartz. Sony Alpha 7R ii/Mitutoyo Plan Apo X 20/Achromatic doublet retro/"Stone Master Stack Unit" Linear-actor & Control/ Aperture. Photo & Collection: Christophe Boutry/ November 2025.

© Christophe Boutry

"Hingganite-(Y)" crystal mm 1,4 on matrix Field of view mm 3x2 Photo by Germano Fretti collection Fabio Brignoli (roccelllans)

© Germano Fretti

Bertrandite crystals mm 0,3 on Orthoclase. Germano Fretti photo, Fabio Brignoli collection (roccelllans)

© Germano Fretti

0.64 mm epitaxy of tabular red-brown Synchysite-(Ce) crystal with Bastnäsite-(Ce) in the middle. Collection Domenico Preite photo Matteo Chinellato

© Chinellato Matteo

Highly (completely?) alterated crystal of ankerite (or also possible siderite or Fe-bearing dolomite) from Puricelli quarry, Cuasso al Monte. Crystal size: 1.2 mm. Collection: P. Antonazzo, photo: E. Bonacina.

© AMI-Pasquale Antonazzo

"Hingganite" crystal with Fluorite. Photo by Germano Fretti collection Fabio Brignoli (roccelllans)

© Germano Fretti

"Synchysite" crystals mm 0,3 on matrix. Photo and collection Fabio Brignoli (roccelllans)

© Fabio Brignoli

Fluorite crystal mm 0,55 on Orthoclase Germano Fretti Photo Fabio Brignoli collection (roccelllans)

© Germano Fretti

Crystal of 0,2 mm.

© Nazareno La Manna

Quartz crystals mm 2 on feldspar, with "Mica". Photo by Germano Fretti collection Fabio Brignoli (roccelllans)

© Germano Fretti

Fluorite crystal mm 1 on matrix. Photo by Germano Fretti collection Fabio Brignoli (roccelllans)

© Germano Fretti

Hyalite on Microcline crystals. Field of view mm 23x17. Photo and collection Fabio Brignoli (roccelllans)

© Fabio Brignoli

0.44 mm epitaxy of tabular red-brown Synchysite-(Ce) crystal with Bastnäsite-(Ce) in the middle. Collection Domenico Preite photo Matteo Chinellato

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Beautiful short-prismatic crystals of hingganite-(Y) (the difference with "gadolinite" can only be determined by analysis), 1 mm long, with some little "sysnchysite" yellow balls. Puricelli Quarry, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy Photo: Bernardino Turconi, Collection: Domenico Preite

© Domenico Preite

0.53 mm green Agardite-(Y) tuft. Collection Domenico Preite photo Matteo Chinellato

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Separate crystals, infrequent in this quarry (The sample was analized by Dott. Alessandro Guastoni) Crystal 0,45 mm more Specimen dott. Alessandro Guastoni Photo and Enrico Bonacina

© Enrico Bonacina

Beautiful ball of tiny tabular crystals of hemimorphite (the diametre is 3 mm) Puricelli Quarry, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy Photo: Bernardino Turconi, Collection: Franco Vanini

© Domenico Preite

Fluorite crystal mm 1,4 with "wings" Enrico Bonacina photo Fabio Brignoli collection

© Enrico Bonacina

a group of lamellar, red crystals on quarz area 2 mm self collected april 2005 sergio varvello photo and collection

group of white balls of hemimorphite up to 3.46 mm Photo Matteo Chinellato Collection Domenico Preite

© Chinellato Matteo

Beautiful short-prismatic crystals of hingganite-(Y) (the difference with "gadolinite" can only be determined by analysis), 1.5 mm long, with overgrowth of "sysnchysite" in the form of some little, yellow, lenticular crystals. Puricelli Quarry, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy Photo: Bernardino Turconi, Collection: Domenico ...

© Domenico Preite

Tuft of 0.1 mm.

© Nazareno La Manna

Beautiful group of short-prismatic crystals of hingganite-(Y) (the difference with "gadolinite" can only be determined by analysis), attaining the max. size of 4.5 mm. Puricelli Quarry, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy Photo: Bernardino Turconi, Collection: Domenico Preite

© Domenico Preite

cluster of short gray cristals of titanite up to 1.09 mm Photo Matteo Chinellato Collection Domenico Preite

© Matteo Chinellato

Hingganite-(Y) crystal mm 1,1 on matrix Enrico Bonacina photo Fabio Brignoli collection

© Enrico Bonacina

Fluorite crystal mm 4x4 on Microcline. Photo and collection Fabio Brignoli (roccelllans)

© Fabio Brignoli

prismatic colorless-adamantine crystal of quartz up to 1.96 mm Photo Matteo Chinellato Collection Domenico Preite

© Chinellato Matteo

0.74 mm Titanite crystal. Collection Domenico Preite photo Matteo Chinellato

© Chinellato Matteo

Hingganite-(Y) from Puricelli quarry. Crystal size: 2 mm. Collection and photo: Giovanni Fraccaro.

© Giovanni Fraccaro

short complex dark-brown crystal of sphalerite up to 1.4 mm Photo Matteo Chinellato Collection Domenico Preite

© Matteo Chinellato

Crystal with curious morphology Crystal up to 2,4 mm Specimen Franco Vanini Photo by Enrico Bonacina

© Enrico Bonacina

Crystal of 0,3 mm

© Nazareno La Manna

1.27 mm brown coated Lollingite tabular crystal. Collection Domenico Preite photo Matteo Chinellato

© Chinellato Matteo

Hingganite-(Y) crystal mm 1,2 on matrix. Photo Enrico Bonacina collection Fabio Brignoli (roccelllans)

© Enrico Bonacina

prismatic gray crystals of hingganite-(Y) up to 1.46 mm Foto Matteo Chinellato Collection Domenico Preite

© Chinellato Matteo

Fluorite and Bertrandite cristals on Ortoclase. Field of view mm 10x7 Photo Germano Fretti collection Fabio Brignoli (roccelllans)

© Germano Fretti

"Apatite" crystal mm 0,27 on matrix Germano Fretti photo Fabio Brignoli collection

© Germano Fretti

"Mica" on Quartz crystal field of view mm 5x3 Enrico Bonacina photo Paolo Capitanio collection

© Enrico Bonacina

Gray short-prismatic crystal of hingganite-(Y) (the difference with "gadolinite" can only be determined by analysis), attaining 1.7 mm in length, with a group of pale brown to colorless crystals of titanite grown on one of the hingganite-(Y) crystal faces. Puricelli Quarry, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy Photo: Enrico ...

© Enrico Bonacina

Calcite from Puricelli quarry. Largest crystal size: 3 mm. Collection and photo: Giovanni Fraccaro.

© Giovanni Fraccaro

1.41 mm group of white Hemimorphite balls. Collection Domenico Preite photo Matteo Chinellato

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a very little, yellow, prismatic crystal on muscovite area 0,7 mm self collected april 2005 sergio varvello photo and collection

0.6 mm group of yellow Xenotime-Y crystals. Collection Domenico Preite photo Matteo Chinellato

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A 1mm tall tower of muscovite hosts two yellow xenotime-(Y) crystals and a single quartz crystal.

Anatase mm 0,5 x mm 0,2 found by Giovanni Invernizzi , piece in its collection photo Giovanni Scapin by Canon Eos 600 d + 50 mm 1:1,8

a group of lamellar crystals on quarz area 1,2 mm self collected january 2002 sergio varvello photo and collection

Brown (oxidized) tabular crystal of lollingite up to 1.15 mm Photo: Enrico Bonacina Collection: Domenico Preite

© Enrico Bonacina

white ball of hemimorphite up to 0.7 mm Photo Enrico Bonacina Collection Domenico Preite

© Enrico Bonacina

Greenish globular aggregates of pyrophyllite, showing a characteristic waxy lustre. Collection and photo: Giorgio Bortolozzi. Note: the globular mineral is classified as pyrophyllite according to the description given in the literature (e.g. Grill & Fagnani, 1943; Ottenziali et al., 1992). Modern analytical confirmations are lacking.

Nice specimen of galena Up to 0,42 mm long Specimen Mansueto Silvani Photo by Enrico Bonacina

© Enrico Bonacina

a group of tabular brown crystals of synchysite-(Y) with minute black iridescent crystals of anatase area size 6 mm. Photo Bernardino Turconi Collection Domenico Preite

© Domenico Preite

two alterated crystals on chlorite area 2 mm self collected january 2002 sergio varvello photo and collection

Collection and photo: Giorgio Bortolozzi.

0.44 mm epitaxy of tabular red-brown Synchysite-(Ce) crystal with Bastnäsite-(Ce) in the middle. Collection Domenico Preite photo Matteo Chinellato

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green tufts on quarz area 1 mm self collected april 2005 sergio varvello photo and collection

0.36 mm yellow Xenotime-Y group of crystals. Collection Domenico Preite photo Matteo Chinellato

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Anatase and Bertrandite crystals on Orthoclase Field of view mm 1,7x1,2 Germano Fretti photo, Fabio Brignoli collection (roccelllans)

© Germano Fretti

Anatase crystal mm 0,35 on Orthoclase. Germano Fretti photo, Fabio Brignoli collection (roccelllans)

© Germano Fretti

Aggregate of crystals bi-terminated Along with 11,5 mm Specimen and photo by Enrico Bonacina

© Enrico Bonacina

Crystal of 0,4 mm.

© Nazareno La Manna

Bertrandite crystals mm 0,35 on Orthoclase Germano Fretti photo, Fabio Brignoli collection (roccelllans)

© Germano Fretti

Fluorite from Puricelli quarry. Crystal size: 2 mm. Collection and photo: Giovanni Fraccaro.

© Giovanni Fraccaro

Titanite crystals mm 0,34 on matrix Germano Fretti photo Fabio Brignoli collection

© Germano Fretti

Probable, size 0,6 mm Colletion and photo L. Mattei

© luigi mattei

group of tabular dipyramidal black metallic crystals of anatase up to 0.3 mm Photo and collection Domenico Preite

© Domenico Preite

two black anatase crystals with synchisite area 1,4 mm self collected january 2002 sergio varvello photo and collection

Crystal height 2.7 mm Collection and photo Roberto Bosi

© Roberto Bosi