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The Malpensa Mineral Show 2025!
Last Updated: 13th Feb 2025By Riccardo Modanesi
Hi to everybody! A new mineral show took place on last February 8 and 9 at the Malpensa Fiere Exhibition Complex, close to the well-kmown international airport Malpensa!
Here you are some photos I made there.
Here you are some photos I made there.
Welcome to Malpensa Fiere!
Another view of the entry to Malpensa Fiere!
One more view of Malpensa Fiere!
Here you are the show!
A big fluorite crystal group! There was no label about its origin, sorry...
Sulphur with aragonite, probably from Sicily!
Adamite, from Mexico!
Pyrite, from the Elba Island!
A double-terminated quartz in marble, from Carrara!
Celestine, from Madagascar!
Quartz, from the Formazza Valley!
Copal with inclusions!
Fluorite, from Germany!
Interesting! Nontronite with chalcedony and opal, nicknamed "Kiwi opal", from Germany!
Gypsum, from Tuscany!
Prehnite, from Morocco!
Crystals from the Furka Tunnel, Switzerland!
Aquamarine, from Val Sissone, Lombardy!
Demantoide, from Val Malenco, Lombardy!
Antonello Petriccione showing his meteorite and lybian glass pieces!
Lybian glasses!
Meteorite pieces!
Fossils!
It looks like an aquarium!
Stefano Conforti showing his rarities! He has a wide knowledge of systematic minerals!
Some of the pieces shown by Stefano!
More pieces shown by Stefano!
A quartz drusa from Arkansas, shown by Stefano!
An amethyst drusa, its origin wasn't labelled!
Indian chalcedony and zeolites!
Scolecite, from India!
Chalcedony, from India!
Stilbite and apophyllite, from India!
Stilbite with apophyllite and scolecite, from India!
Apophyllite with stilbite, from India!
Heulandite, from India!
Malachite, from Congo!
A nice Moroccan vanadinite drusa!
Cavansite pieces, from India!
Italo Campostrini showing his micromounts, mostly from the Italian volcanoes! He wrote many books and articles about mineralogy in the Italian volcanic territories and islands!
Some of the micromounts shown by Italo!
More micromounts shown by Italo!
Fluorite crystals!
Dioptase, from Congo!
Smoky quartz crystals, from the Swiss Alps!
Schorl crystals!
More Indian zeolites!
Fossil fish!
Ammonites!
Trilobites!
Quartz crystals!
A big piece with zeolite (stilbite?) and apophyllite crystals, from Indis!
Sicilian sulphur and Sardinian amethyst!
Another view of the Sardinian amethysts!
Objects made of Afghan lapis lazuli!
Malachite from Congo!
Spider Man trapped in an amber drop!
A fly trapped in an amber piece!
More fossil fish!
Jewels!
Crystals for everybody!
A grotto calcite, from Morocco!
Faden quartz, from Pakistan!
Dioptase, from Congo!
Quartz crystals with oil inclusions, their fluorescence is astonishing!
Minerals from Sardinia!
Books!
Instruments!
Microscopes!
Magnifying lenses!
Fossil bones!
More fossil bones!
A plesiosaur!
Fluorescent minerals (hyalite opal and fluorite) under UV light!
Fluorescent fluorite crystals, from Madagascar!
Cabochons, made of opal and more minerals!
A natural meteorite glass called "columbianite"!
A pale-blue baryte, from Morocco!
A gypsum crystal group, from Australia!
Malachite, from Congo!
A closer view of the Moroccan baryte!
Kyanite with staurolite, from the Italian-speaking Switzerland!
Tremolite, from the Italian-speaking Switzerland!
Bulgarian manganoan calcite!
Bulgarian sphalerite!
Brazilian vivianite!
Pyrite in marble, from Switzerland!
Swiss crystals! Clinozoisite from Lucomagno is among these crystals!
Fake-coloured quartzes!
An holmquistite cabochon, from Val Vigezzo, Piemonte!
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