Try to tell an Italian collector “Cinquevalli Mine, Valsugana”. His/her eyes will shine! For him/her, this name means phyromorphite and mimetite; arsenic and phosphorous with oxygen and chlorine mixed, in that mine, creating extraordinarily beautiful shapes. Specimens such as this, found between the 60’s and the 70’s, are among the most beautiful found in this region.
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