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Unidentified fumarolic minerals

Name: Unidentified fumarolic minerals
SKU: 31937-D
Availability: OutOfStock

31937-D Category: _Archives –specimens pending sale or deletion

Mt. Vesuvius, Naples, Campania

Italy

Dimensions: 6.4x4.8x1.7 cm

Price: CA

An unidentified fumarolic minerals, i.e., those minerals precipitated directly from the gas phase as volcanic sublimates or formed as a result of gas-rock interaction, as well as the incrustations formed during cooling (degassing) of lava and scoriae. The main mineral on the surface is light yellow and mostly formless small mammillary blobs; though sometimes forming into spikey hairs. There is also a light green crystalline mineral in the mix as well. The specimen comes from the famous Mt. Vesuvius in Italy. From the antique collection of Giuseppe Garbari. This collection dates between 1890-1910.

“Giuseppe Garbari was born in Trento (Italy) on 27 July 1863 and died in Florence on 6 June 1937. An eclectic character with numerous interests, he began collecting minerals (as well as stamps, old books, furniture and antiques) in the decade before the turn of the century, and then also dedicated himself to travel, hiking/mountaineering, mountain photography, to botany.

His collection consisted largely of notable specimens of Italian origin. It was sold in 1910 to Friedrich Krantz of Bonn (a well-known mineral trader of the time) and subsequently dispersed on the market. From Krantz's documentation it can be deduced that the Garbari collection must have been of considerable size and quality.”

*https://www.minerbook.it/mineralogisti-storici/giuseppe-garbari/

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