NEW FINDING FROM THE CETINE DI COTORNIANO (SIENA)
For those mineral collectors who visited the Cetine di Cotorniano mine since young age, the finding of a “gypsum flower” specimen constitutes much more than a simple wish. This nightmare was driven by the picture of an old specimen stored in the mineral collection of the Natural History Museum of Genova and published on the “Guida ai Minerali”. The extreme difference between that specimen and those found after the closure of mine workings at Le Cetine di Cotorniano gave rise to a myth about “gypsum flowers”. The recent careful exploration of the abandoned mine workings allowed the fìnding of several specimens of gypsum flowers of the same quality of that published on the “Guida ai Minerali”.

001 Cetine Mine

002 Cetine Mine

003 Cetine Mine Gypsum Flowers Litoclase

004 Cetine Mine Our friend

005 Gypsum flower – Natural History Museum Genova- Coralloid Group 22×13 cm

006 Gypsum flower – Coll Lorenzoni – Coralloid Group 12 cm

007 Gypsum flower – Coll Coen – Cristals Group 8×5 cm

008 Gypsum flower – Coll Bonechi – Coralloid Group 4 cm

009 Gypsum flower – Coll Bonechi – Coralloid Group 5 cm