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Gaetano Riboldi Collection

Background imageGaetano Riboldi Collection: Geologists viewing the reef in front of Fingal's Cave, Staffa, 1

Geologists viewing the reef in front of Fingal's Cave, Staffa, 1
Geologists viewing the reef in front of Fingal's Cave, Staffa, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. The isle of Boo-sha-la has horizontal bundles as well as vertical columns of prismatic basalt

Background imageGaetano Riboldi Collection: Geologists exploring the basalt formations on Staffa, 1822

Geologists exploring the basalt formations on Staffa, 1822
Geologists exploring the curved basalt column formations on the Isle of Staffa, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, 1822. Prismatic forms that imitate beams in the hull of a ship

Background imageGaetano Riboldi Collection: Basalt columns about four miles north of Giant's Causeway

Basalt columns about four miles north of Giant's Causeway, Antrim, Northen Ireland. Basaltes colonnaires de Gauliac a la distance de 4 milles au Nord de la chaussee des Geans

Background imageGaetano Riboldi Collection: Basalt promontory Youm-Bournon on the Black Sea

Basalt promontory Youm-Bournon on the Black Sea. After a design in Comte Antoine-Francois Andreossy's Voyage a l'embouchure de la mer Noire, 1818. Promontoire basaltique sur la Mer Noire

Background imageGaetano Riboldi Collection: Mass of prismatic lava in the Triponzio Valley, Italy

Mass of prismatic lava in the Triponzio Valley, Italy. Pile of thin quadrangular columns or prism sticks. Near the bridge below Roccarespampani, Viterbo, central Italy

Background imageGaetano Riboldi Collection: Geologists studying the basalt columns at Roccarespampani, Viter

Geologists studying the basalt columns at Roccarespampani, Viterbo, central Italy. Basaltes colonnaires de Rocca Rispampani dans le territoire de Viterbe

Background imageGaetano Riboldi Collection: Basalt prisms in the Infernaccio Valley, Viterbo, central Italy

Basalt prisms in the Infernaccio Valley, Viterbo, central Italy. Near the vitriol factory. View from the Passo del Gretto over the valley showing the lava flow divided into prisms

Background imageGaetano Riboldi Collection: Geologists studying columnar basalt mass at Lake Bolsena, centra

Geologists studying columnar basalt mass at Lake Bolsena, centra
Columnar basalt mass at Lake Bolsena, central Italy. Geologist Giambattista Brocchi and artist Bertoletti studying the hexagonal and pentagonal prisms. Located between Bolsena and Montefiascone

Background imageGaetano Riboldi Collection: Geologists studying the western side of the Giant's Causeway, 18

Geologists studying the western side of the Giant's Causeway, 18
Geologists studying the western side of the Giant's Causeway, Antrim, Northern Ireland. Basalt columns from an ancient volcanic fissure eruption

Background imageGaetano Riboldi Collection: Basaltic mound called the Stone of St. Blaise, Euganean Hills

Basaltic mound called the Stone of St. Blaise, Euganean Hills. Mass of porous quadrilateral columns. Butte basaltique appelee pierre de S. Blaise dans les monts Euganeens

Background imageGaetano Riboldi Collection: Basalt columns on Monte Rosso, Euganean Hills. Italy

Basalt columns on Monte Rosso, Euganean Hills. Italy
Monte Rosso from the southeast side, in the Euganean Hills. near Padua, Italy. Geologists move basalt rocks while a shepherdess watches her goats

Background imageGaetano Riboldi Collection: Basalt confirurations in the Gavinello Valley, Vicentin, Italy

Basalt confirurations in the Gavinello Valley, Vicentin, Italy
Basalt confirurations in the Gavinello Valley, Vicentin, northern Italy. Imperfect columns AA, horizontal columns BB, and horizontal columns of basalt lava DD

Background imageGaetano Riboldi Collection: Geologists studying the eastern side of the Giant's Causeway, 18

Geologists studying the eastern side of the Giant's Causeway, 18
Geologists studying the eastern side of the Giant's Causeway, Antrim, Northern Ireland. Basalt columns from an ancient volcanic fissure eruption

Background imageGaetano Riboldi Collection: Mountain of hexagonal basalt columns at Detunata Goala, Transylv

Mountain of hexagonal basalt columns at Detunata Goala, Transylv
Mountain of hexagonal basalt columns at Detunata Goala, Alba county, Transylvania (Romania). After I. F. Lochner. Dictunata Goala en Transilvanie du cote de l'est

Background imageGaetano Riboldi Collection: Cluster of basalt prisms near St Sanduox, 18th century

Cluster of basalt prisms near St Sanduox, 18th century
Cluster of basalt prisms near St Sanduox. Basalt mass, Pereneire, Auvergne, France. Copied from an engraving in Diderot's Encyclopedie. Amas basaltique de Pereneire en Auvergne

Background imageGaetano Riboldi Collection: Stolpen Castle, Saxony, Germany, built on a basalt mass

Stolpen Castle, Saxony, Germany, built on a basalt mass
Stolpen Castle, Saxony, Germany, 13th century fortress built on a basalt mass on a layer of granite. Amas basaltique sur lequel est bati le Chateau de Stolpen en Allemagne

Background imageGaetano Riboldi Collection: Geologists at the Bridge of the Jaws of Hell, France, 18th centu

Geologists at the Bridge of the Jaws of Hell, France, 18th centu
Geologists with an umbrella at the Bridge at the Jaws of Hell near Thueyts in the Vivarais. The bridge is built on basalt prisms on the left and hard granite on the right

Background imageGaetano Riboldi Collection: Basalt causeway at Beaume bridge, Vivarais, France, 18th century

Basalt causeway at Beaume bridge, Vivarais, France, 18th century
Basalt causeway at Beaume bridge on the Ardeche river, Vivarais range, France. Colonnade of high prisms over a volcanic grotto

Background imageGaetano Riboldi Collection: Waterfall in the middle of prismatic lava near Vals, France, 18t

Waterfall in the middle of prismatic lava near Vals, France, 18t
Waterfall in the middle of prismatic lava near Vals, Vivarais/Ardeche range, France. A fisherman uses a net in the river. Cascade au milieu de laves prismatiques pres de Vals dans le Vivarais

Background imageGaetano Riboldi Collection: Basalt prism columns at Bridon bridge, near Vals, France, 18th c

Basalt prism columns at Bridon bridge, near Vals, France, 18th c
Basalt prism columns at Bridon bridge, near Vals, in the Vivarais/Ardeche range. After a design by Veyrenc in Barthelemy Faujas de Saint-Fond's Recherches sur les volcans eteints, 1778

Background imageGaetano Riboldi Collection: The cone of Maillas, near St. Jean le Noir, Vivarais, France

The cone of Maillas, near St. Jean le Noir, Vivarais, France
View of part of the rock of Maillas, Mont Jastrie, near St. Jean le Noir, Lower Vivarais, France. Columns and prisms of black basalt

Background imageGaetano Riboldi Collection: Geologists exploring the volcanic cirque of Ashna-cregs, Isle of

Geologists exploring the volcanic cirque of Ashna-cregs, Isle of Mull, Scotland. A natural amphitheatre of black basalt lava. After a drawing by French geologist Barthelemy Faujas de Saint-Fond


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