CAMPO DI SASSO, BIBBONA, LIVORNO, ITALY - Large and heavy specimen mainly composed by sphalerite. This rock hosts several sphalerite crystals up to 1-1.2 cm among quartz crystals and small cubic galenas. There are also some tiny zinchenite acicular crystals. 7x8x4 cm

BOTTINO MINE, SERAVEZZA, CARRARA, ITALY - Very nice specimen from this hystoriacal and well known italian locality ! This rock hosts a lot of perfectly terminated sphalerite crystals (blenda) up to the size of 0.4 cm on the edge ! They all show great luster and brightness. Choice specimen of 4x2.8x2.5 cm

BOTTINO MINE, SERAVEZZA, CARRARA, ITALY -  Lot of millimetric bright blenda crystals show on this rock ! There are almost 3 dozens crystals here. Nice specimen of 4.5x3x2 cm

HUNAN PROV., CHINA - Real nice combination specimen ! This rock shows a large cluster of sphalerite crystals up to 0.5 cm. Their color is red/orange. Among the transparent quartz crystals a centimetric galena crystal stands nicely. 4x7x2 cm.

BOTTINO MINE, SERAVEZZA, CARRARA, ITALY - Very nice specimen with several sphalerite and galena crystals. All of them show up on tiny siderite crystals. This specimen has been collecte inside the mine, since no valuable specimne can be found in the dumps. The crystals are up to 0.6 cm in size. Real nice rock of 6.5x3x1.8 cm

BOTTINO MINE, SERAVEZZA, CARRARA, ITALY - Various nicely terminated and undamaged blenda crystal show greatly on a carpet of siderite, calcite and tiny quartz crystals ! The largest crystal is 0.7 cm in size. Overall size is 6.5x3x1.5 cm

BOTTINO MINE, SERAVEZZA, CARRARA, ITALY - Nicely terminated and undamaged sphalerite (blenda) crystal of  0.5 cm in size shows greatly on a carpet of siderite, calcite and tiny quartz crystals ! Overall size is 5.5x3x2 cm

Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Mare, Maramureș County, Romania - Older specimen from Herja featuring black lustrous cyrstals of sphalerite with a flat back with slight overgrowth of siderite. the sphalerite crystals are up to 2.1 cm on the edge ! Excellent - aesthetic specimen from this well known locality. Very Bright crystals ! Overall size is 6.4 × 5.2 × 1.8 cm.

CAMPO DI SASSO, BIBBONA, LIVORNO, ITALY - Interesting specimen with nice bright honey sphalerite crystals up to 0.4 cm with a lot of galena cubic crystals. On most of them and dispersed on the quartz crystals there are a lot of zinchenite and stibnite millimetric crystals. Overall size is 8.5x5x4 cm.

Colonnata quarry, Apuane Alps, Carrara, Italy - Terminated deep brown/red sphalerite crystals of 0.3 cm. The crystals are well visible on the 3.5x3x3 cm matrix.