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.

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 - 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

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

ELMWOOD MINE, CARTHAGE, TENNESSEE - Nice fluorite cube of 3.5 cm on the edge with a nice violet color. On one corner the fluorite has a sphalerite cluster, bright and red. Chipping on a corner of the fluorite. Overall size is 4.5x2.5x2.2 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.

ELMWOOD MINE, CARTHAGE, TENNESSEE, USA - Bright, deep red cluster of sphalerite xxls up to 3 cm. Showy 6x6x4 cm

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

Gordonsville Mine, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA - Nice violet fluorite cubes of 2 cm on the edge ! Bright and well shaped ! Minor crystals of sphalerite on the back. Overall size is 2.7x2.5x2.2 cm

Hunan Province, China - Real beautiful deep red sphalerite crystals, grouped wonderfully.All the crystals are perfectly terminated so that to form this nice 2-2.5 crystalline group. A superb specimen of 6x6x5 cm.