ELMWOOD MINE, SMITH CO., TN, USA - Real nice terminated calcite crystal of 5.5 cm that seats on a small sphalerite matrix. Overall size is 5.5x4x4 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

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

ELMWOOD MINE, CARTHAGE, TENNESSEE - This specimen consists in a crystalline sphalerite, bright red and well shaped with some violet fluorite cubes up to 0.7 cm on the edge. Nice rock of 5.5x5.5x3 cm in size

Gordonsville Mine, Smith  Co., Tennessee, USA - Beautiful mostly gemmy purple fluorite crystals sitting on a matrix of crystallized sphalerite. This sits perfectly by itself for display. Extremely minimal micro-cleaving on one corner as seen, overall I think in very good condition. Measures 4.5 x 3.5 x 2.0 cm in size and shows nicely all around. Ex Chris and Agatha Galas collection.

Sweet Home mine, near Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA - The Sweet Home mine is world famous for its Rhodochrosite specimens. For those who don't know, Richard Kosnar and his father-in-law Dave Bergman mined the Sweet Home for a few years during the late 1970's and managed to collect some excellent specimens. This piece features a predominant, sharp, lustrous, gemmy, rich pinkish-red rhombohedron of Rhodochrosite measuring 1.1 cm across that is perched aesthetically on contrasting black Sphalerite matrxi with minor Pyrite. This is an unusual Rhodo from the Sweet Home as they are not often seen on Sphalerite like this. It would make a great addition to any Colorado suite, a Rhodo collection or a suite of thumbnail. This piece is from one of the early pockets that Rich and Dave opened when they started mining in 1977. Overall size is 2x1.5x1.5 cm. Ex Rob Lavinsky coll.

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.

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

CAMPO DI SASSO, MARINA DI BIBBONA, LIVORNO, ITALY - Honey colored sphalerite crytals up to 2 mm cover the surface of this rock. Not common from this locality to get such amount of coverage ! 8.5x4x3 cm.

CAMPO DI SASSO, BIBBONA, LIVORNO, ITALY - Large specimen with several honey sphalerite crystals up to 1 cm nested among 1-1.5 cm quartz crystals. There are also some stibnite crystals to complete the picture of this rock. Overall size is 10x6x5 cm.