PERETA MINE, GROSSETO, ITALY - On the silicised limestone of this rock there are several 1 mm minyulite greenish spheroids.Minyulite is an uncommon mineral, almost rare now that Pereta mine is no more accessible. Overall size is 5x5x3 cm

SAN PIERO, ISOLA ELBA, LIVORNO, ITALY - It is not so usual to find spessartine but this specimen has a small spessartine among various  quartz and schorl crystals to the size of 0.7 cm. Nice REFERENCE specimen of 5.5x3x3 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

Valle Giove mine, Rio Marina, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - Bright pyrite pentadodechahedron crystal of 2 cm on the edge and 3x2.4 cm in size. There is a small amount of hematite matrix on one side and some other small pyrite crystals. Nice !

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

La Collada Mine, Asturias, Spain - This is a very attractive and beautiful specimen. Copy of the highest quality of this famous mine, with well-defined crystals. It has unsurpassed color and brightness. The main crystal is 1.6 cm on the edge. Collected 2012. Overall size is 3.6x3.5x2.3 cm

BOTTINO MINE, SERAVEZZA, CARRARA, ITALY - Nice bright metallic crystal of the rare meneghinite ! The crystal is 0.5 cm in size and is located in an open cavity of the qurtzite matrix. Overall size is 4x4x2.5 cm

Barroca Grande, Fundao, Panasqueira, Portugal - Nice large apatite crystal of 1.5x1.5x0.5 cm in size stands up on this specimen. There are other apatites around. Overall size is 4x2x2 cm

MARRUBIU QUARRY, ORISTANO, ITALY - Nice vulcanic matrix with a large open cavity with a lot of bright black osumilite crystals of 2 mm in size. Real nice specimen of 8.5x7x6 cm

Pereta Mine, Scansano, Tuscany, Italy - Red globules of ottensite on altered stibnite. Pereta is the first natural (non-slag) locality for this rare antimony oxide, and the specimen is also host to microscopic colorless aggregates (not visible under normal microscopes) of two other rare oxides - brizziite and mopungite.Overall size 4x2.2x1.5 cm