Calagio, Colonnata quarry, Apuane Alps, Carrara, Italy - A dark brown sphalerite crystal shows up on the white marble. The sphalerite is 0.25 cm. Overall size of the specimen is 3.5x2.5x2 cm.

Calagio, Colonnata quarry, Apuane Alps, Carrara, Italy - A dark brown sphalerite crystal shows up on the white marble. The sphalerite is close to 0.3 cm. Overall size of the specimen is 4.5x2.5x2 cm.

Colonnata quarry, Apuane Alps, Carrara, Italy - This marble specimen hosts a cluster of terminated deep brown/red sphalerite crystals of 0.4 cm nicely nested in an open cavity. The cluster shows nicely on the white marble. Overall size is 4x3.5x2 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.

Baia Sprie Mine, Baia Mare, Maramures, Romania - This is a perfect and shining 1.3 cm crystal of thetrahedrite on quartz. A real joel ! 4x3x2 cm.

DRY GILL MINE, CALDBECK FELLS, CUMBRIA, UK - Bright yellow mimetite crystals are dispersed on the matrix and on white quartz crystals. The mimetites are up to 1-2 mm. Overall size is 3x3x2 cm.

BAIA SPRIE, MARAMURES, ROMANIA - Dodecahedral galena crystals of 1-1.2 cm that cover completely the matrix. All of them are nicely terminated and show up nicely on this rock of 5x5x3 cm.

BAIA SPRIE, BAIA MARE, MARAMURES, ROMANIA - This is a perfect and shining 1.3 cm crystal of thetrahedrite on quartz. A real joel ! 4x3x2 cm.

BAIA SPRIE, MARAMURES, ROMANIA - A rare to get mineral from Romania ! a cluster of terminated wolframite crystals of 1-1.2 cm nicely located on chalcopyrite and quartz. A real good rock of 5x3x3 cm.