Pollone mine, Valdicastello Carducci, Pietrasanta, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy - This is a VERY rare, lead sufosalt with moderately large crystals. The color is battleship gray, with a satiny luster. The crystals are foliated in parallel growth, much like mica. This species is not often seen in dealers stocks or even in museums ! This crystal is 1.4x1.1x0.5 cm and shows perfect termination and luster. Super rare specimen.

Le Cetine mine, Siena, Italy - A rare mineral from the type locality. Onoratoite derves from stibnite oxidation and shows as groups of white acicular crystals. This rock has several clusters of millimetric crystals. Overall size is 3.5x2x1.5 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

Le Cetine mine, Siena, Italy - A rare mineral from the type locality. Onoratoite derves from stibnite oxidation and shows as groups of white acicular crystals. This rock has several clusters of millimetric crystals nicely dispersed on an open cavity. Overall size is 3x3x2.2 cm

Bregaceto, Genova, Italy - Nice old specimen from a well known itaian locality famous for anatase and brookite crystals. This specimen hosts some millimetric orange brookite crystals up to 3 mm and several 0.5-1  mm in site anatase, red in color and nicely terminated ! a classic from this locality. Overall size is 5.5x5x2 cm

Monteponi mine, Carbonia-Iglesias, Sardinia, Italy -  The whole specimen is composed by a cluster of anglesite crystals ! There are 2 large and well exposed crystals up to 1.8 and 2.2 cm in length and many aother all around. All of them are terminated though showing some imperfection due to their genesys not to damages ! a super specimen ! overall size is 6x3.4x3.2 cm

Monteponi mine, Carbonia-Iglesias, Sardinia, Italy - Interesting and rich anglesite specimen. The matrix is entirely constituted by galena and there are several bright and waterclear anglesites show on it ! The anglesites are up 1 cm and show greatly on the galena. Overall size is 4.5x4x3.5 cm

Monteponi mine, Carbonia-Iglesias, Sardinia, Italy -  A nice cluster of anglesite crystals form this specimen ! The anglesites are up to 3.8 cm in length and have great brigthness ! There are at least half a dozen crystals in the range of 3 com in size ! on the back  there are a lot of 2-4 mm anglesites and several sulfides crystals. Overall size is 7.5x4x2.5 cm

Furtei mine, Cagliari, Italy - Nice specimen with several enargite crystals grouped in an open cavity. The crystals are well terminated and up to 0.4-0.6 cm. There is also a nice coating of millimetric pyrite crystals all around ! Overall size is 7x6.5x4.5 cm

APUANE ALPS, CARRARA, ITALY - Brown terminated wurtzite crystal of 1 mm in size shows nicely on the white marble. Wurtzite is almost a rare mineral at the Apuane Alps. Showy specimen of 5x3x4 cm