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.

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

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 -  Lot of millimetric bright blenda crystals show on this rock ! There are almost 3 dozens crystals here. Nice specimen of 4.5x3x2 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

BOTTINO MINE, SERAVEZZA, CARRARA, ITALY - Various nicely terminated and undamaged blenda crystal show greatly on a carpet of siderite, calcite and tiny quartz crystals ! The largest crystal is 0.7 cm in size. Overall size is 6.5x3x1.5 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

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.

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.