FLORISTELLA MINE, ENNA, SICILY, ITALY - A great old timer ! This specimen hosts a great abundance of celestine crystals grouped in clusters showing complex terminations ! I count one hundred crystakls or so ! The crystals are up to 2-2.7 cm in size ! The matrix shows wel evident traces of sulfur. An interesting specimen from a mine no more producing specimens. In fact this one is from an old collection recently aquired. Overall size is 11x11x6 cm. Weight is 1.6 kg

Montevecchio mine, Iglesias-Carbonia province, Sardegna, Italy - This rock hosts a lot of cerussite crystals to the size of 1-1.3 cm. This material is quite scarce since this mine was closed in the early 70ies. Overall size is 8x5x4 cm

Monteponi mine, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, sardegna, Italy - Very nice off-matrix cerussite specimen of 3.5x1.5x1 cm in size. Classic striated crystal. From an old collection if the 70ies.

Monteponi mine, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, sardegna, Italy - Greatly terminated offmatrix white cerussite crystal of 4.7x1x0,5 cm in size. This crystal is from a very old collection of the 70ies.

SAN FILIPPO MINE, MONTE AMIATA, SIENA, ITALY - An old timer. This specimen is from an old collection. It has been found in 1978 and shows a large nodule of cinnabar (6x6 cm in size) with a great abundance of tiny/micro crystals. There are also small schalenoedric crystals of calcite. Quite heavy rock ! overall size is 12x10x7 cm. Old labels also.

ABBADIA SAN SALVATORE MINE, MONTE AMIATA, SIENA, ITALY - A heavy cinnabar specimen, with several open cavities with a lot of cinnabar crystals ! The color is bright red, as usual for this species. Overall size is 7.5x4.5x4 cm.

ABBADIA SAN SALVATORE MINE, MONTE AMIATA, SIENA, ITALY - A quite large and heavy specimen mostly composed by cinnabar. The whole rock is covered by tiny, brilliant red crystals of cinnabar. Not easy to find such large old timer specimen from this well known locality ! The whole rock is 7.5x6x4 cm in size.

MONTE LABBRO, MONTE AMIATA, SIENA, ITALY - This specimen is from one of the old locations where cinnabar was extracted in ancient times. It is a cinnabar matrix completely covered by tiny micro cinnabar crystals. Quite heavy rock ! Overall size is 7x4x3.5 cm. It comes with old labels. Found in 1960.

Monte Arsiccio Mine, Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy - The new finding from this abandoned mine close to Apuane Alps, Tuscany. This is an uncommonn salt that usually shows in small crystals. From this mine large crystals, often grouped in clusters have been found. This specimen shows Coquimbite crystals forming coverage up to 2.5 cm wide ! crystals are up to 1-1.2 cm in size. There is also a great abunfance of romoerite crystals red in color forming large clusters of crystals up to 3 cm wide and with crystals up to 1.5 cm in size ! The coquimbite 7x5.5x4.5 cm. Weight is 120 gr.

Cava di Melis, Longobucco, Cosenza, Calabria, Italy - The recent new find of cordierite from Italy ! Probably the best and better defined crystals of cordierite vere found in Italy. This specimen hosts a perfectly terminated prismatic cordierite of 0.9 cm in size. The color is green/brown for a coating of pinite. Very nice ! overall size is 3x2.5x2 cm. Weight is 30 gr.