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.

PERTICARA MINE, PERTICARA, ITALY - An old specimen from a dismissed collection. This mine has been worked up to the early 60ies. Nowadays is closed forever due to toxic gas. The specimen has a lot of 0.4 cm sulfur crystals nicely located on a coating of terminated celestite crystals ! there are hundreds of 2-4 mm celestite crystals. Overall size is 8x4x7 cm.

Perticara mine, Perticara Italy - The contrast of the yellow on the black is really showy. These crystals are in the range of 0.8 cm, unfortunately the one on the right is partially complete but the other is perfect. There is a smaller one on the left. Real showy.

Perticara mine, Perticara ItalyNice 0.2-0.5 cm crystals are scattered on this rock. Nice terminations and good yellow color !

Perticara mine, Perticara ItalyThis rock hosts a complex crystal of sulfur of 1.4 cm. The cluster is formed by several crystals one over the other.

COZZODISI MINE, AGRIGENTO, SICILY, ITALY - There are some large sulfur crystals on this specimen, close to a cavity containing other smaller ones. The large sulfurs are nicely terminated, with a neat yello color and are up to 2 cm on the edge ! The smaller ones are up to 0.5-1 cm. Overall size of this rock is 5.5x6.5x4.5 cm

Pereta mine, Grosseto - A rare phosfate on quartzite. Light green spheroids of 2 mm formed by micro crystal of this unusual mineral. Overall size is 3.5x3x2.5 cm.

Pereta mine, Grosseto, ITALY -Nice light green spheroid of minyulite on matrix. The spheroid is 1 mm in diameter. TN size

pereta mine, grosseto, ITALY - A rare mineral from Italy. This is the only italian location for this mineral. Nice light green spheroid of minyulite on matrix. The spheroid is 2 mm in diameter. TN 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.