LA CIANCIANA MINE, AGRIGENTO, SICILY, ITALY - A classic from Sicily ! This specimen hosts several sulfur crystals and the main is 1.5 cm in size ! all of them are nicely located on aragonite matrix on both sides of the specimen. Nice classic and showy specimen from Sicily. Overall size is 6x6x4.5 cm.

COLONNATA QUARRY, APUANE ALPS, CARRARA, ITALY - Bright yellow sulfur crystal of 0.3 cm in size, perfectly terminated, shows on the white marble. The crystals is close to some calcite crystals up to 0.6 cm in size. A classic, not frequent finding ! overall size is 7.2x5x4 cm. Weight is 215 gr.

Pollone Mine, Valdicastello Carducci, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy - Geocronite is a rare sulfide that can be found in this Italian locality. Crystals are very rare ! This rock hosts a crystalline mass of 16 mm embedded in the quartz with a nice and typical metallic grey color. Overall size 7 × 4.4 × 4.2 cm. Weight is 131 gr.

Navajun, Spain - Brygth golden pyrite cube 2 cm on the edge shows nicely on matrix ! A classic from Spain. This is a well known locality the produces quite perfect pyrite cubes. Overall size is 6.3x5.5x5 cm. Weight is 220 gr

Fojnica, Central Bosnia Canton, Federation of Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina - Group of crystals with smoky color zoned with crystal larger than 6 cm  on a chlorite base. Overall size is 10x8x6 cm. Weight is 480 gr

Joe Larkin's quarry, Shannapheasteen, Co. Galway, Ireland - Bluish purple semi lustrous translucent cubic crystals to 2.0 cm on matrix. Slight cleaving present, the prominent crystals in very good condition.  6.0 x 5.0 x 2.0 cm

Cavnic Mine, Maramures County, Romania - A pinkish mass of interlocking pale pink flat manganoan calcite crystals partly coated with aggregates of tiny white calcite. The net effect is a mass of striped crystals. On the reverse shows the calcite being included to give a black and white effect. Really interesting piece.  An example of one of the Romanian classics and not often seen. Overall size is 8.6 × 5.9 × 5.2 cm.

Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Mare, Maramureș County, Romania - Older specimen from Herja featuring black lustrous cyrstals of sphalerite with a flat back with slight overgrowth of siderite. the sphalerite crystals are up to 2.1 cm on the edge ! Excellent - aesthetic specimen from this well known locality. Very Bright crystals ! Overall size is 6.4 × 5.2 × 1.8 cm.

ZOGNO MINE, VAL BREMBANA, BERGAMO, ITALY - A nice esthetis sample from this well known mine. The specimen shows a cluster of bright violet cubic fluorites inside an open cavity. The fluorites sit on a bed of tiny colorless quartz crystals. The fluorites are with a nice violet color and are up to 0.5 cm on the dge ! Nice specimen of 3x3x2.5 cm in size

Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal, Irkutskaya Oblast', Prebaikalia, Eastern Siberia, Russian Federation - A 2.2 cm green-blue lustrous apatite crystal associated with some smaller ones on calcite matrix. Lovely glossy crystals with irregular forms. Overall size is 5.3 × 5.8 × 2.4 cm. Ex Paul F Smith collection (old labels)