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.  This species is not often seen in dealers stocks or even in museums ! This crystal is 1.4x0.9x0.5 cm and shows nice termination and luster. Super rare specimen.

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 - A super phosgenite crystal of 6.4 cm in size ! A Museum quality an size specimen. The crystal is complete, no damage. It shows the contact with the matrix on the back and has a nice clarity, almost gemmy. The size is 6.4x2.2x1.1 cm. For more details see the last December 2014 Min Rec issue. Overall size is 4.7x3.2x2 cm. Ex Murroni collection

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