A DRAMATIC, old-time CABINET specimen from Sicily of variegated, red and brown, smithsonite stalactites. Some areas of banding are even transparent! The display side has been sawed and polished to highlight the banding and color variations of the smithsonite. Smithsonite is very RARE from Sardinia! Ex Richard Hauck Collection. originally noted as being from sicily, per label on the piece. I am now told that it is from the mines of Masua or Campo Pisano (all near Iglesias, Cagliari province). 14.2 x 9.5 x 5.5 cm