Piacenza prov.

Baryte
Baryte X on septaria, from an old (the '70) classic italian locality, nearly forgotten
12x9m
Vernasca, Piacenza. Italy
Specimen n.466

Calcite
Group of calcite XX (form of scalenohedron very thin) - 2.5x2 cm wide - grown on a 1st generation yellow calcite. In a septaria formation, from a place near the more known locality of Vernasca, in the Northern Apennines region, famous for the septaria concretions found there
6x4cm
Torrente Chiarone, Pianello Val Tidone, Piacenza. Italy
Specimen n.210

Calcite
Another piece with thin scalenohedrons up to 2.1 cm wide, well posted on limestone matrix. From a random finding in a roadcut 
6.5x7cm
Bardi, Piacenza. Italy
Specimen n.786

Bologna prov. 

Gypsum
Giant twinned XX showing the "fishtail" formation, typical for gypsum. From an old place that now is a protected area
40x14cm
Cava Farneto, Farneto, S.Lazzaro di Savena, Bologna. Italy
Specimen n.521

Gypsum
Big XX of gypsum, very transparent, with inclusion of small piece of gray lime
21x7.5cm
Cava Farneto, Farneto, S.Lazzaro di Savena, Bologna. Italy
Specimen n.748

Gypsum
Intersecting of prismatic XX, resembling a "cross" formation
5X3.7cm
Farneto, S.Lazzaro di Savena, Bologna. Italy
Specimen n.155

Gypsum
Some lenticular XX of gray gypsum, covered by a lot of other small XX, in a formation similar to the "desert rose". In the upper corner there is a piece of a fossil
8x7cm
Farneto, S.Lazzaro di Savena, Bologna. Italy
Specimen n.163