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. Fluorescent under UV light. The size is 6.4x2.2x1.1 cm. For more details see December 2014 Min Rec issue. Overall size is 4.7x3.2x2 cm. Ex Murroni collection

San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - Greatly terminated elbaite crystal nicely located on orthoclase small piece of matrix. The crystal shows greatly with nice change of color close to the top where it is with a light violet. The crystal is 1.7 cm in size !

San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - A very esthetic, pristine, elbaite var rubellite of 1.6 cm in size is nicely located on a partial crystal of orthoclase. A real great crystal ! Very nice and showy specimen of 3x1.8x1 cm.

San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - This specimen shows an open pegmatite cavity with a lot of schorl crystals, many of them are terminated. The schorl are up to 0.5 cm. Classically, there are several orthoclases, bright white and on one of them there is a 0.9 cm beryl, terminated and waterclear. Beryls are usually coupled with schorl at Isola Elba. The orthoclases are 1 cm on the edge. Overall size is 8.5x7x5 cm.