San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - A nicely terminated 1.4 cm long schorl shows on this pegmatite matrix. The rystal is perfectly terminated and shows greatly on this rock. At the base it has a narural contact on the matrix and no damage ! Nice crystal from Elba ! overall size is 3.5x3x2.5 cm

San Silvestro dike, San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - San Silvestro has been one of the oldest pegmatite vein worked at the San Piero area, aftwer the Speranza quarry. Now it is exausted and almost no traces are left of its location. This specimen is from my personal collection. There are 3 perfectly terminated elbaites ! the main crystals are 0.5 cm in size and show a deep brown/green color while the top is light green. The smallest elbaite is located just below the other 2 crystals, with the same aspect. Very nice thumbnail. Great esthetics ! overall size is 2.2x2.2x1.8 cm.

Bacino mine, Rio Marina, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - A super rich specimen from Isola Elba, Italy. This rock hosts a great abundance of terminated bright metallic hematite crystals ! This is a pure classic for any collection ! The hematites are up to 1.5 cm wide and show a great brightness ! there also a lot of 0.3-0.5 cm quartz crystals that emerge among the hematites. A superb classic of 5.5x3.5x3.5 cm

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

Panasqueira Mine, Beira Baixa, Portugal - A large single glassy two colour green apatite crystals with discs of siderite formed over an arsenopyrite/wolframite/cassiterite matrix. The apatite is 1.5x1 cm in size ! Veri nice and bright ! Overall size is 3.7 × 3.4 × 2.8 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.

Shangbao Mine, Leiyang County, Hunan Province, China - Sharp green, lucent to transparent crystals of fluorite with a hue of grey. They are well defined and mostly perfect. They are lustrous as well and they are showing an indistinct colour zoning. In any case an attractive specimen. Overall size 7.5 × 6.1 × 1.6 cm. Weight is 110 gr

Fu Jian Province, China - Large green/blue cuboctahedral fluorite crystals up to 4 cm wide ! Nice color which is between green and blue, especially in the inner part of the crystals. There are also coating of tiny quartz crystals all around the specimen. Cleavage on the back. Overall size is 8.5x5x4.5 cm. Weight is 300 gr.

Sapo mine, Ferruginha, Minas Gerais, Brazil - Tabular mostly gemmy lustrous crystal of fluorapatite 0.9 cm across on an albite crystal matrix. In very good condition. Size: 5.5 x 4.5 x 4.0 cm