Fonte del Prete, San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - A very rare finding from an hystorical locality. There is a quite large apatite crystal for this locality. The apatite is 0.6 cm wide ! It shows fluorescence under UV. It is located close to a couple of terminated quartz crystals. Overall size is 5x5x3.5 cm.

San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - Super bright, gemmy beryl shows on this specimen ! The beryl is 0.9x0.8x0.7 cm in size and is perfectly located close to quartz and orthoclase crystals.  Close to the beryl there are a number of yellow/green elbaites of 0.5 cm in size. Overall size is 5x3.5x2.5 cm.

San Leone Mine, Assemini, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy - A classic from this mine. This specimen is composed by a cluster of lenticolar calcite crystals to 2.4 cm in size, partly covered by limonite ! There are a lot of crystals ! On the top there is a bright partly gemmy calcite of 1.4 cm wide ! nice specimen of 8.5 × 6.2 × 3 cm. Weight is 200 gr.

San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - A super bright cluster of cassiterite crystals ! From my personal collection. The cassiterites are undamaged and form a cluster of 0.4 cm wide ! Great shapes and unique crystals ! Very esthetic for the specied from thi locality. Overall size is 3.2x2.6x1.6 cm

HOOSY, MADAGASCAR - A very nice biterminated corundom on scist matrix ! The crystal is 2.3 cm long and 1.6 cm wide ! Great red/violet color. Very esthetic ! Overall size is 3x2.7x1.8 cm

Navidad mine, Rodeo, Durango, Mexico - Sparkling crystallized creedite covering all sides of this matrix. Very slight chipping present. Size: 5.5 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm.

25Bou Azzer, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco - A more unusual specimen of Moroccan erythrite featuring isolated crystals on a back ground of quartzite matrix. The erythrites show a great color and the crystals are up to 1.4 cm ! Overall size is 4.8x3.2x1.6 cm.

Cerro Mercado, Durango, Mexico - There are a number of apatites on this rock. The main crystal is terminated, with a bright yello color and is 1.5 cm in size ! there are also smaller crytals around ! Showy and nice specimen of 4x3.5x3.5 cm. Weight is 60 gr

Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China - A fragment of terminated white quartz makes a base for a single zoned and phantom included complex stepped blue fluorite crystal. The fluorites are 1.5 cm on the edge. Some minor contacts, overall an aesthetic display. Overall size is 4.7x3.7x1.4 cm

Valle Giove mine, Rio Marina, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - This is classic that Elba lovers know very well ! There are some 0.4 cm fluorite crystals on the pyrite and hematite matrix of this specimen. From an old collection. Overall size 6x5.5x2.5 cm