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 - 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.

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.