FLORISTELLA MINE, ENNA, SICILY, ITALY - A great old timer ! This specimen hosts a great abundance of celestine crystals grouped in clusters showing complex terminations ! I count one hundred crystakls or so ! The crystals are up to 2-2.7 cm in size ! The matrix shows wel evident traces of sulfur. An interesting specimen from a mine no more producing specimens. In fact this one is from an old collection recently aquired. Overall size is 11x11x6 cm. Weight is 1.6 kg

Wah Wah Mnts, Utah, USA - Well defined bright red beryl of 0.5 cm in size shows up on a small riolite matrix ! Nowadays are rare and uncommon ! Overall size is 2x2x1.4 cm. Weight is 15 gr. Mounted in a perky box.

Milpillas mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico - Very nice deep blue crystals of azurite forming a cluster of 3x3x1.5 cm in size. The crystals are well shaped and up to 1.8x1.5 cm in size ! Very esthetic cluster. Overall size is 3x3x1.5 cm. Weight is 21 gr

NUXIS, RIO BACHERA, CAGLIARI, ITALY - Very nice cluster of golden baryte ! The cluster is composed by 5 well terminated baryte crystals up to 3.8x2 cm in size ! Classic finding of 2010. Overall size is 5x4.5x2.8 cm. Weight is 90 gr.

San Giovanni Mine, Punta della Torre, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy - An esthetic specimen of calcite from this famous mine. The specimen hosts a great amount of bright calcite crystals, grouped forming clusters ! Very nice and typical from San Giovanni mine. Overall size is 13x8x6 cm. Weight is 515 gr.

Kharan, Baluchistan, Pakistan  - An attractive specimen with anatase crystals of 0.7 cm in size ! The anatse is pristine, undamaged and biterminated ! It shows a great luster and brightness ! It sits on a coverage of tiny quartz crystals with also some chlorite. Very esthetic and showy. Overall size is 6x6x2.5 cm. Weight is 130 gr.

Arondu, Basha Valley, Skardu district, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan - Arondu is one of the lesser known Titanite localities in Pakistan, but this area has produced some top quality crystals of the species, especially some killer twins. These are "Alpine-type" Titanite crystals, and the would be worth a great deal to any Alpine collector if there were found in Austria, Italy or Switzerland. This specimen features a few sharp, thin/narrow twinned crystals of Titanite measuring up to 1.7 cm sitting on matrix. The color is actually green, but they are coated with micro Clinochlore. Good condition overall. These pieces are some of the most difficult to obtain from Pakistan, especially these days. Overall size is 4.5x4x1.3 cm. Weight is 35 gr.

Stak Nala, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan - An aesthetic well terminated gemmy elbaite in combination with minor microlite & cleavelandite. The elbaite is 2.3 cm long and is perfectly terminated. The cleavelandite crystals are 1-1.3 cm wide and on some of these crystals there are some millimetric light brown microlites. Overall size is 2.6 × 2.2 × 1.1 cm

Cava di Melis, Longobucco, Cosenza, Calabria, Italy - The recent new find of cordierite from Italy ! Probably the best and better defined crystals of cordierite vere found in Italy. This specimen hosts a perfectly terminated prismatic cordierite of 0.9 cm in size. The color is green/brown for a coating of pinite. Very nice ! overall size is 3x2.5x2 cm. Weight is 30 gr.

Luishia Mine, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo - A nice bright green mass of wonderful malachite in a flowing bubbly display. A few minor scratches and tiny hairline crack but a very tactile specimen. Overall size is 6.1 × 7.1 × 2.9 cm. Weight is 200 gr.