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 - A super combination specimen ! This specimen hosts 3 well shaped terminated elbaites with a nice yellow color at the base. Their size is up to 1 cm. One of them has the top termination partly joint with a small light pink beryl var morganite, around 0.4 cm in size, biterminated. Not so common to find ! overall size is 7x6.5x4 cm

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.

Bacino mine, Rio Marina, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - Very nice classic hematite crystals on hematite matrix. The hematite crystals ar up to 2 cm in size ! Classic metalli luster. There are almost 2 dozen crystals here ! Overall size is 5x4x4 cm. Weight is 160 gr.

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 !

Iran - Very nice bright andradite crystals on solid andalusite matrix. The andradite are almost gemmy and their sice is up to 1 cm ! Very esthetic spcimen of 6.7x4x3 cm. Weight is 58 gr

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.

Ambararata, Madagascar - A nice couple of liddicoatite crystals, perfectly terminated and 3 and 3.2 cm in size ! Very nice lighr red/pink color with some light green close to the top. The largest crystal is 1 cm wide and has a coating of micro quartz crystals on one face. Nice crystals really !

Erongo Mountains, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia - Nice specimen hosting beryl and schorlite crystals on quartz ! There are a couple of terminated beryls up to 2 cm in size with several schorlite on some faces ! There are also a couple of terminated quartz up to 4 cm in size. The matrix has also a partial aqua crystal, with a nice blue color in the inner part. Nice classic from Erongo ! overall size is 6.5x3.5x3 cm. eight is 60 gr.

Baia Sprie Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania - A small group of divergently formed steel like crystals of stibnite. The main crystals show typical Baia Sprie spear like terminations. Overall size is 5.4 × 2.5 × 1.6 cm. Weight is 35 gr