SAN PIERO, ISOLA ELBA, LIVORNO, ITALY - Typical fragment of a pegmatite pocket from Isola Elba., Italy. The specimen has several terminated quartz crystals up to 2 cm in size with a lot of cluster of white albite. Overall size is 5x4x3.5 cm

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

Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada - Typical specimen of rhombohedral pink rhodochrosite crystals, associated with acicular green aegirine, highly fluorescent albite and elpidite crystals. The rhodocrosite are up to 0.4- 0.5 cm in size. Overall size is 9 × 5.5 × 5 cm. Weight is 180 gr. Ex Francois Lortie specimen (original label)

Varaita Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy - Very fine epidote crystals up to 1.5 cm. on a white base of albite crystals. The green of the epidotes are a showy view on the white albite coating of crystals ! the albites are up to 0.5-0.8 cm. An excellent example of alpine epidote association. Overall size is 9 × 4 × 2.55 cm

Shigar Valley, Northern Areas, Pakistan - On a partial feldspar completely covered by albite crystals there ia a nice coverage of bright light pink apatites of 0.4 cm in size. Very nice specimen of 4x4x2.3 cm