Case Collina quarry, Pitigliano, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy - An old timer since this quarry was closed more than 20 years ago. The specimen hosts a number of large and well exposed brown vesuvianite crystals up to the size of 1 cm ! The vesuvianites have also some tiny grossular crystals all around. The whole rock is a pyroclastic stone. Overall size is 8.7x5x5 cm. Weight is 245 gr.

Case Collina quarry, Pitigliano, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy - An old timer since this quarry was closed more than 20 years ago. The specimen hosts a number of large and well exposed brown vesuvianite crystals to the size of 1.5 cm ! The vesuvianites have also some tiny grossular crystals all around. The whole rock is a pyroclastic stone. Overall size is 6.5x5.5x5.5 cm. Weight is 200 gr.

Pitigliano quarry, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy - An old specimen probably from late 80ies when the quarry was still operating. The rock is entirely composed by a grossular rich matrix that hosts a large vesuvianite crystal. The vesuvianite is 1x0.5x1 cm in size and stands on the edge of a cavity filled by 1-2 mm grossular crystals. Overall size is 6.5c5.5x4 cm.

PITIGLIANO QUARRY, GROSSETO, ITALY - Nice and rare since this quarry is no longer existing ! A quite rich specimen of 5x4x4,5 cm with nicely terminated vesuvianites up to 1-1.2 cm with several grossularia crystals up to 2 mm.

PITIGLIANO QUARRY, GROSSETO, ITALY - From an old locality, nowadays lost ! this specimen hosts a lot of grossularia crystals up to 2 mm and several vesuvianite crystals up to 0.4 cm. Nice 3x2x2 cm specimen.