San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - Large, bright and gemmy petalite crystal. This petalite is among the largest we found in the last 2 years. It is a rare mineral at the Elba pegmatite. It measures 2.2x1.6x1 cm

Furtei mine, Cagliari, Italy - Nice specimen with several enargite crystals grouped in an open cavity. The crystals are well terminated and up to 0.4-0.6 cm. There is also a nice coating of millimetric pyrite crystals all around ! Overall size is 7x6.5x4.5 cm

San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - Gemmy petalite crystal of 2x1.5x1.3 cm in size. Very nice and bright !

San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - A great amount, hundreds of terminated schorl crystals cover most of the surface of this pegmatite specimen ! Classicallythe schorl crystals are grouped in  cluster on orthoclases or quartz crystals. This kind of aspect is typical when opening the pockets where there had been not so great space to develop large and/or big schorl crystals. Though it has 2-4 mm crystals, the sight is interesting for the brigthness and the luster of the terminations ! overall size is 11x7x3.5 cm. Weight is 330 gr

COLONNATA QUARRY, CARRARA, ITALY - A rare and classic from Apuane Alps. This marble specimen has a quite large cavity in whiche a terminated sulfur crystal is nested. The sulfur is 0.7 cm in size and shows anice yellow color. A nice specimen ! Overall size is 5x4.5x4 cm. Weight is 170 gr.

San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - A super bright cluster of cassiterite crystals ! From my personal collection. The cassiterites are undamaged and form a cluster of 0.4 cm wide ! Great shapes and unique crystals ! Very esthetic for the specied from thi locality. Overall size is 3.2x2.6x1.6 cm

POLLONE MINE, LUCCA, ITALY - A classic from this famous Italian mine. The specimen is composed by crystalline quartx matrix with a well exposed terminated lightly smoky quartz crystal up to 2.7 cm in size. There are some other smaller quartzes with some sulfides coating on some faces. There is also a well defined and terminated white baryte crystal of 1.5 cm in size. Overall size is 6.5x5x4 cm. Weight is 95 gr.

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.

Valle Giove mine, Rio Marina, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - A classic specimen from the iron ores of Isola Elba, Italy. This specimen shows a hematite matricrystalline matrix that hosts a dozen of golden crystals of pentagonododecahedron pyrites. The crystals show a nice habit and are well exposed on the matrix ! their size is up to 1.8 cm ! classic and showy rock from this well known locality. Overall size is 9x7x6.5 cm. Weight is 635 gr.

Bacino mine, Rio Marina, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - A super grade specimen of bright sparklin hematite ! The crystal have an incredible metallic and shining brightness ! There are a lot of terminated hematites up to 1.5 cm in size ! The whole specimen is hematite with a clustr of almost two dozens crystals ! a super esthetic specimen of 5x4x3.3 cm. Weight is 130 gr.