Cozzodisi mine, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy - Classic sulfur from Sicilian mines. The specimen hosts a lot of sulfur crystakls with the classic yellow color. The size is up to 1-1.3 cm. Nice specimen of 4.5x3.5x2.8 cm in size. Weight is 50 gr.

San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - A classic specimen from the pegmatite areas of San Piero.This specimen has an open cavity with a some large orthoclase crystals up to almopst 3 cm on the edge. All around there are quartz crystals and a number of terminated schorl crystals to the size of 0.5 cm. The specimen is very representative of the pockets that can be found in the pegmatites areas of San Piero ! overall size is 13x9.5x5.5 cm.

San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - A very rich specimen ! The whole surface of the specimen is entirely covered by hundreds of elbaite crystals ! The color is light brown/amber. Lot of clusters and lot of terminated crystals ! Their size is up to 1-1.3 cm. Overall size is 9.5x8x6.5 cm.

Monte Arsiccio Mine, Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy - The new finding from this abandoned mine close to Apuane Alps, Tuscany. This an uncommonn salt that usually shows in small crystals. From this mine large crystals, often grouped in clusters have been found. This specimen shows a large Coquimbite crystal 2x2 cm in size ! very large for the species and for the locality . The color is the classic violet. Overall size is 5x 3 x 2.5 cm. Weight is 30 gr. Mounted in a perqy box.

Monte Arsiccio Mine, Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy - The new finding from this abandoned mine close to Apuane Alps, Tuscany. This an uncommonn salt that usually shows in small crystals. From this mine large crystals, often grouped in clusters have been found. This specimen shows Coquimbite clusters of crystals. The color is violet and the coquimbites are up to 1.4 cm in size ! There is a great abundance of crystals grouped in clusters ! Overall size is 3.5x 2.5 x 2 cm. Weight is 30 gr.

Bacino mine, Rio Marina, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - Large hematite crystalline specimen ! The whole rock is made by hematite crystals up to 1.5-2 cm on the edge ! There are some damaged crystals along the edges of the specimen. Overall size is 11x10x5.5 cm. Weight is 1.1 kg

San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - Super bright, gemmy beryl shows on this specimen ! The beryl is 0.9x0.8x0.7 cm in size and is perfectly located close to quartz and orthoclase crystals.  Close to the beryl there are a number of yellow/green elbaites of 0.5 cm in size. Overall size is 5x3.5x2.5 cm.

Cava di Melis, Longobucco, Cosenza, Calabria, Italy - The recent new find of cordierite from Italy ! The best and better defined crystals of cordierite ever found in Italy. This specimen hosts a perfectly terminated prismatic cordierite of 0.7 cm in size. The color is green/brown for a coating of pinite. Very nice ! overall size is 3x3x2.5 cm. Weight is 30 gr.

Valle Giove mine, Rio Marina, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - This is classic that Elba lovers know very well ! There are some 0.4 cm fluorite crystals on the pyrite and hematite matrix of this specimen. From an old collection. Overall size 6x5.5x2.5 cm

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