SAN PIERO, ISOLA ELBA, LIVORNO, ITALY - There are various deep orange/red spessartines on this rock, all nested in the albite coated feldspars. The spessartines are up to 0.4 cm. Nice rock of 5x4x2 cm. 1994 finding.

Bacino mine, Rio Marina, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - Large and rich of crystals specimen from this famous locality. There are a lot of hematite blades and crystals one close to the others. Many of them show the classic iridescence ! crystalas are up to 2 cm in size. A classic from Italy. Overall size is 7.5x4.5x4.5 cm

San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - A nicely terminated 1.4 cm long schorl shows on this pegmatite matrix. The rystal is perfectly terminated and shows greatly on this rock. At the base it has a narural contact on the matrix and no damage ! Nice crystal from Elba ! overall size is 3.5x3x2.5 cm

Fonte del Prete, San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - A very rare finding from an hystorical locality. There is a quite large apatite crystal for this locality. The apatite is 0.6 cm wide ! It shows fluorescence under UV. It is located close to a couple of terminated quartz crystals. Overall size is 5x5x3.5 cm.