Shigar Valley, Northern Areas, Pakistan - Very nice thumbnail hosting a single gemmy prism of aquamarine attached to the edge of a feldspar/cleavelandite matrix. The aquamarine is 1 cm in size and shows nicely on the white matrix. The crystal is terminated and are visible also the termination on the bottom of the crystal. Overall size is 3.1x2.6x1.7 cm. Weight is 20 gr.

Erongo Mountains, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia - Nice specimen hosting beryl and schorlite crystals on quartz ! There are a couple of terminated beryls up to 2 cm in size with several schorlite on some faces ! There are also a couple of terminated quartz up to 4 cm in size. The matrix has also a partial aqua crystal, with a nice blue color in the inner part. Nice classic from Erongo ! overall size is 6.5x3.5x3 cm. eight is 60 gr.

San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - A super combination specimen ! This specimen hosts 3 well shaped terminated elbaites with a nice yellow color at the base. Their size is up to 1 cm. One of them has the top termination partly joint with a small light pink beryl var morganite, around 0.4 cm in size, biterminated. Not so common to find ! overall size is 7x6.5x4 cm

Muzo, Colombia - A super esthetic specimen hosting a perfectly terminated emerald crystal of 1.9 cm in size ! The color is bright green. The crystal has no damage and sits on quartz crystals. Other partial emeralds all around. Overall size is 5x3.5x3 cm

Sakavalana pegmatite, located 25 km south of the village of Mandosonoro, SW of Antsirabe, Fianarantsoa province, Madagascar - On this small pegmatite matrix a perfectly biterminated 0.4 cm pezzottaite crystal shows nicely with its bright pink color ! A nice small rock of 1.7x1.5x1.5 cm

Sakavalana pegmatite, located 25 km south of the village of Mandosonoro, SW of Antsirabe, Fianarantsoa province, Madagascar - Terminated bright pink crystal of pezzottaite of 0.3 cm in size. There are some other smaller pezzottaites in a cavity close to this main crystal. All around albite and some terminated liddicoatites ! overall size is 3.3x2x1.6 cm.

San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - A classic combination specimen from the pegmatite areas of Isola Elba, Italy. This rock host several terminated schorl crystals up to 0.5-0.6 cm nicely located on cluster of quartz crystals. On the top of the cavity there is a beryl with a light blue color nicely located under the orthoclase ! nice specimen. Overall size is  7x6x3 cm.

San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - This specimen shows an open pegmatite cavity with a lot of schorl crystals, many of them are terminated. The schorl are up to 0.5 cm. Classically, there are several orthoclases, bright white and on one of them there is a 0.9 cm beryl, terminated and waterclear. Beryls are usually coupled with schorl at Isola Elba. The orthoclases are 1 cm on the edge. Overall size is 8.5x7x5 cm.