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.

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

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 - 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.

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.

Shigar Valley, Northern Areas, Pakistan - An incredible rich specimen !! There are miriad of terminated beryl var aquamarine crystals here ! The main crystals are in the fronT of the specimen and are up to 3.3 cm in size ! I count more than two dozens of berylS ALL terminated when looking at the specimen from above !! a very nice esthetic specimen. Overall size is 12.5x9x4.5 cm. Weight is 570 gr.

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 - A single perfect striated blue aquamarine crystal shows up on a small mass of small irregular orthoclase crystals. The exposed crystal measures to 4 cm in size !! Great color and very fine specimen from this well known locality. This specimen has been collcrted in 1996. Overall size is 4 × 3.1 × 2.4 cm. Weight is 42 gr

PIZZO MARCIO, VAL VIGEZZO, NOVARA, ITALY - Light blue beryl var aquamarine of 1 cm in size ! A classic from this italian locality. Overall size is 4.5x4x3 cm. Weight is 72 gr.

Darrah I Pech, Chapa Dara District, Kunar Prov., Afghanistan - Nice bright beryl var goshenite of 2.6x2.3x2 cm in size. The goshenite sits on a small matrix and is biterminated.  Overall size is 2.6x2.3x2.4 cm. Weight is 20 gr.