San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - A super beryl crystal shows nicely on this specimen ! The crystal is 0.6x0.6 cm and is beautiful goshenite.  Some schorl around. Great specimen of 5x3x2 cm in size

San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - Interesting combination specimen. There is a terminated beryl of 0.9x0.8 cm in size nicely located on a feldspar crystal. Close to them there are some bright orange spessartine crystals. The specimen hosts also various albite crystals, some incomplete elbaite crystals and other feldspars up to 2.5 cm on the edge ! in a cavity there is a well defined cluster of green millimetric zircon crystals. Very peculiar rock of 9.5x6.5x4 cm

San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - An other very particular combination specimen ! This rock host a well defined pink elbaite crystals of 1 cm in size and a perfectly terminated beryl var aqua of 0.7 cm in size with a lot of Mn-Columbite crystals inside ! overall size of this rock is 8x4.5x4 cm

LA SPERANZA, SAN PIERO, ISOLA ELBA, LIVORNO, ITALY - The area of La Speranza was one of the oldest area where tourmalines and other pegmatite minerals have been found during the 18th century. More or less 30 years ago a vein was resumed and worked again with some nice findings ! this beryl is from that old findings. The crystal is biterminated and shows multiple terminations and a light blue color. Its size is 0.7x0.6x0.5 cm, quite large for the location ! a great oldtimer. Overall size is 7x5x4.5 cm

SAN PIERO, ISOLA ELBA, LIVORNO, ITALY - Well shaped though opaque beryl crystal of 1.2 cm in size. The crystal is partly coated by micro crystals of albite and probably caolin.Not common beryl of such size ! Overall size is 5.5x4.5x4.5 cm.  Ex M. Degl'Innocenti collection. REPAIRED.

GROTTA D'OGGI, SAN PIERO ISOLA ELBA, LIVORNO, ITALY - The combination of black quartz and beryl is typical at Grotta d'Oggi quarry. This specimen hosts a nicely terminated waterclear beryl of 0.6 cm in size and some 2-4 mm black quartzes, nested in an open cavity. Nice rock of 3.5x3x2 cm

SAN PIERO, ISOLA ELBA, LIVORNO, ITALY - Pegmatite minerals are sometimes nicely coupled. In fact it is not so rare to find that schorl, beryl and/or cassiterite crystals are variously combined in the same cavity or nearby. This is the case. This rock has half a dozen of terminated schorl crystals up to 0.4 cm. Some of the schorls have a white albite coating as a cap. On one side there is a terminated beryl of 0.45 cm. Overall size is 5.5x5x3.5 cm

SAN PIERO, ISOLA ELBA, LIVORNO, ITALY - A nice 0.6 cm beryl var aquamarine shows on this rock ! Aqua crystals are relatively common and this shows the typical flat termination. No damage ! Overall size is 3.5x3x2.5 cm

Erongo, Omaruru District, Namibia - There are several beryls var aqua on this schorl matrix speciemn ! The beryls show a light green/blue color and their size is up to 1.9 cm ! There are more than a dozen crystal though some do not have termination. Nice 5.8cm x W:4.5cm x D:3.8cm specimen

SAN SILVESTRO DIKE, SAN PIERO, ISOLA ELBA, LIVORNO, ITALY - San Silvestro has been workes and exhausted almost 15 years ago. It produced nice elbaites and several beryls var aqua like this one. This beryl is nicely facing out of a cavity. No damage and great light blue color ! the width of the beryl is 0.4 cm ! an old timer, rare to find specimen. Showy rock of 3.5x2.5x2 cm in size