Madagascar - Nice cluster of amethyst quartz ! There are half a dozen amethystine quartz grouped all together ! Some of them are biterminated. Their size is up to 2 cm. Overall size is 4.2x3.3x1.5 cm

Madagascar - Nice cluster of amethyst quartz ! There are three terminated amethyst quartz grouped all together ! Their size is up to 3.5 cm. Overall size is 3.8x3.3x1 cm

Temperino mine, Campiglia Marittima, Grosseto, Italy - Nice specimen with a great coverage of  quartz crystals and several small ilvaite crystals dispersed among the quartzes. The matrix is crystalline hedembergite. The ilvaites are up to 3 mm and show bright luster. Nice reference specimen of 11x4x3 cm in size.

Bottino mine, Stazzema, Carrara, Italy - There are several sphalerite crystals up to 0.4 cm on this rock. They are dispersed on this rock together with waterclear quartz crystals. Nice 6x4x2.5 cm rock

Argentiere, Monte Bianco, Italy - On a cluster of black quartz there is a great amount of millimetric pink fluorite octahedrons ! Typical from this locality of Monte Bianco. Overall size is 3.2x2.3x2 cm

Corrego Frio, Linopolis, Minas gerais, Brazil - Nice light yellow/green crystals of brasilianite forming a cluster on the face of a quartz crystal. The brasilianites are up to 0.6-1 cm in size. No damages ! Overall size is 3.5x2.5x2 cm

GROTTA D'OGGI, SAN PIERO, ISOLA ELBA, LIVORNO, ITALY - An other old timer from an old collection. The quality of this orthoclase crystals is really good ! They show the classic color and habit of the crystals from the pockets found at the beginning of the 1900. The feldspars are up to 2.5 cm on the edge and there are epitactic quartz crystals up to 2 cm. The specimen has been found in the dumps at the beginning of the 60ies. Minimal chips on some edge, almost invisible. Real nice 9x6x3.5 cm

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

Antsira, Antsirabe, Madagascar - A very particular and showy specimen. There are single elbaite crystals as well as sprays of elbaites located among albite crystals. The elbaites are up to 0.8 cm in size while the sprays are up to 1.3 cm in length ! Between the 2 main elbaite sprays ther is a dobly terminated quartz of 3.6 cm in size. The color of elbaites is red as typical from this locality. Very nice large specimen of 9x6x2.5 cm

SAN PIERO, ISOLA ELBA, LIVORNO, ITALY - Nice reference specimen from the pegmatite areas of Isola Elba, Italy ! The specimen has some tiny (2-3 mm) elbaites located on quartz and orthoclase crystals. The feldspars are up to 1 cm on the edge. Overall size is 3.5x3x2.5 cm