Fu Jian Province, China - Large green/blue cuboctahedral fluorite crystals up to 4 cm wide ! Nice color which is between green and blue, especially in the inner part of the crystals. There are also coating of tiny quartz crystals all around the specimen. Cleavage on the back. Overall size is 8.5x5x4.5 cm. Weight is 300 gr.

San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Tuscany, Italy - A quite large specimen with a lot of acicular elbaites, hundreds crystals !! The great part of the crystals are located close to some terminated quartz crystals and are up to 0.3-1 cm in size. The color is from light to dark green. There are also several terminated orthoclases up to 1.5 cm on the edge. A classic from Isola Elba, Italy. Overall size is 10x6x3 cm. Weight is 265 gr.

Veracruz, Pedra Parada, Mexico - Very nice and large specimen with a great amount of terminated and biterminated amethyst colored crystals ! There are a number of large and perfectly biterminated amethyst points ! The color is superb and classically close to the upper part of the crystals ! the quartz size are up to 4 cm ! there are a dozen great crystals ! a superb specimen of 11x7x4.5 cm. Weight is 150 gr

Kharan, Baluchistan, Pakistan - A very esthetic specimen with a couple of brookite crystals and a cluster of quartz crystals ! The brookite main crystal is 1.3 cm in size ! the other one is 0.7 cm in size. Both are terminated and are nicely located close to a cluster of quartz crystals of 3 cm in size. Esthetic specimen from Pakistan. Overall size is 3x3x2 cm

Shanghbao mine, Hunan Prov., China - A very nice fluorite specimen from thi famous locality. There are various fluorite crystals showing a nice waterclear aspect. The largest fluorite is 1 cm on the edge and shows a beautiful cuboctahedral violet phantom inside ! such phantom can be seen also in other crystals of this rock. Lot of colorless quartz are the crystalline matrix on which the fluoritea are nested. Some pyrite cubes also present. Nice esthetic specimen of 5x3x2.5 cm

Grotta d'Oggi, San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - An old and very peculiar specimen since there are several 2-4 mm spessartines located on the faces of the feldspar crystals partly covered by waterclear quartz crystals. Nice specimen of 4.5x2.5x2.5 cm in size

Dassu, Northern Areas, Pakistan - A very fine specimen from Pakistan. A perfectly terminated schorl crystal  1.3 cm wide, emerges from a cluster of three waterclear terminated quartz crystals ! The specimen is very nice ! The schorl is 1.5 cm out of the quartzes and the quartz crystals are2.2-3 cm in size. Real esthetic specimen of 4x2.5x2.5 cm. Ex Ikram Mineralogy collection. Original label.

Bacino mine, Rio Marina, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - Nice bright and iridescent hematite crystals to 0.8-1 cm in size show among quartz crystals on an hematite matrix. A classic from Isola Elba iron mines ! Showy specimen of 3.5x2x2 cm

Gorgolinato, Sant Ilario, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - An old classic. Gorgolinato is an old area that produced a number of fine schorl and beryl crystals. This specimen hosts some schorl crystal, being the main one 1cm in size and all located on the top of some feldspars and quartz crystals. Nice rock of 4.5x4x2 cm

Gorgolinato, Sant Ilario, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - An old classic. Gorgolinato is an old area that produced a number of fine schorl and beryl crystals. This specimen hosts several bright terminated schorls up to 0.5 cm all around various quartz and feldspars. Nice rock of 3.5x3x2 cm