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

Cruzeiro mine, Sao Jose Safian City, Minas Gerais, Brazil - Greatly terminated elbaite. The crystal shows pink and red colors. The size is 2.4x0.5x0.4 cm. Weight is around 2 gr.

Cruzeiro mine, Sao Jose Safian City, Minas gerais, Brazil - Greatly terminated elbaite. The crystal shows pink and red colors. The size is 2x0.3x0.3 cm. Weight is close to 2 gr.

SAN PIERO, ISOLA ELBA, LIVORNO, ITALY - It is not so usual to find spessartine but this specimen has a small spessartine among various  quartz and schorl crystals to the size of 0.7 cm. Nice REFERENCE specimen of 5.5x3x3 cm

Brumado, Bahia, Brazil - A well shaped uvite crystals, deep green in color, shows up on a matrix of magnesite. The crystals is 1.3 cm in size amd 1 cm wide ! A classic from this famous locality. Overall size is 4.5x3.5x3.5 cm. Weight is 70 gr.

Cruzeiro mine, Sao Jose Safian City, Minas gerais, Brazil - Perfectly terminated pink and green elbaite of 2.3x0.5x0.5 cm in size ! No damage ! Great colors !

SAN PIERO, ISOLA ELBA, LIVORNO, ITALY - In this open cavity there are half a dozen elbaite crystals, all terminated ! The crystals are nested among quartz and feldspar crystals. Their size is up to 0.8 cm. Nice rock of 8x4.5x4 cm

SAN PIERO, ISOLA ELBA, LIVORNO, ITALY - This specimen hosts some waterclear quartz crystals with several terminated schorl crystals perched on them and among them ! The schorl are half a dozen, terminated and are up to 0.5 cm in size. There is also a beryl var. goshenite on the back of the specimen. Schorl and beryl is a frequent combination at the San Piero area. Overall size is 4.5x4.5x3.5 cm

Minas gerais, Brazil - Very nice multicolor tourmaline ! The torumaline has a deep green color that becomes red/orange at the top of the crystal. The tourmaline has a complex pinacoid termination and is 2x1x0.8 cm in size.

Brumado, Bahia, Brazil - A nice uvite crystal shows on this quartz and magnesite matrix. The uvite has a great green color and it is 0.9 cm in size. The crystal is gemmy and is very esthetic. Overall size is 3x2x1.5 cm