SAN PIERO, ISOLA ELBA, LIVORNO, ITALY - Typical fragment of a pegmatite pocket from Isola Elba., Italy. The specimen has several terminated quartz crystals up to 2 cm in size with a lot of cluster of white albite. Overall size is 5x4x3.5 cm

PORTICCIOLO, RIO MARINA, ISOLA ELBA, ITALY - Nice coating of prasio quartz on a crystalline hedembergite matrix. The prasio crystals have a nice green color and are up to 1.5-1.7 cm in size. Overall soze of this specimen is 8.5x6.5x4.5 cm.

MONTE FICO, RIO MARINA, ISOLA ELBA, LIVORNO, ITALY - This specimen shows several ilvaite crystals nested among quartz crystals. The ilvites are up to 2.5 cm in size with perfect terminations and I count half a dozens terminated crystals here ! Overall size is 7.5x3.5x3 cm. The specimen has been cleaned and polished from oxidations.

FILONE DEI PASTORI, SANT ILARIO, ISOLA ELBA, LIVORNO, ITALY - This locality has been worked in 2004 and now is exhausted. It produced interesting specimens, such as helvite and morganite crystals. This specimen hosts a terminated bicolor elbaite of 0.6 cm. There is an other similar elbaite partly hidden below a quartz crystal. All around there various quartz and feldspar crystals. Overall size is 5x4x3 cm.

35POLLONE MINE, LUCCA, ITALY - Very nice cluster of amber-in-color quartz crystals. The main crystal is 5x3.5x3 cm and is biterminated. Also the other quartzes are biterminated and up to 2.5 cm in size ! Overall size is 5x4.5x3 cm

POLLONE MINE, LUCCA, ITALY - Nice brigth waterclear quartzes, terminated, with some 2-4 mm baryte crystals, white in color. Classic from Pollone mine, Lucca, Italy. The quartz crystals are 1.5-1.7 cm in size. Overall size is 4x3x1 cm

POLLONE MINE, LUCCA, ITALY - Nicely terminated quartz of 3.5 cm in size from the Pollone mine, Lucca, Italy. There are some chlorite crystals inside and on the surface of the side faces of the crystal.Lot of smaller quartz all around. Overall size is 5x3x2.5 cm

POLLONE MINE, LUCCA, ITALY - Nice cluster of amber-in-color quartz crystals. There are several quartz crystals and the main one is 3 cm in size.  ! Some of the smaller are biterminated. Micro sulfides crystals on some of the faces of the qaurtzes. Overall size is 5.5x3x2.8 cm

Temperino mine, Campiglia Marittima, Grosseto, Italy - Nice specimen with a great coverage of  quartz crystals. Dispersed among the quartzes there are variious ilvaite crystals up to the size of 1 cm. There is also a super golden crystal of chalcopyrite of 1 cm in size ! Overall size is 11x6x5 cm

BOTTINO MINE, SERAVEZZA, CARRARA, ITALY - This mine was famous for great association of different minerals. From this mine great specimens of acicular boulangerite were found. Nowadays the mine is defunct and this is one of those hystorical and rare to find specimens ! there is a great coverage of boulangerite on qurtzite matrix. Overall size is 8x5x3.5 cm