San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - A nicely terminated 1.4 cm long schorl shows on this pegmatite matrix. The rystal is perfectly terminated and shows greatly on this rock. At the base it has a narural contact on the matrix and no damage ! Nice crystal from Elba ! overall size is 3.5x3x2.5 cm

Fojnica, Central Bosnia Canton, Federation of Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina - Group of crystals with smoky color zoned with crystal larger than 6 cm  on a chlorite base. Overall size is 10x8x6 cm. Weight is 480 gr

Pollone Mine, Valdicastello Carducci, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy - Geocronite is a rare sulfide that can be found in this Italian locality. Crystals are very rare ! This rock hosts a crystalline mass of 16 mm embedded in the quartz with a nice and typical metallic grey color. Overall size 7 × 4.4 × 4.2 cm. Weight is 131 gr.

COLONNATA QUARRY, APUANE ALPS, CARRARA, ITALY - Bright yellow sulfur crystal of 0.3 cm in size, perfectly terminated, shows on the white marble. The crystals is close to some calcite crystals up to 0.6 cm in size. A classic, not frequent finding ! overall size is 7.2x5x4 cm. Weight is 215 gr.

Fonte del Prete, San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - A very rare finding from an hystorical locality. There is a quite large apatite crystal for this locality. The apatite is 0.6 cm wide ! It shows fluorescence under UV. It is located close to a couple of terminated quartz crystals. Overall size is 5x5x3.5 cm.

Trimouns, France - A classic from France. A nice grouping of allanite crystals, brown in color. Thir size is up to 1 cm !. Nice contrast with the whitecrysls of dolomite that cover the surface of the specimen. Ex Webminerals collection. Overall size is 8x8x3 cm. Weight is 273 gr.

ZOGNO MINE, VAL BREMBANA, BERGAMO, ITALY - This mine is very famous for the well shaped violet fluorite cubes that produced in the past. Now the mine is closed. This specimen is from an old collection. The specimen hosts violet fluorite cube of fluorite of 1 cm on the edge and has etching on one corner on the back. The fluorite sits on a carpet of tint waterclear quartz crystals. Overall size is 9x5.5x3.5 cm. Weight is 200 gr.

Valle Giove mine, Rio Marina, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - A classic specimen from the iron ores of Isola Elba, Italy. This specimen shows a hematite matricrystalline matrix that hosts a dozen of golden crystals of pentagonododecahedron pyrites. The crystals show a nice habit and are well exposed on the matrix ! their size is up to 1.8 cm ! classic and showy rock from this well known locality. Overall size is 9x7x6.5 cm. Weight is 635 gr.

Bacino mine, Rio Marina, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - A super grade specimen of bright sparklin hematite ! The crystal have an incredible metallic and shining brightness ! There are a lot of terminated hematites up to 1.5 cm in size ! The whole specimen is hematite with a clustr of almost two dozens crystals ! a super esthetic specimen of 5x4x3.3 cm. Weight is 130 gr.

PIZZO MARCIO, VAL VIGEZZO, NOVARA, ITALY - Light blue beryl var aquamarine of 1 cm in size ! A classic from this italian locality. Overall size is 4.5x4x3 cm. Weight is 72 gr.