Panasqueria Mine, Beira Baixa, Portugal - This specimen of muscovite is host to a group of color zoned crystals of apatite. This inky blue color is rare from Panasqueira. All but one of the crystals are complete. The back crystal is on the edge of the specimen and is about 80% complete. Overall size is 6.5x5.0x4.6 cm. Ex Luis Miguel Fernandez Burillo collection

Panasqueira Mine, Beira Baixa, Portugal - Golden brown siderite crystals are stacked atop two tones apatite crystals and a bed of shiny muscovite. Overall size is 4.8x3.1x2.4 cm

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.

Trepča, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo - A great real esthetic specimen with well defined bright arsenopyrite crystals surrounded by quartz crystals ! There are also some sphalerite enclosed and rhodochrosite. A real nice specimen rare to find ! Overall size is 3.8 × 3 × 2.3 cm. Weight is 25 gr

San Giovanni mine, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardegna, Italy - Cluster of waterclear gemmy barite crystals ! The barites are up to 3 cm in size. Nice specimen of 5.5x4x4 cm

Brosso mine, Torino, Italy - Nice glassy baryte crystals up to 1 cm show on a carpet of siderite crystals with tiny pyrite crystals on. Classic from this mine. Overall size is 7x4x2 cm

Dreislar, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany - A good Dreislar example with tightly packed ivory white blades of barite with a pink baryte backing, dotted over by isolated dark golden iridescent chalcopyrite and some off white dolomite rhombs. Size: 4.3 × 7.1 × 4.8 cm

NUXIS, RIO BACHERA, CAGLIARI, ITALY - Very nice cluster of golden baryte ! The cluster is composed by 5 well terminated baryte crystals up to 3.8x2 cm in size ! Classic finding of 2010. Overall size is 5x4.5x2.8 cm. Weight is 90 gr.

LA SPERANZA, SAN PIERO, ISOLA ELBA, LIVORNO, ITALY - The area of La Speranza was one of the oldest area where tourmalines and other pegmatite minerals have been found during the 18th century. More or less 30 years ago a vein was resumed and worked again with some nice findings ! this beryl is from that old findings. The crystal is biterminated and shows multiple terminations and a light blue color. Its size is 0.7x0.6x0.5 cm, quite large for the location ! a great oldtimer. Overall size is 7x5x4.5 cm

San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - Super bright, gemmy beryl shows on this specimen ! The beryl is 0.9x0.8x0.7 cm in size and is perfectly located close to quartz and orthoclase crystals.  Close to the beryl there are a number of yellow/green elbaites of 0.5 cm in size. Overall size is 5x3.5x2.5 cm.