San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - A super bright cluster of cassiterite crystals ! From my personal collection. The cassiterites are undamaged and form a cluster of 0.4 cm wide ! Great shapes and unique crystals ! Very esthetic for the specied from thi locality. Overall size is 3.2x2.6x1.6 cm

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.

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

Siele Mine, Piancastagnaio, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy - Top fine classic sample with red"strawberry" of cinnabar up to 17 mm diameter on sandstone matrix. Not easy to find ! Overall size is 9 × 5.5 × 2 cm. Weight is 125 gr.

San Silvestro dike, San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - San Silvestro has been one of the oldest pegmatite vein worked at the San Piero area, aftwer the Speranza quarry. Now it is exausted and almost no traces are left of its location. This specimen is from my personal collection. There are 3 perfectly terminated elbaites ! the main crystals are 0.5 cm in size and show a deep brown/green color while the top is light green. The smallest elbaite is located just below the other 2 crystals, with the same aspect. Very nice thumbnail. Great esthetics ! overall size is 2.2x2.2x1.8 cm.

Bacino mine, Rio Marina, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - Large and rich of crystals specimen from this famous locality. There are dozens of bright hematite crystals to the size of 1.3-1.8 cm. A classic from Italy. Overall size is 7x6x4.5 cm

Frazers Hush Mine, Weaderle County, Durham, United Kingdom - Very nice amber-in-color fluorite cubes with some light violet nicely located on a carbonate matrix. The main crystal is 2 cm on the edge ! All are in good shape. Overall size is 7x4x2 cm. Weight is 72 gr.

Bacino mine, Rio Marina, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - Large and rich of crystals specimen from this famous locality. There are a lot of hematite blades and crystals one close to the others. Many of them show the classic iridescence ! crystalas are up to 2 cm in size. A classic from Italy. Overall size is 7.5x4.5x4.5 cm

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.

San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - A classic combination specimen from the pegmatite areas of Isola Elba, Italy. This rock host several terminated schorl crystals up to 0.5-0.6 cm nicely located on cluster of quartz crystals. On the top of the cavity there is a beryl with a light blue color nicely located under the orthoclase ! nice specimen. Overall size is  7x6x3 cm.