San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - Gemmy petalite crystal of 2x1.5x1.3 cm in size. Very nice and bright !

Campomorto Quarry, Pietra Massa Locality, Montalto di Castro, Viterbo Province, Italy - Nice bright white calcite crystals, most of them gemmy, up to 1.5 cm on the edge ! Very nice coating of crystals ! Overall size is 11x9x6 cm. Weight is 850 gr.

Valle Giove mine, Rio Marina, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - Bright pyrite pentadodechahedron crystal of 2 cm on the edge and 3x2.4 cm in size. There is a small amount of hematite matrix on one side and some other small pyrite crystals. Nice !

Valle Giove mine, Rio Marina, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - Large specimen with several bright pyrite pentagonododechahedrons. The crystals are all on hematite crystalline matrix and are up to 2 cm wide ! Some contact on the back of the specimen and minor damages on a small crystal in the front. A nice speciman from a classic locality, nice 10x5.5x3.5 cm

POLLONE MINE, LUCCA, ITALY - A classic from this famous Italian mine. The specimen is composed by crystalline quartx matrix with a well exposed terminated lightly smoky quartz crystal up to 2.7 cm in size. There are some other smaller quartzes with some sulfides coating on some faces. There is also a well defined and terminated white baryte crystal of 1.5 cm in size. Overall size is 6.5x5x4 cm. Weight is 95 gr.

Valle Giove mine, Rio Marina, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - There is a 3.5 cm wide pyrite pentagonododecjahedron on this specimen. Nice and large crystal for this 5.5x3.5x3 cm rock

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.

San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - It happens to find nice elbaites hidden inside some cavities. This is one ! There are 5 multicolor elbaites all together in this cavity. The most evident is the one grown on a quartz crystal ! This elbaite is 0.5 cm in size and has close to it an other that is 0.8 cm ! some light pink feldspar complete the picture of the cavity. Nice specimen of 6.5x6x3.8 cm

Dosso degli Areti, Lago d'Iseo, Bergamo, Italy - A nice and large crystalline matrix rich in vesuvianite crystals. There a re a lot of crystals well shaped and visible up to 1.7 cm in size. A classic from the Alpine areas of Italy. Overall size is 9x6.5x3 cm.

MONTEFICO, RIO MARINA, ISOLA ELBA, ITALY - Small but nicely terminated ilvaite crystal. The crystal shows the classic bright black color and is 1.3x1x1 cm in size