SAN PIERO, ISOLA ELBA, LIVORNO, ITALY - Colorless terminated beryl is nicely located on the white feldspar matrix. The crystal shows to be formaed by the combination of two crystals, compenetrated ! The size is 0.5x0.5 cm. Nice specimen of 4.5x4x4 cm

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.

GROTTA D'OGGI, SAN PIERO ISOLA ELBA, LIVORNO, ITALY - The combination of black quartz and beryl is typical at Grotta d'Oggi quarry. This specimen hosts a nicely terminated waterclear beryl of 0.6 cm in size and some 2-4 mm black quartzes, nested in an open cavity. Nice rock of 3.5x3x2 cm

Grotta d'Oggi, San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - An old specimen from a german collection. The rock hosts a terminated goshenite beryl 1 cm in size which is nicely nested close to a feldspar. A classic from the old locality of grotta d'Oggi ! overall size is 6x4.5x3.5 cm. Old label also from Krantz collection.

San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - An old specimen, collected at the beginning of 1900, probably from Grotta d'Oggi area. It hosts a couple of perfectly terminated light blue beryls , growing as parallel twins, one is 1.5 and the other 0.6 cm in size. No damage. There are several orthoclases and quartz crystals all around. Very nice display of this old specimen of 6x5.5x3.5 cm. It comes with the old label.

San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - Interesting combination specimen. There is a terminated beryl of 0.9x0.8 cm in size nicely located on a feldspar crystal. Close to them there are some bright orange spessartine crystals. The specimen hosts also various albite crystals, some incomplete elbaite crystals and other feldspars up to 2.5 cm on the edge ! in a cavity there is a well defined cluster of green millimetric zircon crystals. Very peculiar rock of 9.5x6.5x4 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

Bregaceto, Genova, Italy - Nice old specimen from a well known itaian locality famous for anatase and brookite crystals. This specimen hosts some millimetric orange brookite crystals up to 3 mm and several 0.5-1  mm in site anatase, red in color and nicely terminated ! a classic from this locality. Overall size is 5.5x5x2 cm

Mount Cervandone, Verbano Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy - Very nice cafarsite crystals up to 0.3 cm in size show up on this rock. Cervandone is the type locality of this mineral. Overall size is 4x3.5x3 cm