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.

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.

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

Alpe delle Frasse, Laietto, Val Susa, Torino, Italy - Bright deep red hessonite crystals with clinochlore tiny crystals show up on this rock. The color of the hessonites is very classic ! Their size is up to 0.5 cm ! Overall size is 4.5x2x2 cm. Weight is 40 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

Colonnata quarry, Apuane Alps, Carrara, Italy - A great rare combination from the marble quarries of Apyane Alps ! This specimen hosts a well shaped sulfur crystal of 0.9 cm in size and all around there are bright quartz crystals as well as calcite and dolomite crystals ! The quartzes are up to 1 cm ! a super classic but rare specimen from Apuane Alps. Overall size is 9x8x4.3 cm. Weight is 316 gr.

Bacino mine, Rio Marina, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - A nice cluster of bright hematite crystals from Isola Elba, Italy ! There are several crystals and a couple of them are 1 cm in size ! Nice metallic luster. Overall size is 2x1.6x1.5 cm

San Giovanni Mine, Punta della Torre, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy - An esthetic specimen of calcite from this famous mine. The specimen hosts a great amount of bright calcite crystals, grouped forming clusters ! Very nice and typical from San Giovanni mine. Overall size is 13x8x6 cm. Weight is 515 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.

FLORISTELLA MINE, ENNA, SICILY, ITALY - A great old timer ! This specimen hosts a great abundance of celestine crystals grouped in clusters showing complex terminations ! I count one hundred crystakls or so ! The crystals are up to 2-2.7 cm in size ! The matrix shows wel evident traces of sulfur. An interesting specimen from a mine no more producing specimens. In fact this one is from an old collection recently aquired. Overall size is 11x11x6 cm. Weight is 1.6 kg