Darrah I Pech, Chapa Dara District, Kunar Province, Afghanistan - Lustruous tantalite crystal of 1x0.7 cm shows greatly on this rock. The crystal is fully terminated. No damage. Overall size is 3x2.8x2.6 cm

Grotta d'Oggi, San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - An old and very peculiar specimen since there are several 2-4 mm spessartines located on the faces of the feldspar crystals partly covered by waterclear quartz crystals. Nice specimen of 4.5x2.5x2.5 cm in size

AMBATONDRARAKA, ALOTRA LAKE, MADAGASCAR - Nice yellow crysoberyl crystal of 1 cm on the edge. The crystal shows a nice yellow color ! Overall size is 2.3x2.2x2.2 cm

Colavi Mine, Colavi subdistrict, Potosí, Bolivia - A very good example of the very rare Antimony Oxide, Valentinite. The specimen has sharp prismatic crystals of Valentinite atop massive Galena up to 0.6 cm. Minor chips here and there, but still a good example of a very rare species. Overall size is 2.1 x 2.0 x 1.7 cm.

La Morita mine, Chihuahua, Mexico - Nice wulfenite crystals with nice orange color show up on this rock. The wulfenites are nicely located on the carbonate matrix and the largest wulfenite is 1.4 cm on the edge ! there are a lot of other wulfenites all around ! there are more than a dozen crystals here ! Overall size is 3.5x3x2.4 cm. Weight is 45 gr.

Sakavalana pegmatite, located 25 km south of the village of Mandosonoro, SW of Antsirabe, Fianarantsoa province, Madagascar - On this small pegmatite matrix a perfectly biterminated 0.4 cm pezzottaite crystal shows nicely with its bright pink color ! A nice small rock of 1.7x1.5x1.5 cm

Sakavalana pegmatite, located 25 km south of the village of Mandosonoro, SW of Antsirabe, Fianarantsoa province, Madagascar - Terminated bright pink crystal of pezzottaite of 0.3 cm in size. There are some other smaller pezzottaites in a cavity close to this main crystal. All around albite and some terminated liddicoatites ! overall size is 3.3x2x1.6 cm.

Darrah I Pech, Chapa Dara District, Kunar Prov., Afghanistan - Nice bright beryl var goshenite of 2.6x2.3x2 cm in size. The goshenite sits on a small matrix and is biterminated.  Overall size is 2.6x2.3x2.4 cm. Weight is 20 gr.

Stak Nala, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan - An aesthetic well terminated gemmy elbaite in combination with minor microlite & cleavelandite. The elbaite is 2.3 cm long and is perfectly terminated. The cleavelandite crystals are 1-1.3 cm wide and on some of these crystals there are some millimetric light brown microlites. Overall size is 2.6 × 2.2 × 1.1 cm

Cava di Melis, Longobucco, Cosenza, Calabria, Italy - The recent new find of cordierite from Italy ! Probably the best and better defined crystals of cordierite vere found in Italy. This specimen hosts a perfectly terminated prismatic cordierite of 0.9 cm in size. The color is green/brown for a coating of pinite. Very nice ! overall size is 3x2.5x2 cm. Weight is 30 gr.