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Elba Minerals for Collectors

Welcome to this special website dedicated to the minerals from the pegmatites and from the iron ore of Isola Elba.

This site is part of the other website dedicated to minerals from Italy and worldwide (www.ItalianMinerals.com).

Lot of rock from the pegmatite areas and from the iron mines of Isola Elba, Italy !

Feel free to visit and check minerals, great specimens are available for you !

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ELBAITE

San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - Greatly terminated elbaite crystal nicely located on orthoclase small piece of matrix. The crystal shows greatly with nice change of color close to the top…

ELBAITE var RUBELLITE

San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - A very esthetic, pristine, elbaite var rubellite of 1.6 cm in size is nicely located on a partial crystal of orthoclase. A real great crystal ! Very nice and…

SCHORL & BERYL

San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - This specimen shows an open pegmatite cavity with a lot of schorl crystals, many of them are terminated. The schorl are up to 0.5 cm. Classically, there are…

ELBAITE & MORGANITE

San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - A super combination specimen ! This specimen hosts 3 well shaped terminated elbaites with a nice yellow color at the base. Their size is up to 1 cm. One of them…

SCHORL & ORTHOCLASES

San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - A classic specimen from the pegmatite areas of San Piero.This specimen has an open cavity with a some large orthoclase crystals up to almopst 3 cm on the edge.…

ELBAITE

San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - A very rich specimen ! The whole surface of the specimen is entirely covered by hundreds of elbaite crystals ! The color is light brown/amber. Lot of clusters…

BERYL

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…

FLUORITE & PYRITE

Valle Giove mine, Rio Marina, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - This is classic that Elba lovers know very well ! There are some 0.4 cm fluorite crystals on the pyrite and hematite matrix of this specimen.…

CASSITERITE

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…

SCHORL

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…

APATITE

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…

ELBAITE

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…