An important and very fine vesuvianite from this classic locality! This specimen features fat, wine-red crystals (shown overlit in the bottom photo to be sure that is conveyed). They are glassy, translucent in the outer layers, and just plain beautiful. No damage on display face, though there is a contacted spot on the back of the top crystal and the rear of the piece. These Italian vesuvianites have long set the standard for the species as far as Europeans are concerned, and their only real competition, from the Jefrey Quarry, is of different color and crystal habit. I ahve sene much lesser pieces priced at double this price, in euros yet, on the tables at Munich.