Elbaite

  
elbaite on quartz and orthoclase
Origin: San Piero di Campo, Elba, Italy
ex. Pech collection (1882)
Sample size: 8 x 5 x 4.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

Elbaite with quartz
Origin: Pederneira mine, Santa Maria do Suassui, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Sample size: doubly terminated elbaite crystal 13 cm in length
 
Origin: Kunar Province, Afghanistan
Sample size: 9 x 9 x 12 mm
 
  
Origin: Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex Tom Dwyer Collection
Sample size: 6.5 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm
 
  
  
Origin: Pech Valley, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
Sample size: 3 x 2.7 x 6.3 cm
 
  
Origin: Cruzeiro mine, Santa Maria do Saucui, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Sample size: 2.8 x 1.5 x 6 cm
 
  
Elbaite on quartz
Origin: Otjua mine, near Karibib, Namibia
Sample size: 6 x 7 x 10.5 cm
 
  
Origin: Santa Rosa mine, Itambacuri Co., Minas Gerais, Brazil
Sample size: 5 x 4.5 x 17.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
  
Origin: San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy
Ex. Alessandro Genazzani collection
Sample size: 0.7 x 0.4 x 0.3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

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