Elbaite

 

  

  

Origin: Pech Valley, Kunar Province, Nuristan, Afghanistan

Sample size: 6 x 3 x 2.6 cm

 

Origin: Dunton Mine, Newry, Maine, U.S.A.

Sample size: 2.7 x 1.1 x 0.8 cm

 

Origin: Stewart Mine, Pala, San Diego Co., California, U.S.A.

Sample size: 3.2 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm

 

  

Origin: Plumbago Mine (1972) Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, U.S.A.

Sample size: 4.8 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm

 

  

 

  

Origin: Himalaya Mine, Pala, San Diego County, California, U.S.A.

Sample size: 4.1 x 0.8 cm (top), 12 x 1 x 1 cm (bottom)

 

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Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  

Origin: Himalaya mine, Pala California U.S.A.

Ex. Giovanni Signorelli collection

Sample size: 2 x 3 x 2 cm

 

  

Origin: San Piero, Isola Elba, Italy

Ex. Alessandro Genazzani collection

Sample size: 5 x 2.5 x 3 cm

 

  

Elbaite on cleavelandite

Origin: Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sample size: 2.2 cm crystal

 

  

  

Origin: Momeik, Burma

Ex. Jesse Fischer coll.

Sample size: 4.9 x 3.0 x 2.5 cm

 

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