Elbaite

  
 
  
 
  
Origin: Various mines, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
Origin: Binntal, Valais, Switzerland
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
Origin: Gillette quarry, Haddam Neck, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
Origin: Haramosh Mts, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

  
Elbaite in albite
Origin: Gillete Quarry, Haddam Neck, Connecticut, U.S.A.
Sample size: 10 x 9 x 3 cm
 
  
  
Rubellite
Origin: Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Sample size: 2.5 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
Origin: Himalaya mine, San Diego Co., California, U.S.A.
Sample size: 2.5 x 2.5 x 5.5 cm
 
  
Origin: Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. John Barlow collection
Sample size: 15 x 13 x 26 mm
 
  
Raspberry red tabular crystal of elbaite measuring 12 x 9 x 6 mm in size perched aesthetically on white albite.
Origin: Jonas Mine, Itatiaia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Sample size: 20 x 15 x 35 mm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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