Elbaite

Elbaite with quartz

Origin: Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sample size: 19.5 x 11 x 6 cm

Elbaite on quartz with minor albite

Origin: Stak Nala, Gilgit district, Northern Areas, Pakistan

Sample size: 8.5 x 5.5 x 5.2 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Dan Weinrich

Elbaite on quartz

Origin: Taquaral, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sample size: 5.5 x 2.2 x 2 cm

Origin: Yen Bai Province, Luc Yen District, Vietnam

Sample size: 1.4 x 0.9 x 0.8 cm (tallest)

Elbaite on quartz

Origin: Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sample size: 5 x 4 x 2.2 cm

Elbaite with albite and quartz

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

Sample size: 9.5 x 5.8 x 4 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Rob Lavinsky

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