Elbaite

 

  

Origin: Barra de Salinas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sample size: 4.6 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm (top), 4.9 x 1.4 x 0.9 cm (bottom)

 

  

Variety rubellite

Origin: Malkhan Mines, Transbaikal Area in Siberia , Russia

Sample size: 6.5 x 2.2 x 2.5 cm

 

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Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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Origin: near Amarnath, Himachal Pradesh, India

Ex. Miners Lunchbox

Sample size: 4 x 3 x 2 cm

 

  

  

Elbaite with albite and quartz

Origin: Gilgit, Pakistan

Ex. Keith Hayes collection

Sample size: 3.5 x 2.4 x 1.9 cm

 

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