Elbaite

Origin: Cruzeiro Mine, Governador Valadares Distict, northeast of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sample size: 1.3 x 1.1 x 5.7 cm

 

  

  

Elbaite with lepidolite and quartz

Origin: Virgem da Lapa, Aracuai, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil

Ex Sanborn collection, ex Gene Tribbey collection

Sample size: 2 x 1.8 x 10 cm

 

  

Ex. Richard Kosnar, ex Gene Tribbey collection

  

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

Sample size: 2.2 x 2.4 x 6.3 cm (top/2nd row), 5 x 6 x 34 mm (bottom)

 

  

  

Colourless glassy transparent tabular beryl with dark green elbaite

Origin: Resplendor, Aimores, Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil

Sample size: 3 x 1.8 x 3.4 cm

 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

 

  

Flattened deep green elbaite crystals to 2.8 cm included on muscovite.

Origin: Ingersoll mine, Pennington Co., South Dakota, United States
Ex. Grenier Collection

Sample size: 12 x 7 x 1 cm

 

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

Ex. Barbara Cureton collection

Sample size: 3.2 cm in length

 

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