Elbaite
Origin: Minas Gerais, Brazil
Sample size: 1.8 x 1.7 x 4 cm (top/2nd row), 1.6 x 1.6 x 4 cm (3rd/4th row),
1.6 x 5 cm (5th/6th row), 5 x 4 x 48 mm (bottom)
Origin: Stak Nala, Haramosh Mtns., Gilgit, Pakistan
Ex. Willard Perkin collection
Sample size: 14 x 12 x 23 mm (top), 17 x 13 x 22 mm (bottom)
Elbaite on
albite. THIS SPECIMEN IS A FAKE! The crystal has been glued to the
matrix, and not to a spot from which it previously had come. Whoever did
this tried to cover up the glue with small bits of rock matrix.
Origin: Himalaya Mine, San Diego Co., California, U.S.A.
Sample size: 8.7 x 4.8 x 3.3 cm
Origin: Minas Gerais, Brazil
Sample size: 16.7 x 7.3 x 8.3 cm
Origin: Mogok, Burma
Ex. John Barlow collection
Sample size: 4 x 1.6 x 7 cm
Origin: Stak Nala, Skardu District, Pakistan
Ex. Marty Zinn collection
Sample size: 4.6 x 4.2 x 2.4 cm
Origin: Paprok, Kunar Afghanistan
Sample size: 2.2 x 0.2 x 0.2, 2.7 x 0.4 x 0.3, 1.8 x 0.3 x 0.3 x 1.8 x 0.4 x
0.3 cm (top/2nd row), 1.8 x 0.1 x 0.1 cm, 1.7 x 0.2 x 0.2 cm, 1.2 x 0.2 x
0.2 cm, 1.1 x 0.2 x 0.2 cm, 1.1 x 0.2 x 0.2 cm (bottom)
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