mineral general info

Hollow elbaite, variety indicolite, crystal

Origin: Aracuai, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Ex. Irv Brown collection

Sample size: 3.1 x 1.5 x 0.9 cm

Elbaite with minor albite

Origin: Little 3 Mine, Ramona, San Diego Co., California, U.S.A.

Ex. Sam Nasser collection

Sample size: 2.4 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm

Elbaite with albite

Origin: Stak Nala, Skardu Road, Gilgit, Pakistan

Sample size: 6.2 x 3.9 x 3.8 cm (top), 6.2 x 4.7 x 3.6 cm (bottom)

Origin: Paprok, Kunar Province, Afghanistan

Sample size: 3.7 x 0.9 x 0.7 cm

Variety liddicoatite

Origin: Antandrokomby pegmatite, Antandrokomby, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar

Sample size: 2.3 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm

Variety indicolite

Origin: Pech, Kunar Province, Afghanistan

Sample size: 5.7 x 2.4 x 2.3 cm (top), 6.8 x 0.8 x 0.4 cm (bottom)

Variety rubellite

Origin: Halley Betista Mine, Maine, U.S.A.

Sample size: 2.8 x 2.0 x 1.5 cm

Variety rubellite with muscovite

Origin: Urals Region, Russia circa early 1900s!

Ex. Augustus Hamlin and Fred Pough collections

Sample size: 2.4 x 2.4 x 1.7 cm

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

Sample size: 7.6 x 3.4 x 3.0 cm

Elbaite with lepidolite

Origin: Virgem Da Lapa, Minais Gerais, Brazil

Sample size: 5 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm (top), 7.9 x 1.6 x 1.2 cm (2nd row), 12.9 x 5.5 x 3.8 cm (bottom)

Origin: Plumbago Gem Pit, Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, U.S.A.

Ex. Fred Pough collection

Sample size: 4.3 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm

Variety rubellite with lepidolite

Origin: Stewart Mine, Pala, California, U.S.A.

Ex. Ed Ruggiero collection

Sample size: 3.3 x 1.3 x 0.9 cm

Origin: Malkhan, Transbaikal, Siberia, Russia

Sample size: 6.0 x 3.2 x 3.0 cm

Variety liddicoatite

Origin: Kelymotraka (Mandoto), Antsirabe, Madagascar
Ex. Federico Pezzotta and Smale collections

Sample size: 6.0 x 3.8 x 2.8 cm

Variety indicolite

Origin: Neuschwaben (Neu Schwaben), Karibib District, Erongo Region, Namibia

Ex. Charlie Key collection

Sample size: 2.25 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm

Elbaite embedded in lepidolite matrix

Origin: Mt. Mica, Paris, Maine, U.S.A.

Ex. George Elling an Morris Museum (New Jersey) collections

Sample size: 12.2 x 10.3 x 6.2 cm

Variety indicolite

Origin: Harvard Mine, Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine

Ex. George Elling collection

Sample size: 2.7 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm

Variety indicolite with smoky quartz and albite

Origin: Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.

Ex. Seaman Museum collection

Sample size: 5.8 x 5.0 x 4.2 cm

Variety liddicoatite on muscovite

Origin: Minh Tien Mine, Luc Yen, Yenbai Province, Vietnam

Sample size: 6.5 x 3.8 x 1.7 cm

Variety indicolite with lepidolite and quartz

Origin: Paprok, Kunar Province, Afghanistan

Sample size: 5.5 x 4.7 x 4.7 cm

Origin: Karibib, Namibia

Ex. George Elling collection

Sample size: 5.5 x 1.1 x 1.1 cm

Variety indicolite

Origin: Pederneira Mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Santa Maria do Suacui, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil

Sample size: 12.2 x 0.9 x 0.9 cm

Variety indicolite

Origin: Paprok, Kunar Province, Afghanistan

Sample size: 5.2 x 4.6 x 3.5 cm

Variety indicolite

Origin: Neuschwaben (Neu Schwaben), Karibib District, Erongo Region, Namibia

Ex. Charlie Key collection

Sample size: 5.8 x 4.1 x 3.5 cm

Variety rubellite

Origin: Jonas Mine, Itatiaia, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Ex. George Elling collection

Sample size: 3.6 x 3.4 x 2.7 cm

Variety indicolite

Origin: Esmeralda Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California, U.S.A.

Ex. John Sinkankas (self-collected 1956) and Kevin Brown collections

Sample size: 4.3 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm

Origin: Elizabeth R. Mine, Pala, San Diego County, California, U.S.A.

Ex. Kevin Brown collection

Sample size: 3.4 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm

Variety indicolite

Origin: Maple Lode Mine, Aguanga, Riverside County, California, U.S.A.

Ex. Chuck Houser and Kevin Brown collections

Sample size: 5.7 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm

Origin: Cota Mine, Mesa Grande, California, U.S.A.

Ex. Ed Ruggiero and Kevin Brown collections

Sample size: 3.7 x 1.2 x 1.0 cm

Variety indicolite on cleavelandite

Origin: Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Ex. Kevin Brown and George Elling collections

Sample size: 3.6 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm

Origin: Virgem de Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Ex. Edward E. David collection

Sample size: 11.9 x 3.1 x 2.9 cm

Variety rubellite

Origin: Malkhan Mines, Urals Mountains, Russia

Ex. Klaus Neumann collection

Sample size: 4.0 x 1.4 x 1.2 cm (top), 5.7 x 4.0 x 4.0 cm (2nd row), 3.9 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm (bottom)

Variety rubellite

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

Ex. Klaus Neumann collection

Sample size: 5.3 x 3.7 x 2.2 cm

Variety rubellite on feldspar

Origin: Malkhan Mine, near Baikal, Siberia, Russia

Sample size: 3.8 x 3.7 x 1.6 cm

Elbaite in quartz

Origin: Golconda Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sample size: 8.9 x 6.2 x 5.3 cm

Elbaite with albite

Origin: Stak Nala, Gilgit Division, Pakistan

Ex. Eugene Sensel and George Elling collections

Sample size: 5.5 x 4.0 x 2.8 cm

Origin: Pech, Nuristan, Afghanistan
Ex. George Elling collection

Sample size: 8.6 x 3.4 x 2.6 cm

Elbaite on muscovite

Origin: Luc Yen, Yen Bai Province, Vietnam

Sample size: 6.1 x 4.6 x 3.0 cm

Variety rubellite

Origin: Jonas Mine, Itatiaia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Jack Halpern collection

Sample size: 5.5 x 1.1 x 1.1 cm

Elbaite in quartz

Origin: Barra de Salinas Mine, Aracuai, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil

Sample size: 8.9 x 4.8 x 3.6 cm

Variety rubellite on orthoclase with quartz

Origin: Monte Capanne, Elba Island, Italy (type locality)
Ex. Norman/Charles Spang, Clarence Bement, American Museum of Natural History, John Sinkankas, Irv Brown collections

Sample size: 7.1 x 4.5 x 3.2 cm

Variety rubellite

Origin: Jonas Mine, Itatiaia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Alain Martaud collection

Sample size: 4 x 2.3 x 1.4 cm

Elbaite with lepidolite

Origin: Pederneira Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Gene Meieran collection

Sample size: 7.3 x 3.4 x 2.5 cm

Variety rubellite

Origin: Stewart Mine, San Diego County, California, U.S.A.
Ex. Bob Dawson collection

Sample size: 4.8 x 1.1 x 1.1 cm (top), 4.6 x 2.0 x 1.8 cm (bottom)

Variety indicolite

Origin: Goias, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sample size: 11.4 x 0.9 x 0.9 cm

Variety indicolite

Elbaite with quartz and lepidolite on albite

Elbaite with quartz, cleavelandite and lepidolite on tourmaline

Origin: Pederneira Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sample size: 13.2 x 1.2 x 1.0 cm (top), 6.8 x 1 x 1 cm (2nd row), 21 x 15 x 14 cm (3rd row), 24 x 14 x 11 cm (bottom)

Origin: Stak Nala, Gilgit Division, Pakistan

Sample size: 4.4 x 4.1 x 2.5 cm

Variety indicolite

Origin: Gilette Quarry, Haddam Neck, Middlesex County, Connecticut, U.S.A.
Ex. John Albanese (1898-1969) and John Albanese Jr. collection

Sample size: 6.7 x 2 x 1.7 cm

Variety indicolite

Origin: Paroon, Darra Pech, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
Ex. Joseph Freilich collection

Sample size: 16 x 9 x 3.5 cm

Origin: Palelni Mine, Khetchel Village, Momeik Township, Shan State, Myanmar

Ex. Wendell Wilson collection

Sample size: 2.2 x 1.9 x .8 cm

Variety rubellite

Origin: Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan

Ex. Gene Meieran collection

Sample size: 11.6 x 7.5 x 7.3 cm

Variety rubellite

Origin: Mesa Grande, California, U.S.A.

Sample size: 3.4 x 3.0 x 2.6 cm

Elbaite on quartz

Origin: Virgem De Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Ex. Ed Ruggiero collection

Sample size: 13.3 x 12.0 x 9.8 cm

Elbaite with spodumene

Origin: Kunar, Afghanistan

Ex. George Elling collection

Sample size: 22.4 x 8.5 x 6.8 cm

Variety rubellite

Origin: Stewart Mine, Pala, San Diego County, California, U.S.A.

Sample size: 15.1 x 14.2 x 8.0 cm

Variety rubellite

Origin: Chicoy, Irkutsky, (Malkhan Range), Transbaikal, Russia

Sample size: 3.4 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm

Variety rubellite

Origin: Mt. Apatite, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, U.S.A.

Ex. George Elling collection

Sample size: 4.4 x 2.4 x 2.4 cm

Variety indicolite with albite

Origin: Santa Rosa Mine, Itambacuri, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Ex. George Elling collection

Sample size: 7.1 x 5.2 x 2.8 cm

Variety liddicoatite

Origin: Antandrokomby pegmatite, Manandona Valley, Vakinankaratra region (Betafo - Antsirabé region), Antananarivo Province, Madagascar

Sample size: 3.0 x 2.0 x 1.7 cm

Elbaite with white albite

Origin: Mt. Mica, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, U.S.A.

Ex. E.R. Chadbourn and Phil Scalisi collections

Sample size: 3.2 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm

Variety rubellite in lepidolite

Origin: Pala, San Diego County, California, U.S.A.

Sample size: 7.8 x 6.0 x 5.9 cm

Variety indicolite on quartz

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

Ex. Sam Nasser collection

Sample size: 2.8 x 2.4 x 1.0 cm

Variety indicolite

Origin: Pederneira Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sample size: 9.9 x 0.6 x 0.6 cm

Variety liddicoatite

Origin: Antandrokomby pegmatite, Manandona Valley, Vakinankaratra region (Betafo - Antsirabé region), Antananarivo Province, Madagascar

Sample size: 3.0 x 2.0 x 1.7 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

Elbaite on lepidolite

Elbaite with minor lepidolite

Elbaite with albite

Two slices of water melon elbaite

Origin: Pederneira Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sample size: 5 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm (top), 3.4 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm (2nd row), 2.5 x 2.1 x 1.6 cm (3rd row), 6.6 x 0.9 x 0.8 cm (4th row), 3.5 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm (5th row), 3.3 x 2 x 1.5 cm (6th row), 5.4 x 1.2 x 1 cm (7th row), 4.5 x 0.5 x 0.3 cm (8th row), 6 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm (9th row), 3.7 x 2.7 x 1.5 cm (10th row), 1.2 & 1.1 cm across (bottom)

Variety rubellite

Elbaite on quartz

Origin: Barra de Salinas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sample size: 1.4 x 1.2 x 1 cm (top), 3.6 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm (2nd row), 5.3 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm (3rd row), 3.3 x 0.9 x 0.9 cm (4th row), 3.6 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm (5th row), 2.7 x 1.3 x 1 cm (6th row), 3.2 x 3.2 x 2.6 cm (7th row), 4.7 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm (bottom)