Elbaite with
quartz
Elbaite on
orthoclase
Elbaite on feldspar
Elbaite on
quartz
Origin: Grotta d'Oggi Mine, Elba Island, Italy
Sample size: 7 x 5 x 3 cm (top/2nd row), 5.5 x 4.5 x 4 cm (3rd row), 4.5 x 3 x
2.5 cm (4th row), 6.5 x 4 x 3 cm (5th row), 6.5 x 5 x 4 cm (6th row), 1.6 x
0.7 x 0.7 cm (7th row), 1.4 x 0.9 x 0.7 cm (8th row)
Origin: Malkhan Range, Transbaikal, Russia
Sample size: 3.3 x 2.5 cm (top), 2.7 x 1.5 cm (bottom)
Elbaite on quartz
Origin: Haddam, Connecticut, U.S.A.
Sample size: 4.3 x 3 cm
Origin: San Pietro en Campo, Elba Island, Italy
Sample size: 1.3 x 0.7 x 0.3 cm
Origin: Grotta Docci, Elba Island, Italy
Sample size: 1.5 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm
This specimen has a couple of
orthoclase crystals on which a series of bright green elbaites of 0.4-0.5
cm have grown with some small
quartz
crystals.
Origin: Grotta d'Oggi, Elba Island, Italy
Sample size: 4 x 4.5 x 4 cm
Origin: Oktyabrskoye Pegmatite, Malkhan, Chita District, South Siberia, Russia
Ex. Keith Hayes collection
Sample size: 2.3 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm
Elbaite on
quartz and feldspar matrix
Origin: San Piero en Campo, Elba Island, Italy, Europe
Sample size: 7 x 5.7 x 4.6 cm
Elbaite with
lepidolite
Origin: Chia Mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Sample size: 2.4 x 0.9 x 0.8 cm
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