Mineral Specimens with Elbaite

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MD-158806 - Elbaite - - Archived
Hyakule, Sankhuwasabha District (Sankhuwa Sahba), Kosi Zone, Nepal
small cabinet, 5.5 x 0.6 x 0.4 cm.
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Elbaite from Hyakule, Sankhuwasabha District (Sankhuwa Sahba), Kosi Zone, Nepal [db_pics/mdpics/MD-158806a.jpg]

5.5 x 0.6 x 0.4 cm. A super-gem quality NEPALESE tourmaline, pure cutter quality, with a gorgeous pink hue culminating in a bright golden-green termination. This beauty weighs 5 grams. Ex. Charles Leavitt, Chris Korpi tourmaline Collection.

MD-159396 - Elbaite, Lepidolite - - Archived
Teófilo Otoni, Mucuri valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
small cabinet, 8.2 x 7.3 x 6.6 cm.
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Elbaite, Lepidolite from Teófilo Otoni, Mucuri valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil [db_pics/mdpics/MD-159396a.jpg]

8.2 x 7.3 x 6.6 cm. This specimen out of the Elling Collection has an old Eugene Sensel collection label with it. It features a number of large green tourmalines, to 5.5 cm in length, attractively piled up on a contrasting matrix. The tourmalines show good transparency, and the piece was extracted with all but a few of the crystal terminations intact. The brecciated matrix that is shot through with translucent columnar books of lepidolite.

MD-159407 - Elbaite - - Archived
Paprok, Nuristan Province (Nurestan; Nooristan), Afghanistan
miniature, 4.4 x 1.2 x 0.9 cm.
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4.4 x 1.2 x 0.9 cm. A 10-gram, top gem crystal of tourmaline from Paprok. It is complete and terminated, and in perfect shape except for one ding at the bottom edge of one part of the termination (on the back side as you would display this crystal). It grades from a beautiful green to a glassy pastel pink at the termination.

MD-159472 - Elbaite, Quartz - - Archived
São José da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
small cabinet, 6.7 x 5.4 x 4.7 cm.
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Elbaite, Quartz from São José da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil [db_pics/mdpics/MD-159472a.jpg]

6.7 x 5.4 x 4.7 cm. A superbly and supremely, gemmy and lustrous, 4.5 cm, bi-colored, indicolite-blue and emerald-green tourmaline crystal aesthetically set on a very complex, glassy, colorless to smoky, fenster quartz crystal. This showy and very fine specimen is from the famous Sao Jose da Safira area of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Ex. John Barlow Collection, #2836.

MD-159520 - Elbaite, Lepidolite - - Archived
Coronel Murta, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
small cabinet, 7.5 x 6.0 x 3.7 cm.
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Elbaite, Lepidolite from Coronel Murta, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil [db_pics/mdpics/MD-159520a.jpg]

7.5 x 6.0 x 3.7 cm. An aesthetic trident-like specimen of three, gemmy and lustrous, watermelon tourmalines partially wrapped in pastel-pink lepidolite from Coronel Murta in Brazil. The raspberry-red cores are beautifully capped by gemmy, sea-green terminations. All three terminations are different!!! Amazing! On the same piece! I particularly like the scalloped termination on the large tourmaline. This is an uncommon Coronel Murta tourmaline varietal, and is a good one, at that. Damage free. Ex. Chris Korpi Collection.

MD-160156 - Apatite-(CaF), Elbaite - - Archived
Shengus (Shingus), Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
miniature, 4.2 x 3.7 x 3.4 cm.
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Apatite-(CaF), Elbaite from Shengus (Shingus), Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan [db_pics/mdpics/MD-160156a.jpg]

4.2 x 3.7 x 3.4 cm. This is a very unusual apatite specimen from a new find in the area, not to be confused with the typical Pakistani apatites from Chumar Bakhoor. This piece has a very impressive 4 x 3 x 2 cm apatite crystal with the unique rich maroon-pink color that is apparently characteristic of this pocket, flanked by a diagonal dark green tourmaline and a few sprays of white cleavelandite matrix.

MD-160161 - Apatite-(CaF), Elbaite - - Archived
Shengus (Shingus), Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
small cabinet, 5.2 x 4.9 x 2.5 cm.
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Apatite-(CaF), Elbaite from Shengus (Shingus), Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan [db_pics/mdpics/MD-160161a.jpg]

5.2 x 4.9 x 2.5 cm. This is a very unusual apatite specimen from a new find in the area, not to be confused with the typical Pakistani apatites from Chumar Bakhoor. This piece has a very impressive 5 x 4.5 x 2 cm apatite crystal with the unique rich maroon-pink color that is apparently characteristic of this pocket, impaled on one edge by a diagonal dark green tourmaline. The apatite is almost complete all around, with just a few minor growth-contact points on the back side and the bottom-facing narrow face being entirely a growth contact.

MD-160570 - Tourmaline (Var: Indicolite) - - Archived
Barra de Salinas district, Barra de Salinas, Coronel Murta, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
miniature, 4.8 x 1.9 x 1.7 cm.
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Tourmaline (Var: Indicolite) from Barra de Salinas district, Barra de Salinas, Coronel Murta, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil [db_pics/mdpics/MD-160570a.jpg]

4.8 x 1.9 x 1.7 cm. A SUPERB, GEM indicolite blue tourmaline with a complex green termination from the famous Barra de Salinas Mine of Brazil. One side and termination of this very gemmy, pristine beauty is very complex and even has a nearly covered groove/tube along the length of the crystal. Ex. Steve Smale Collection. Hefty at about an ounce, or 30 grams.

MD-160700 - Elbaite - - Archived
Cruzeiro mine, São José da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
small cabinet, 5.8 x 2.8 x 0.9 cm.
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Elbaite from Cruzeiro mine, São José da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil [db_pics/mdpics/MD-160700b.jpg]

5.8 x 2.8 x 0.9 cm. A very unusual tourmaline specimen from the Cruzeiro! Measuring 5.5 cm in height, the larger crystal tapers slightly on the way up, culminating in a fibrous multiple termination. A second crystal has grown across it, terminated on the end that touches the larger crystal. Really aesthetic and unique!

MD-160703 - Elbaite - - Archived
Cruzeiro mine, São José da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
cabinet, 11.4 x 1.3 x 0.9 cm.
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Elbaite from Cruzeiro mine, São José da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil [db_pics/mdpics/MD-160703b.jpg]

11.4 x 1.3 x 0.9 cm. Cruzeiro Mine tourmalines come in different styles, to show off their amazing variety. This is a classic gem cutter crystal, absolutely transparent from top to bottom, with bottle-green color culminating in TEAL at the termination. The crystal is distinguished not only by a perfect sharp termination, but also a pretty wrap of lepidolite crystals at its base. Weighs 22 grams.

MD-160711 - Elbaite, Albite (Var: Cleavelandite), Quartz - - Archived
Shengus (Shingus), Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
small cabinet, 5.9 x 4.9 x 4.2 cm.
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Elbaite, Albite (Var: Cleavelandite), Quartz from Shengus (Shingus), Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan [db_pics/mdpics/MD-160711a.jpg]

5.9 x 4.9 x 4.2 cm. A stunning combo specimen from Pakistan! The tourmaline you see here is not a schorl (black) tourmaline, but is actually an extremely dark green - except for the termination, where you see a slice of gemmy green! Right next to the tourmaline is an unusually bright and jewel-like crystal of quartz - with, fortunately, it best side facing forward. The tourmaline is nestled between two fans of bladed, snow-white cleavelandite - not at all blobby, but delicately bladed and flower-like.

MD-160725 - Elbaite - - Archived
Araçuaí, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
small cabinet, 5.1 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm.
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5.1 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm. A rare sceptred crystal of TOURMALINE - formed not through anomalous growth, but through etching that took away the outer portion of the lower part of the crystal, exposing the pink core as a stalk and leaving the gemmy green multiply-terminated cap!

MD-160728 - Elbaite - - Archived
Cruzeiro mine, São José da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
small cabinet, 6.9 x 1.2 x 0.9 cm.
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6.9 x 1.2 x 0.9 cm. From the collection of Steve Smale, a "bent" tourmaline crystal, which got this way by fracturing in the pocket then naturally "healing" and continuing its growth. It is a pretty pink color, and multiply terminated on top with dozens of little terminations. Weighs 16 grams.

MD-160750 - Elbaite, Quartz - - Archived
Cruzeiro mine, São José da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
small cabinet, 8.2 x 3.9 x 1.8 cm.
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Elbaite, Quartz from Cruzeiro mine, São José da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil [db_pics/mdpics/MD-160750b.jpg]

8.2 x 3.9 x 1.8 cm. This would be a fabulous quartz specimen even without the accenting tourmaline. It is a gemmy, tabular crystal that is complete all the way around, with sharp edges - a floater! Even for Pakistan, which is known for its various quartz forms including tabular ones, this would be a fine quartz specimen. But from the Cruzeiro, it is rare and really desirable! The gemmy tourmaline measures 1.7 cm, and fortunately, they were able to get this piece out with one of the terminations intact. The quartz has partly grown around the tourmaline. Ex. Michel Jactat collection.

MD-162425 - Elbaite - - Archived
Paprok, Nuristan Province (Nurestan; Nooristan), Afghanistan
miniature, 4.6 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm.
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4.6 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm. A pristine, top gem crystal of tourmaline from Paprok - complete, uncontacted and perfectly terminated. There is a bit of matrix at the bottom which adds a lot to the appeal - few of these have matrix. It has a nice little sidecar crystal as well. This superb crystal weighs 8 grams.


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