CRUZEIRO MINE, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL - Greatly terminated red elbaite of 3.4x0.3x0.3 cm in size. Great colors: red and light green at the base

CRUZEIRO MINE, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL - Greatly terminated green elbaite of 2.5x0.3x0.3 cm in size. Great colors: pink-light green-green.

Ibit Valley, Madagascar - Cluster of green/yellow elbaites composed by crystals up to the size of 2 cm ! Overall size is 2.2x18x1.5 cm

Chyta Region, Malhan Mountains, Russia - Nicely terminated elbaite of 1.5x0.8x0.5 cm with a great red color. Partly gemmy !

Facciatoia, San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - An old specimen from the historical quarry of Facciatoia, now defunct. There is a 0.4 cm terminated pink/red elbaite inside a cavity of the pegmatite vein. Lot of quartz crystals all around and a grey orthoclase. The grey color is a classic for Facciatoia. Overall size is 5x4.5x3.5 cm

San Silvestro dike, San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - San Silvestro has been one of the oldest pegmatite vein worked at the San Piero area, aftwer the Speranza quarry. Now it is exausted and almost no traces are left of its location. This specimen is from my personal collection. There are 3 perfectly terminated elbaites ! the main crystals are 0.5 cm in size and show a deep brown/green color while the top is light green. The smallest elbaite is located just below the other 2 crystals, with the same aspect. Very nice thumbnail. Great esthetics ! overall size is 2.2x2.2x1.8 cm.

Cruzeiro mine, Sao Jose Safian City, Minas gerais, Brazil - Perfectly terminated pink and green elbaite of 2.3x0.5x0.5 cm in size ! No damage ! Great colors !

Cruzeiro mine, Sao Jose Safian City, Minas gerais, Brazil - Greatly terminated elbaite. The crystal shows pink and red colors. The size is 2x0.3x0.3 cm. Weight is close to 2 gr.

Cruzeiro mine, Sao Jose Safian City, Minas Gerais, Brazil - Greatly terminated elbaite. The crystal shows pink and red colors. The size is 2.4x0.5x0.4 cm. Weight is around 2 gr.

San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - A very rich specimen ! The whole surface of the specimen is entirely covered by hundreds of elbaite crystals ! The color is light brown/amber. Lot of clusters and lot of terminated crystals ! Their size is up to 1-1.3 cm. Overall size is 9.5x8x6.5 cm.