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

Stak Nala, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan - An aesthetic well terminated gemmy elbaite in combination with minor microlite & cleavelandite. The elbaite is 2.3 cm long and is perfectly terminated. The cleavelandite crystals are 1-1.3 cm wide and on some of these crystals there are some millimetric light brown microlites. Overall size is 2.6 × 2.2 × 1.1 cm

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

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

Minas Gerais, Brazil - A very nice and esthetic specimen ! A quartz point, perfectly terminated hosts a couple of bright green elbaites that emerge from the quartz crystal. A third elbaite is completely frozen inside the quartz. Real nice and peculiar Brazilian specimen of 3.5x2.5x2.5 cm in size. Weight is 20 gr.

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.

Paprook, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan - A nice single terminated crystal of elbaite from this well known and famous Afghan locality. The crystal has with a soft pink/red top. The elbaite is pristine and undamaged and is 2 cm in size ! Overall size 3.5x2.5x2.5 cm. Weight is 18 gr

San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - Greatly terminated elbaite crystal nicely located on orthoclase small piece of matrix. The crystal shows greatly with nice change of color close to the top where it is with a light violet. The crystal is 1.7 cm in size !