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

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

Chamachu, Baltistan, Pakistan - A single crystal of indicolite of 1.9 cm in size emerges from a surround of cleavelandite and presses up against a large book of mica. The indicolite is a deep blue colour with lighter blue colour at the end. The termination is not clean rather a stunted mottled finish. Undamaged. Overall size is 4.3x3x2 cm

Stak Nala, Skardu District, Pakistan - Double terminated elbaite attached to a book of cleavelandite. The crystal is undamaged and 3.2 cm long ! it shows a light yellow on one end and green on the other. There is a smaller 1.3 cm terminated elbaite on a side. Overall size is 4.7x2.5x2 cm

Stak Nala, Northern Areas, Pakistan - An immaculate single termination of classic Stak Nala elbaite part shrouded with cleavlandite. The termination clear to pinkish blue at the very tip altering to olive green then dark green within the crystal. The elbaite is 2.1 cm in size. Overall size of the specimen is 2.8x2.5x2 cm

SHINGUS, GILGIT, PAKISTAN - Nice 1.6x0.7 cm pink elbaite. The crystal has a nice pink color and shows a flat termimation.

SAN PIERO, ISOLA ELBA, LIVORNO, ITALY - It is not so usual to find spessartine but this specimen has a small spessartine among various  quartz and schorl crystals to the size of 0.7 cm. Nice REFERENCE specimen of 5.5x3x3 cm

Stak Nala, Northern Areas, Pakistan - A pretty little specimen of a flat lying mostly pink termination of elbaite of feldspar matrix with lepidolite and tiny fragments of garnet etc. The elbaite is 1.2 cm long. Overall size is 3.8x3.8x1.8 cm

Northern Areas, Pakistan - There are a couple of elbaites but only one is terminated. The size of the main crystal is 2 cm and shows a nice green color close to the top ! Overall size of the specimen is 2.8x2.5x2 cm

Stak Nala, Northern Areas, Pakistan - Well terminated gemmy lustrous elbaite crystal stands on  terminated quartz crystals. No damage to the elbaite ! The crystal shows a green color at the base and perfectly clear close to the top. It is 1 cm in size. Nice specimen of 5x4.5x2.5 cm in size