San Piero, Isola Elba, Livorno, Italy - A great elbaite var rubellite shows on this specimen. The crystal is perfectly terminated, undamaged, pristine  and it is 1.3 cm in size. A very nice crystal ! All around there are quartx crystals, pink orthoclases and light blue albites ! a very clasic specimen from the pegmatite areas of Isola Elba. Overall size is 6.5x6x5.5 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.

FORCIONI, SANT ILARIO, ISOLA ELBA, LIVORNO, ITALY - Forcioni dike has been one of the most prolific areas for elbaites. It was characterized by green elbaites with a red core in most cases. cONTACT AND etching to the upper termination due to the idrothermal activities that this area had during its stabilization. This specimen is from the last 2005 finding from this area and shows a terminated elbaites. The crystal is 1.2 cm long ! a real nice old timer ! overall size is 3.8x3.5x2 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 polichrome elbaite. The crystal shows green, pink and red colors. The size is 1.7x0.7x0.3 cm.

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.

Stak Nala, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan - An esthetic well terminated gemmy elbaite in combination with cleavelandite. The crystal is 2 cm long and it is perfectly terminated and shows a greeen color in the lower part that becomes lighter close to the top.  Great specimen of 2.1 × 1.9 × 1.1 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

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