SAN PIERO, ISOLA ELBA, LIVORNO, ITALY - Nice reference specimen from the pegmatite areas of Isola Elba, Italy ! The specimen has some tiny (2-3 mm) elbaites located on quartz and orthoclase crystals. The feldspars are up to 1 cm on the edge. Overall size is 3.5x3x2.5 cm

Pakistan - There is a large terminated elbaite crystal located close to large quartz crystals. The elbaite shows a dark green color and has indicolite color close to the top. The quartz crystals are up to 4.7 cm in size ! Nice specimen of 5x4x3 cm

Teixerinha Minas Gerais, Brazil - On a section of crystalline green elbaite there is a perfectly terminated elbaite of 1.2 cm in size. Nice specimen of 2x1.5x1 cm in size.

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

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

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