Source special issue: flawless-beauty, PDF page: 224. Label: Figure 252. Elbaite, 15.2 cm, from the Green Steel-Grandon Pocket, Pederneira mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Among the 100+ tourmaline matrix specimens and thousands of single crystals that I’ve sold from this mine, this specimen remains a true stand-out. Private collection; Tom Spann photo. Reference: Pezzotta et al. (2015).