ELBAITE

No, this is not cuprite! - EarthWonders Newsletter #7

specimen
ELBAITE
SpeciesSize
Comments
Details
ColorsGreen
Origin
Mutuca Mine, Santa Rosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
SizeSmall
Dimensions3.8 x 7.4 x 2.6 cm
Species
Description
A fine display of gemmy-translucent green Elbaite Tourmaline with a slight bluish cast from the Manoel Mutuca Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The crystal has an abundant parallel habit with a multiball termination, on the base of the Elbaite it has a white core of acicular Tourmaline. An excellent Elbaite crystal display from the pegmatite mine.