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Elbaite Tourmaline group on Cleavelandite with Lepidolite

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A fine aesthetic display of a bicoloured Elbaite Tourmaline with a pastel yellow gemmy colour and a contrasting blue termination cap, measuring to 2.8cm tall. Several more prismatic Elbaite crystals on the specimen, of intergrown light purple crystalline Lepidolite with well-developed platy crystal groups of lustrous white Albite. An excellent Elbaite specimen from the Pederneira Claim, Brazil.

Origin: Pederneira Claim, São José da Safira, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Product details

SpeciesTourmaline, Elbaite, Cleavelandite, Lepidolite
SizeCabinet
Dimensions9.4 x 10.3 x 3.5 cm
Added on10/24/2024
LocalityBrazil, Minas Gerais, Pederneira mine
Current owner
Unknown Owner
Acquired
Jul 2026
Previous owners
DateCollectorAcquisition price
—Crystal ClassicsNot disclosed

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