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Floater and complete crystal that has an excellent flat termination, with small faces of the rhombohedron and, on the opposite end, a polycrystalline growth with acute rhombohedral terminations. The color zoning, typical for the locality, is very well marked, with a green cap and pinkish-red shades in the body of the crystal.
Himalaya Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California USA
Specimen size: 2.2 × 2 × 2 cm = 0.9” × 0.8” × 0.8”
Price: Euro:220 / US$244 / Yen:26900 / AUD$350

VE27Z4: Elbaite

Well developed prism with a rhombohedral termination. It has a very well defined color zoning, green on its very bright terminal faces, pink up on the prism and blue at the bottom.
Minas Gerais Brazil
Specimen size: 4 × 1.9 × 1.6 cm = 1.6” × 0.7” × 0.6”
Price: Euro:200 / US$222 / Yen:24460 / AUD$320

TJ10AE9: Elbaite (variety indicolite)

Single Elbaite crystal with flattened forms and very well defined parallel growths. The crystal, partially coated by Muscovite, is translucent, with an intense and uniform blue color on the prism faces and is greenish yellow on terminal faces. Very unusual.
It is with the labels of Hamel Mining & Minerals and Scott Williams Mineral Company, that we’ll send to the buyer.
Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais Brazil
Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.5 × 2.2 cm = 2.2” × 1.8” × 0.9”
Price: Euro:650 / US$722 / Yen:79500 / AUD$1040

EX74AH6: Elbaite (variety rubellite)

Two single Elbaite (rubellite variety) crystals, one of them doubly terminated and hemihedral. The crystals are with Albite and tabular Muscovite crystals and are translucent with an intense reddish-pink color with stripes of slightly yellowish shades.
Malkhan (Malchan), Krasnyi Chikoy, Chitinskaya Oblast', Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), East Siberia Region Russia
Specimen size: 7.8 × 4 × 2.7 cm = 3.1” × 1.6” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 6.9 × 2 cm = 2.7” × 0.8”
Price: Euro:940 / US$1044 / Yen:114970 / AUD$1510

TD76Y0: Elbaite (variety rubellite)

Botryoidal aggregate, very rare for Elbaite, bright, with an intense and uniform pink color, and on matrix.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel Village, Molo Quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State Burma (2003-2004)
Specimen size: 6.6 × 4.4 × 3.7 cm = 2.6” × 1.7” × 1.5”
Price: Euro:180 / US$199 / Yen:22010 / AUD$290

TC27E2: Elbaite (variety rubellite) on Calcite

An arborescent Elbaite on Calcite with two colors: pink and deep red. An unusual specimen.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel Village, Molo Quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State Burma (2003-2004)
Specimen size: 7 × 3.8 × 4.2 cm = 2.8” × 1.5” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 2 cm = 0.9” × 0.8”
Price: Euro:240 / US$266 / Yen:29350 / AUD$380

MB14J5: Elbaite (variety rubellite) with Calcite

Globular growth, almost botryoidal, uncommon for the species, on Calcite matrix. The color, between red and pink, is enhanced by the magnificent luster.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel Village, Molo Quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State Burma (2003-2004)
Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.4 × 3.5 cm = 2.2” × 1.3” × 1.4”
Price: Euro:90 / US$99 / Yen:11000 / AUD$140

TZ26Y0: Elbaite (variety rubellite) with Calcite

Elbaite polycrystalline growths with a shape well known as “mushroom”, with a very deep and uniform red color and on Calcite matrix.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel Village, Molo Quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State Burma (2003-2004)
Specimen size: 2.3 × 2.3 × 2.2 cm = 0.9” × 0.9” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.4 cm = 0.7” × 0.6”
Price: Euro:110 / US$122 / Yen:13450 / AUD$170

TG76Y0: Elbaite (variety rubellite) with Calcite

Elbaite polycrystalline growths with a shape well known as “mushroom”, with a very deep and uniform red color and on Calcite matrix.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel Village, Molo Quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State Burma (2003-2004)
Specimen size: 4.5 × 3 × 3.6 cm = 1.8” × 1.2” × 1.4”
Price: Euro:170 / US$188 / Yen:20790 / AUD$270

TP88E2: Elbaite (variety rubellite) with Calcite

Very appealing with a lively color. One of the spheres of Elbaite is not complete (but it is re-crystallized) while the others are.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel Village, Molo Quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State Burma (2003-2004)
Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.8 × 2.1 cm = 1.7” × 1.1” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.8 cm = 0.8” × 0.7”
Price: Euro:380 / US$422 / Yen:46470 / AUD$610

TA77H3: Elbaite (variety rubellite) with Mica

A curious and interesting sample not easy to define. A close study reveals a multiple prismatic growth forming a scepter. Color is very deep and luster is very good.
Coronel Murta, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais Brazil (2006)
Specimen size: 4.1 × 3.6 × 2.5 cm = 1.6” × 1.4” × 1.0”
Price: Euro:225 / US$249 / Yen:27510 / AUD$360

EH89AI5: Elbaite (variety rubellite) with Mica and Feldspar

Elbaite (rubellite variety) with simple and very well defined faces and edges and a very smooth pinacoidal termination. It is translucent, bright, has a very intense and uniform color and it is with a tiny Feldspar matrix with leafy Mica aggregates.
Mokhovaya pegmatite, Malkhan (Malchan), Krasnyi Chikoy, Chitinskaya Oblast', Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), East Siberia Region Russia (±2004)
Specimen size: 7.6 × 2.4 × 2.3 cm = 3.0” × 0.9” × 0.9”
Price: Euro:540 / US$599 / Yen:66040 / AUD$870

TA47AK3: Elbaite (variety rubellite) with Quartz

Polycrystalline aggregate of Elbaite (rubellite variety) with a curious morphology known as a "mushroom", translucent, with very deep and uniform color. In a matrix of massive Quartz and with some Quartz crystals partially covering the rubellite.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel Village, Molo Quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State Burma (2003-2004)
Specimen size: 5.6 × 3.2 × 3.1 cm = 2.2” × 1.3” × 1.2”
Price: Euro:240 / US$266 / Yen:29350 / AUD$380

TG96E2: Elbaite (variety rubellite) with Quartz

Brilliant spheres of Elbaite that stand out on the white matrix.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel Village, Molo Quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State Burma (2003-2004)
Specimen size: 3 × 2.7 × 1.9 cm = 1.2” × 1.1” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1.1 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”
Price: Euro:190 / US$211 / Yen:23230 / AUD$300

TQ37V7: Elbaite (variety rubellite) with Quartz and Schorl

Polycrystalline aggregates (“mushroom” shaped) of Elbaite (rubellite) with very well developed curvatures on the faces and edges that confer this curious appearance to the aggregate. The sample is very aerial, with deep color and it is on Quartz matrix, with small bits of Schorl on the back.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel Village, Molo Quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State Burma (2003-2004)
Specimen size: 4.2 × 4.1 × 2.7 cm = 1.7” × 1.6” × 1.1”
Price: Euro:235 / US$261 / Yen:28740 / AUD$370

MX89AK6: Elbaite with Feldspar

Elbaite crystal with very well defined faces and edges, with perfect terminal faces, with pyramid and pinacoid forms. The crystal, translucent and bright, is a different color from those known to date in this pegmatite, with pinkish-yellow tones that accompany the usual red color that is very intense on the terminal faces.
Sosedka pegmatite, Malkhan (Malchan), Krasnyi Chikoy, Chitinskaya Oblast', Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), East Siberia Region Russia (2019)
Specimen size: 3.7 × 2.2 × 2.1 cm = 1.5” × 0.9” × 0.8”
Price: Euro:460 / US$510 / Yen:56260 / AUD$740

TV47H5: Elbaite with Mica

Classic prismatic crystal from Pederneira terminated wit three faces of a very acute rhombohedron. Color is very deep and the transparency is excellent. The esthetic equilibrium is due to the coverage of Muscovite on the right side of the sample.
Pederneira Claim, São José da Safira, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais Brazil (2006)
Specimen size: 5.8 × 2.5 × 1.4 cm = 2.3” × 1.0” × 0.6”
Price: Euro:195 / US$216 / Yen:23850 / AUD$310

TF90AI2: Elbaite with Mica and Quartz

The gemstone deposits of the Brazilian pegmatites will never cease to amaze us. This is the case with this specimen, rich in elongated crystals of Elbaite with a considerable variety of terminal forms (many recrystallized), a bright green color and in a Quartz matrix, and with leafy aggregates of a Mica which, according their violet shades, could be Lepidolite.
Araçuaí, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais Brazil
Specimen size: 11.7 × 8.2 × 5 cm = 4.6” × 3.2” × 2.0”

Main crystal size: 6.8 × 2 cm = 2.7” × 0.8”
Price: Euro:480 / US$533 / Yen:58700 / AUD$770

EG49AK8: Elbaite with twinned Hydroxylherderite

Doubly terminated floater polychrome Elbaite crystal, transparent and lustrous, more blue in the center of the crystal and green at the ends, together with a sharp Hydroxylherderite crystal.
Virgem da Lapa, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais Brazil
Specimen size: 6.5 × 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 2.6” × 0.3” × 0.2”
Price: Euro:460 / US$510 / Yen:56260 / AUD$740

TD67H3: Eosphorite on Quartz with Feldspar

The crystals of Eosphorite are prismatic and doubly terminated and are more individualized than usual. The base is a doubly terminated crystal of Smoky Quartz. At one end it is progressively milky and at the opposite end it has a crown of pink crystals. The specimen is completed by a fine white matrix of Feldspar (probably Orthoclase)
Lavra da Ilha, Taquaral, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais Brazil
Specimen size: 7.3 × 3.7 × 4 cm = 2.9” × 1.5” × 1.6”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.1 cm = 0.3” × 0.0”
Price: Euro:260 / US$288 / Yen:31800 / AUD$410

EP66AG9: Epididymite with Aegirine

A single floater crystal that has extraordinarily well defined faces and edges. It is translucent, white and has small black acicular crystals on its base. Due to the singularity and perfection of the crystal it has been analyzed to positively identify the species. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Machinga, Machinga District Malawi (02/2017)
Specimen size: 1.6 × 1.6 × 0.9 cm = 0.6” × 0.6” × 0.4”
Price: Euro:180 / US$199 / Yen:22010 / AUD$290

EA86S9: Epidote

A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2011. Group of crystals, of pistachio green color, with very simple forms but with a very uncommon habit, the predominance of a very well developed frontal pinacoid that results in the crystal being really smooth. The crystals are bright and deep green, almost black.
Raywoo Mine, Quetta District, Balochistan (Baluchistan) Pakistan (2011)
Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.9 × 3 cm = 2.0” × 1.9” × 1.2”
Price: Euro:190 / US$211 / Yen:23230 / AUD$300

EF87T2: Epidote

A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2011. Floater group of pistachio green color but with a very unusual habit, pseudo-octahedral, and with a feebly developed frontal pinacoid.
Raywoo Mine, Quetta District, Balochistan (Baluchistan) Pakistan (2011)
Specimen size: 9.6 × 6.4 × 6.4 cm = 3.8” × 2.5” × 2.5”
Price: Euro:240 / US$266 / Yen:29350 / AUD$380

MA97AK4: Epidote with Calcite and Quartz

Fan-shaped growth of elongated Epidote crystals, with perfect terminations, in calcite matrix with small colorless and transparent Quartz crystals.
Pampa Blanca, Ticrapo District, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica Department Peru
Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.5 × 3.8 cm = 2.3” × 1.8” × 1.5”
Price: Euro:260 / US$288 / Yen:31800 / AUD$410

MF13AK6: Epidote with Quartz

Fan-like growths of prismatic Epidote crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with good terminal faces, bright and very deep color. On matrix with small Quartz crystals. Previously labeled as "Imilchil", now the location is more accurate.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region Morocco (09/2019)
Specimen size: 4.3 × 4 × 3.4 cm = 1.7” × 1.6” × 1.3”
Price: Euro:80 / US$88 / Yen:9780 / AUD$120

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