Isolated doubly terminated crystal of Elbaite and clearly hemihedral, with very sharp crystal forms and excellent terminations, the upper ones with a prismatic habit and the opposite one a pedion. Transparent, very lustrous, with the base of the prism up to the middle of the crystal pink with gradations in the color tones, and the termination a pale and uniform green.
Rubaya, Bahunde, Masisi Territory, North Kivu Province (Kivu) Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (2020)
Specimen size: 7 × 1.2 × 1 cm = 2.76” × 0.47” × 0.39”
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