TL26K9: Prismatic crystals with well defined faces and edges, with perfect terminations, on a group of Quartz crystals.
Poço Dantas Mine, Piauí Valley, Taquaral, Itinga, Vale do Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (09/2006)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 2.5 × 2.4 cm = 1.85” × 0.98” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.4 cm = 0.51” × 0.16”

EP36I1: The crystals are prismatic, thin, transparent and bright. Some of them are doubly terminated. Due to their color and luster they have a strong contrast with the crystalline Quartz matrix. The analysis confirms it is Childrenite. Roscherite, also analyzed, is present as very small crystals covering the Childrenite.
Poço Dantas Mine, Piauí Valley, Taquaral, Itinga, Vale do Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (09/2006)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 2.3 × 2.5 cm = 2.13” × 0.91” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.2 cm = 0.28” × 0.08”

EX96I1: The crystals are prismatic, thin, transparent and bright. Some of them are doubly terminated. Due to theirt is color and luster they have a strong contrast with the matrix of Quartz, Albite and Muscovite. The analysis confirms it is Childrenite. Roscherite, also analyzed, is present as very small crystals covering the Childrenite.
Poço Dantas Mine, Piauí Valley, Taquaral, Itinga, Vale do Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (09/2006)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.9 × 2.8 cm = 2.13” × 1.93” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.47” × 0.08”

MG63T6: Aggregate of very elongated crystals of Childrenite with very sharp faces and edges, partially coated by Roscherite, in an Orthoclase matrix. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Poço Dantas Mine, Piauí Valley, Taquaral, Itinga, Vale do Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (09/2006)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.8 × 2.6 cm = 2.36” × 1.89” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 0.4 cm = 0.75” × 0.16”

MD11T6: Aggregate of very elongated crystals of Childrenite with very sharp faces and edges, partially coated by Roscherite. In a Quartz matrix with Albite. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Poço Dantas Mine, Piauí Valley, Taquaral, Itinga, Vale do Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (09/2006)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.8 × 3.1 cm = 2.44” × 1.89” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.3 cm = 0.63” × 0.12”

MC48AM7: Prismatic Childrenite crystals, with very well defined faces and edges, some of them doubly terminated, translucent, lustrous, with spheroidal Roscherite growths on a Quartz matrix. We will send the buyer a copy of the Childrenite and Roscherite analyses.
Poço Dantas Mine, Piauí Valley, Taquaral, Itinga, Vale do Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (09/2006)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.9 × 3.3 cm = 2.64” × 2.32” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.4 cm = 0.47” × 0.16”

ET87I1: The crystals are prismatic, and quite thick. Some of them are doubly terminated. Due to their color and luster they have a strong contrast with the matrix of Feldspar. The analysis confirms it is Childrenite. Roscherite, also analyzed, is present as very small crystals covering the Childrenite.
Poço Dantas Mine, Piauí Valley, Taquaral, Itinga, Vale do Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (09/2006)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 6.8 × 5 cm = 3.86” × 2.68” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.4 cm = 0.67” × 0.16”

MR26AL2: Crystal with very well defined faces and edges, with perfect termination, clear and much richer in crystalline forms than usual. The crystal, transparent and with very good luster, is polychrome, with two very marked color zones, red at the base and green at the terminal zone, and is partially covered with small 'lepidolite' crystals. A beauty.
Pederneira claim, São José da Safira, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2 × 2 cm = 1.38” × 0.79” × 0.79”

TQ26Q6: Very bright and transparent crystal of very well defined faces and edges and an excellent rhombohedral termination. The color is uniform green with neat bluish shades.
Pederneira claim, São José da Safira, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 1.54” × 0.28” × 0.24”

TX87Q1: Group of transparent crystals of excellent luster and color, very deep and uniform. Most of the crystals have acute terminations rich in faces. They are with small mauve crystals of 'lepidolite'
Pederneira claim, São José da Safira, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 3.4 × 3.2 cm = 2.20” × 1.34” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 1.2 cm = 1.65” × 0.47”

TE28: Thick Elbaite crystal recrystallized on its bottom and with another Elbaite crystal crossing it. Minor 'lepidolite' is associated with it. The feature of this specimen is its unusual blue tip.
An original label from the collector Steve Smale will be provided to the customer.
Pederneira claim, São José da Safira, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 6 × 3 × 2.8 cm = 2.36” × 1.18” × 1.10”

MD13P4: Very aerial and esthetic group of three transparent crystals of a color between green and blue and with small crystals of Albite. In very good condition, all terminations are complete except one which is fixed to the metacrylate base.
Pederneira claim, São José da Safira, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (1995)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 4.3 × 1.6 cm = 2.72” × 1.69” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 6 × 0.7 cm = 2.36” × 0.28”

EG49AK8: 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, Vale do Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 6.5 × 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 2.56” × 0.28” × 0.24”

EF89AM4: Sharp Elbaite crystal with parallel growths and a sharp pinacoidal termination. Translucent, with good luster and an intense green color, on a matrix of Albite with 'lepidolite' Mica.
The specimen is from the Peter Rosewarne collection (number Rc550), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Urubu Mine, Monte Belo, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 7.5 × 6.7 × 4.5 cm = 2.95” × 2.64” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 4.1 × 1.8 cm = 1.61” × 0.71”

MF30AL5: Elongated Elbaite crystal with polycrystalline terminations, transparent, bright, deep bluish green and with small coatings of lamellar 'lepidolite' crystals at the base and on the terminations.
Pederneira claim, São José da Safira, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 7.6 × 1 × 1 cm = 2.99” × 0.39” × 0.39”

EXR50CD1: The elbaites from this mine are very characteristic, with that intense color, between yellow and green, and with their sharp crystals, almost always accompanied by 'lepidolite' and Albite (variety cleavelandite)
Aesthetic and attractive.
Urubu Mine, Monte Belo, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 8.4 × 4 × 3.8 cm = 3.31” × 1.57” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 7.9 × 2.2 cm = 3.11” × 0.87”

MT67AL6: Prismatic crystal of Elbaíte (verdelite variety), extraordinarily flat, with very well defined faces and edges of the prism and excellent terminal faces. Transparent, shiny, and with a very intense green color.
Xanda Mine, Virgem da Lapa, Vale do Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 8.5 × 1.8 × 0.5 cm = 3.35” × 0.71” × 0.20”

MPL70CD2: Parallel growth of two flattened crystals of Elbaite, shiny, very deep green, and partially included in a hyaline Quartz crystal, which is partially coated by Albite.
Very original, it draws attention to how the Elbaite is included in the Quartz without practically any change in its growth, color and shape.
Cruzeiro Mine, Santa Maria do Suaçui, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 8.5 × 4.2 × 3.3 cm = 3.35” × 1.65” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 4.6 × 1.7 cm = 1.81” × 0.67”

TK26Q6: The piece is as esthetic as mineralogically interesting. Elongated, with very well defined faces and edges and green color with bluish areas on its intermediate zone. Its termination is sharp and complete, formed by the flat face of the pinacoid and the faces of a rhombohedron. In its lower termination the crystal is partially hollowed and has acicular growths of the same Elbaite and furthermore it is joined on its back to a skeletal wall of a second crystal, also with acicular growths.
Pederneira claim, São José da Safira, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 3.3 × 2.3 cm = 3.39” × 1.30” × 0.91”

MT54AI8: A crystal with two very different terminations, one of them with excellent terminal pyramidal faces and the other has a hoppered acicular polycrystalline growth and small Feldspar crystals. It is transparent and bright and with a very intense green color.
The sample is from the Raúl Sanabria collection whose label we will send to the buyer.
Santa Rosa Mine, Itambacuri, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 9 × 2.2 × 2 cm = 3.54” × 0.87” × 0.79”

EF46AM5: Group of Elbaite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, between transparent and translucent, lustrous, and with geometric color zoning. The main crystal is complete and several of the secondary ones show the typical pegmatite formation fractures. This piece comes from the Peter Rosewarne collection (number Rc560) whose label we will send to the buyer.

Cruzeiro Mine, Santa Maria do Suaçui, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 9.3 × 5.6 × 5 cm = 3.66” × 2.20” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 8.1 × 2 cm = 3.19” × 0.79”

ETB16AN7: A bundle of Elbaite crystals, translucent, with bright luster and a deep green color, on a matrix of transparent Albite crystals. Very aesthetic.
Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 9.4 × 6.5 × 5 cm = 3.70” × 2.56” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 7 × 2.3 cm = 2.76” × 0.91”

ETL86CDD: Good color and transparency with a small white rosette of Albite (cleavelandite variety) and 'lepidolite' crystals forming a base for the Elbaite, enhancing its elegance. There are two more Albite plates at the upper termination of the Elbaite, giving it a peculiar appearance.
Pederneira claim, São José da Safira, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 12.4 × 3.3 × 2.8 cm = 4.88” × 1.30” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 12.4 × 1.4 cm = 4.88” × 0.55”

TJ68D8: Great crystal of twin color Tourmaline (Elbaite) which stands upright on the lightly smoky Quartz. As often happens with pegmatite minerals, the bottom of the Elbaite and Quartz shows a natural fracture that was then healed. So while one cannot call it doubly terminated it is not broken either. Great esthetics.
Pederneira claim, São José da Safira, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (1999)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 4 × 3.8 cm = 2.91” × 1.57” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 1.2 cm = 1.46” × 0.47”

TE66H3: Scepter growth of a double parallel prism with a complex termination with rhombohedral faces. Its color is extraordinary, deep blue without green shades, so common in this type of crystal.
Pederneira claim, São José da Safira, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2005)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 1.8 × 1.4 cm = 1.34” × 0.71” × 0.55”

TP66H3: Two prismatic crystals, one of them doubly terminated, with excellent color and luster on a crystal of doubly terminated Quartz and the presence of minor Albite.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2020, page 68
Barra de Salinas, Coronel Murta, Vale do Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2004-2006)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 2.2 × 2.2 cm = 1.85” × 0.87” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 0.7 cm = 0.98” × 0.28”

TM49K1: The crystal has an excellent, deep and very uniform color and extraordinary transparency. Its termination, very rich in faces, has a small coverage of an unidentified silicate.
Barra de Salinas, Coronel Murta, Vale do Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 1 × 0.8 cm = 2.91” × 0.39” × 0.31”

TR87J3: This specimen is especially esthetic. The prismatic crystals of very well defined faces and edges, of deep green color and extraordinary luster, are with doubly terminated 'lepidolite' crystals and they strongly contrast with the matrix of Feldspar (probably Orthoclase).
Barra de Salinas, Coronel Murta, Vale do Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 10.8 × 7 × 3.6 cm = 4.25” × 2.76” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 3 × 0.5 cm = 1.18” × 0.20”

TP97J5: The crystal is partially doubly terminated. One of its terminations has the bright and very well defined face of the pedion, meanwhile the faces of the opposite termination are clearly rhombohedral. The central zone of this termination is rough due to a contact.
Do Boqueirão Mine, Barra de Salinas, Coronel Murta, Vale do Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2002)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 3.1 × 3.1 cm = 2.60” × 1.22” × 1.22”

TF96J5: Group of curious aspect because it is formed by very short prisms in which the triangular terminal form is dominant. Its color is very intense.
Coronel Murta, Vale do Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2007)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.4 × 1.4 cm = 1.50” × 1.34” × 0.55”

MX66M8: The crystal has a recrystallized termination while the other is complete. It has uniform green color, a good transparency and it is partially coated by small crystals of the variety Rubellite.
Cruzeiro Mine, Santa Maria do Suaçui, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (03-04/2008)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 1.7 × 1.3 cm = 1.89” × 0.67” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 4..4 × 0.9 cm = 1.57” × 0.35”

MT73N4: A curious growth in which the crystals, with a marked zonation of color, start successively one after one. The two most well-defined crystals are perfectly doubly terminated and show two different terminations, one with a flat pedion and the other with a pyramid. It is not repaired or reinforced and appears as Nature and the pegmatites made it.
Cruzeiro Mine, Santa Maria do Suaçui, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (03-04/2008)

Specimen size: 13 × 5.5 ×  3.2 cm = 5.12” × 2.17” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 11.7 × 1.7 cm = 4.61” × 0.67”

TE37J3: Prismatic crystal of very well defined faces and edges, both on the prism and on the pinacoidal termination. The crystal has a rich blue-green color and a considerable transparency (under intense light) and it is partially covered by 'lepidolite' and Quartz crystals.
Cruzeiro Mine, Santa Maria do Suaçui, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 5.6 × 2.3 × 2.7 cm = 2.20” × 0.91” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 5.6 × 1.6 cm = 2.20” × 0.63”

TJ10AE9: 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, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.5 × 2.2 cm = 2.24” × 1.77” × 0.87”

ER67AC9: Very aerial aggregate of prismatic crystals, most of them doubly terminated, bright, translucent and with a very deep blue color, with geometric growths.
Virgem da Lapa, Vale do Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.2 × 3.2 cm = 2.83” × 2.05” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 6 × 0.6 cm = 2.36” × 0.24”

VC29Y9: A crystal with simple forms including the very well-marked curved trigonal prism and smooth pinacoidal termination. It has a very intense, uniform and deep blue color, masked by the crystal's thickness but easily visible with an intense light.
Minas Gerais  Brazil (±1973)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 3 × 2.5 cm = 3.31” × 1.18” × 0.98”

MM13P8: Deeply striated crystals with very well defined rhombohedral terminations. This feature gives the group a distinct velvet luster and an attractive clear greenish color. The sample is from Pirineus Mine, currently closed.
Pirineus Mine, Monte Belo, Itinga, Vale do Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (±1995)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 2.9 × 2.3 cm = 1.81” × 1.14” × 0.91”

TH16J3: Prismatic crystal, very transparent, bright and blue with green shades. Its faces and edges are very well defined, especially on terminations with a zone deeper colored.
Pirineus Mine, Monte Belo, Itinga, Vale do Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 5.3 × 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 2.09” × 0.35” × 0.28”

TK67J5: Group of two prismatic crystals, one of them doubly terminated and having one of the terminations unusually acute for the species. The color is very deep and its transparency is very good.
Pirineus Mine, Monte Belo, Itinga, Vale do Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 5.9 × 1.3 × 0.7 cm = 2.32” × 0.51” × 0.28”

Main crystal size: 5.2 × 0.6 cm = 2.05” × 0.24”

NTM69AO7: Crystal of Elbaite with a prismatic habit, with simple shapes on the prism and excellent terminations with two rhombohedral forms. Between translucent and transparent, with very good luster and vivid color (rubellite variety), more intense on the terminations, and with small white crystallizations of Albite at the base of the tourmaline crystal.
The specimen comes from the collection of Miguel David Martínez (number 872), whose label
we will send to the buyer.
Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 2 × 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.79” × 0.39” × 0.35”

TXM98AP9: Transparent Elbaite crystal with excellent termination, transparent, with great luster and an intense red-pink color along the prism and green tones on the termination.
São José da Safira, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.94” × 0.39” × 0.31”

MB67AI8: Elbaite crystal (rubellite variety) with excellent terminal faces, transparent and bright with an intense and uniform color. On matrix with leafy 'lepidolite' growths. It is from the famous 'Jonas pocket'
Jonas pocket, Itatiaia, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.94” × 0.43” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 0.3 cm = 0.87” × 0.12”

TXL37AP8: Elbaite crystal (rubellite variety) with excellent terminations, transparent, with good luster and a color between red and pink.
Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 2.5 × 0.8 × 0.8 cm = 0.98” × 0.31” × 0.31”

TMR74AP9: Transparent Elbaite crystal with excellent termination, transparent, with great luster and an intense and uniform red (burgundy) color throughout the crystal.
São José da Safira, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 4 × 1 × 0.9 cm = 1.57” × 0.39” × 0.35”

TA77H3: 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, Vale do Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3.6 × 2.5 cm = 1.61” × 1.42” × 0.98”

TXM51AP8: Two Elbaite crystals (rubellite variety), one of them clearly dominant, with very smooth pinacoidal termination, transparent, lustrous, and with the intensity of color and excellent quality that distinguishes specimens from this find.
Jonas pocket, Itatiaia, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 4.8 × 1.3 × 0.9 cm = 1.89” × 0.51” × 0.35”

Main crystal size: 4.8 × 0.9 cm = 1.89” × 0.35”

AH92P1: Very well defined Elbaite (Rubellite) crystal, not thick, with good uniform color, transparency and luster. The crystal grew implanted on a doubly terminated curious crystal of Quartz. The upper termination of the Elbaite crystal is recrystallized and the termination below is broken.
Virgem da Lapa, Jequitinhonha Valley, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2007)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 3.1 × 1.7 cm = 2.44” × 1.22” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 1.1 cm = 1.77” × 0.43”

NRT96AO4: Parallel growth of two elongated Elbaite crystals with excellent pinacoidal and finely polycrystalline terminations. Translucent, lustrous and deep red, almost mauve (rubellite variety), especially concentrated in the terminations.
Pederneira claim, São José da Safira, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (±2000)

Specimen size: 9 × 2.5 × 2 cm = 3.54” × 0.98” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 8.2 × 8 cm = 3.23” × 3.15”

MBB98CD2: Isolated crystal of Elbaite (rubellite variety) with very defined crystal shapes and excellent terminal faces. Between transparent and translucent, it is shiny and implanted in a translucent Quartz crystal with leafy Albite crystals at the base.
Its rear termination is recrystallized, similar to the other small crystal implanted in Quartz.
A beauty that reminds us of how creative Nature can be.
Santa Rosa Mine, Itambacuri, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 9.5 × 7.7 × 7.3 cm = 3.74” × 3.03” × 2.87”

Main crystal size: 5.8 × 0.9 cm = 2.28” × 0.35”

TH46AK5: A very free-standing crystal of Elbaite (verdelite variety) on Quartz matrix, with excellent termination, transparent, very bright and green with zoning of different
The specimen will be sent mounted in the original Perky box from the Bob Noble collection, which also contains the label that says Bob bought it in 1997 in Tucson from the Sullivan collection.
Santa Rosa Mine, Itambacuri, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 3.3 × 1.8 × 1.7 cm = 1.30” × 0.71” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 3 × 0.4 cm = 1.18” × 0.16”

TE49F3: A prismatic crystal typical of Santa Rosa, with notable transparency and brilliance. This makes the contrast between the red interior and green exterior more notable. A classic that is now hard to find.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2020, page 61
Santa Rosa Mine, Itambacuri, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (±1980)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 0.9 × 1 cm = 1.89” × 0.35” × 0.39”

EA56P5: Excellent crystallization for this variety, well known as "Paraiba" in gemology, whose characteristic is that it is almost unknown in complete crystals. For that reason, this piece must be considered as very unusual. The crystal is a doubly terminated floater, with two different terminations, one of them is acute and the opposite is flattened. Color and transparency are very good.
São José da Batalha, Paraíba  Brazil

Specimen size: 1.2 × 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.47” × 0.16” × 0.12”

EP47P3: Excellent crystallization for this variety, well known as "Paraíba" in gemology, whose characteristic is that it is almost unknown in defined crystals. For that reason, the piece must be considered as very unusual. The sample is an irregular prismatic crystal with a neat pinacoidal termination, transparent, bright and of excellent color. This variety is rare in collections because most of the crystals have been faceted as gems.
São José da Batalha, Paraíba  Brazil

Specimen size: 1.2 × 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.47” × 0.20” × 0.16”

EJ68P3: Excellent crystallization for this variety, well known as "Paraíba" in gemology, whose characteristic is that it is almost unknown in defined crystals. For that reason, the piece must be considered as very unusual. The sample is a doubly terminated floater crystal with very acute terminations of very well defined faces, transparent and with an excellent color. This variety is rare in collections because most of the crystals have been faceted as gems.
São José da Batalha, Paraíba  Brazil

Specimen size: 2 × 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.79” × 0.16” × 0.12”

EM88P5: Excellent crystallization for this variety, well known as "Paraiba" in gemology, which characteristic is that it is almost unknown in defined crystals. For that reason, the piece must be considered as very unusual. Doubly terminated floater crystal, the prism is progressively thicker and both terminations have a very pronounced curvature. Color and transparency are very good.
São José da Batalha, Paraíba  Brazil

Specimen size: 2.6 × 0.3 × 0.3 cm = 1.02” × 0.12” × 0.12”