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Elbaite — specimen 0533, photo © NMNHS
Elbaite — specimen 0533, photo © NMNHS

Elbaite — specimen 0533

Origin

West Africa
Nigeria
Elbaite — specimen 0533, locality map
Data

Weight: 0.38 ct; size: 5.25 | 4.48 | 3.27 mm; shape: oval; colour: medium light orangey yellow; very slightly brownish; clarity: eye clean; cut: excellent; treatment: none.
Notes

Very clean specimen; design ‘Ovalimixtum ST’, excellent cut by Tan Pen.

Other specimens
Elbaite — specimen 0565Elbaite — specimen 0663Elbaite — specimen 0333Elbaite — specimen 0444Elbaite — specimen 0003Elbaite — specimen 0451Elbaite — specimen 0564

More information from ‘Classification’

Elbaite

In granites, granite pegmatites, and some metamorphic rocks; in high-temperature hydrothermal veins (Anthony et al., 2001—2005).


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