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Elbaite — specimen 0003, photo © NMNHS
Elbaite — specimen 0003, photo © NMNHS

Elbaitespecimen 0003

Origin

East Africa
Mozambique
Elbaite — specimen 0003, locality map
Data

Weight: 1.81 ct; size: 10.51 | 4.87 | 3.40 mm; shape: octagon; colour: light strongly purplish red; very slightly brownish; clarity: eye clean; cut: fair; treatment: none.
Notes

Very clean specimen; radiant style cut.

Other specimens
Elbaite — specimen 0533Elbaite — specimen 0565Elbaite — specimen 0663Elbaite — specimen 0333Elbaite — specimen 0444Elbaite — specimen 0451Elbaite — specimen 0564

More information from ‘Classification’


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