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- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Black Mountain pegmatite, Rumford, Oxford Co., Maine, United States
- Formula
- Na(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4
- Size
- SmCabinet 9x8x5.5cm
A large deep pink Elbaite crystal in Quartz matrix. Sawed flat. Ex. Art Smith with label - see prov. tab.
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Pala dist., San Diego Co., California, United States
- Formula
- Na(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4
- Size
- Cabinet 15x14x12cm
- Tagged
- pegmatite mineral , lithium
Rubellite Elbaite tourmaline to 5cm in divergent groups in a matrix of Lepidolite and Microcline and Quartz. Will cost extra to ship.
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Golconda pegmatite, Governador Valadares, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Formula
- Na(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4
- Size
- Thumbnail 2.5x2.8x0.5cm
- Tagged
- pegmatite mineral
A slice of red zoned Elbaite with a green rind. Sawed smooth on one side, natural on the other.
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Golconda pegmatite, Governador Valadares, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Formula
- Na(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4
- Size
- Miniature 3.3x1.6x2.0cm
- Tagged
- pegmatite mineral
A group of deep purplish red, striated Elbaite. The longest crystal is 3cm.
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Tanco pegmatite, Bernic Lake, Manitoba, Canada
- Formula
- Na(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4
- Size
- Cabinet 14x11x4cm
- Tagged
- ore mineral , pegmatite mineral
A large specimen of rubellite tourmaline, a variety of Elbaite with Pollucite. The Pollucite is very rich in this specimen and is basically all of the colorless Quartz-looking mineral. Rubellite contains about 3% rubidium and is commonly associated with the rare zeolite, Pollucite. Pollucite, the chief ore of cesium, contains about 43% cesium, although it is not that rich at Tanco.
Collected and studied by Dr. David London for his book titled "Pegmatites".
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Tanco pegmatite, Bernic Lake, Manitoba, Canada
- Formula
- Na(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4
- Size
- SmCabinet 8x6x5.5cm
- Tagged
- ore mineral , pegmatite mineral
Elbaite, variety rubellite, crystals to 6mm shot up through colorless Pollucite and Microcline. Excellent specimen, smaller than the others, for a good representative specimen from this important pegmatite, the Tanco pegmatite. Tanco is one of the largest and most richest and productive pegmatites in the world.
