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Locality

Aricanga mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Formula

Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(BO₃)₃Si₆O₁₈(OH)₄

Size

2.2 x 1.5 x .5 cm - Thumbnail

Dark green Elbaite crystals to 1.2 cm on a double terminated, nicely etched Quartz crystal at 1.7 cm.  Broken terminations on Elbaite but a very eyecatching specimen glued to an acrylic base.

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Locality

Stewart mine, Pala dist., San Diego Co., California, United States

Formula

Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(BO₃)₃Si₆O₁₈(OH)₄

Size

8 x 5 x 5 cm - Sm Cabinet

Tagged

pegmatite mineral

Divergent groups of pink Elbaite, variety rubellite, to 3cm in Lepidolite. Collected in 1946 by Arnold Hampson.