Elbaite on Quartz

LOCALITY
Malkhan Pegmatite Fields
Eastern Siberia, Russia

PHOTO CREDIT
Joe Budd

SIZE
14 cm

THIS TOP SHELF SPECIMEN IS FIGURED IN THE ROCKS & MINERALS MAGAZINE ARTICLE FROM 2013, ISSUE 88. STRONG PROVENANCE, THIS CRYSTAL HAS GRACED THE STUART STRIFE COLLECTION, THEN WILLENSKY AND STOLOWICZ COLLECTIONS. TOP COLOR, LUSTER, WELL CRYSTALIZED CONTRASTING QUARTZ MATRIX, IT HAS IT ALL WITH A GLASSY TERMINATION.