Elbaite -unusual form (Ref: AX-7-464)
Jove Lauriano claim, Linopolis, Divinio das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
50mm x 14mm x 12mm
minID: YAN-RNL
An attractive but unusual Elbaite from a little known locality in Minas Gerais, the Jove Lauriano claim. A tapering crystal with a dark top that spreads out holding many tiny terminations. The shaft of the crystal is a translucent to transparent gemmy deep green, it looks dark at first glance but with backlighting the translucency is very evident. It is common to find transparent tops on dark opaque shafts but this is the reverse of that. No damage, a choice yet atypical Elbaite from the Larry White collection, his number 464, according to his catalog obtained from Tony Thurston in 1983. This locality is not well documented but produced a few nice crystals of this habit long ago. From: Well-Arranged Molecules
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