{"product_id":"elbaite-on-quartz-with-lepidolite","title":"ELBAITE on QUARTZ with LEPIDOLITE","description":"Wow and double wow!  What a fabulous specimen this is!  A broad, skyscraper-like tower of bluish-green Elbaite Tourmaline emerges vertically from a horizontal matrix of sub-parallel snow-white Cleavelandite crystals, the bladed variety of Albite Feldspar.  Just for good measure the Cleavelandite is peppered with occasional lavender Lepidolite mica crystals and small Elbaite prisms, each of around 5 mm long.  The Elbaite tower sits on another part crystal of Elbaite which emerges out from the Albite, where its rough, cleaved end reveals an inner core of rich raspberry-red Elbaite of the watermelon variety.  Both this and the main Elbaite crystals are translucent deep spring leaf-green tending to a metallic-green.  The 4.5 cm tall prism terminates in a pinacoid of paler green although end-on, the pinacoid appears bluish-green.  A cojoined parallel Elbaite prism, 2.5 cm tall, and of the same colour, terminates in a delightful cornflower-teal blue.  Enough said, it is a gorgeous combination of Elbaite Tourmaline and Albite from Barra de Salinas and one which is sure to delight.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57781131575631,"sku":"CC20765","price":3331.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1011\/3748\/2063\/files\/CC20765_5deb12b8-f5cc-46e5-a152-2d942c22f524.jpg?v=1783978666","url":"https:\/\/crystalclassics.co.uk\/products\/elbaite-on-quartz-with-lepidolite","provider":"Crystal Classics UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}