{"product_id":"elbaite-with-lepidolite-and-cleavelandite-2","title":"ELBAITE with Lepidolite and Cleavelandite","description":"The pegmatites at Coronel Murta in the Jequitinhonha Valley are one of the great modern gem tourmaline finds in Minas Gerais, Brazil, producing not only colourful Elbaite crystals, but multicoloured crystals and magnificently sculptural combination specimens with associated Quartz, Feldspar and Lepidolite. The variety is amazing, but larger individual gem Elbaite crystals are uncommon, making this 12.2 cm tall red, Rubellite variety so special. What is more remarkable is that it is unrepaired, its size and robust form providing it with more resilience during extraction. It has an angled fractured base, from where it was removed from matrix, but upwards everything else about this crystal, or more correctly group of parallel prismatic crystals, is undamaged, including their terminations. Internally, the core of the main crystal at its base is almost black and opaque, with its dominant strawberry-red colour developed on the outside and then progressing through all of the crystals in their upper parts. Small clustered sprays of white bladed Albite form along one edge of the base, providing a nice contrast in colour and small pale lilac-coloured 'books' of Lepidolite mica are scattered up one side of the specimen following a groove between the main crystal and a grouping along one side. The main Elbaite crystal is well-terminated with sloping faces, but the crystals overall outline is not symmetrical, forming a narrow, slightly flattened prism through the growth of the crystals parallel to it. Never fully transparent, the Elbaite crystals are all translucent and respond extremely well to directional lighting and its excellent size means that it stands out extremely well for display. It comes with a custom-made Sunnywood acryllic display stand to present it upright in its most dramatic pose.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58332367520079,"sku":"CC38190","price":9408.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1011\/3748\/2063\/files\/CC38190_Elbaite_with_Lepidolite_Coronel_Murta_Brazil_P22_3648ed.jpg?v=1785250882","url":"https:\/\/crystalclassics.co.uk\/products\/elbaite-with-lepidolite-and-cleavelandite-2","provider":"Crystal Classics UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}