
Pegmatite minerals
from Isola Elba, Italy
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![]() ITA-D61 ELBAITE var MOOR'S HEAD SAN PIERO, ISOLA ELBA, ITALY - O well …nothyng to say, the photos of this specimen speaks by themselves ! Elbaites are quite rare above 1.5 cm but this is probably even more than rare since it is a 2 cm terminated elbaites var Moor's head ... really great . The elbaites is close to an open cavity dominated by quite large k-feldspar crystal which is 4 cm across. There other large fledpsars around and several quartz crystals. Large and showy specimen of 14x10x7.5 cm. € 650 |
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![]() ITA-D62 ELBAITE, K-FELDSPAR and ALBITE SAN PIERO, ISOLA ELBA, ITALY - Close to several light pink k-feldspar crystals there is a well termianted bicolor elbaite. The elbaite is 0.8 cm. There are also several other elbaite of 2 and 5 mm spead around the specimens, partly hidden by nice white albite crystals. The feldspars are up to 1-1.5 cm across. Overall size is 7.5x4.5x4 cm. € 95 |
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ITA-D64 ELBAITE and K-FELDSPAR SAN PIERO, ISOLA ELBA, ITALY - A very showy specimen, with great estetics. The specimen hosts with great armony large pink k-feldspars , quartz crystals and a great terminated elbaite. The feldspars are up to 5 cm across and have qurtz and albite crystals all around ! the elbaite is gemmy and bicolored and is 1x0.6 long. Due to the position of the elbaite, the crystal had a crack close to the base that has been stabilized before the specimen was taken away from the granite. Overall size is 8.5x7x7 cm € 350 |