{"product_id":"elbaite-with-quartz-and-lepidolite-1","title":"ELBAITE with QUARTZ  and Lepidolite","description":"This is a fine all round example of a tourmaline-bearing pegmatite assemblage from the famous Coronel Murta pegmatites in northern Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Very large miniature in size it is dominated by a well-formed but dull, terminated, stocky 5.9 cm tall Quartz crystal surrounded on its base by sparkling pale purple micaceous aggregates of Lepidolite. Adding yet more colour, two short, stocky, raspberry-red prismatic Elbaite tourmaline crystals are attached to the lower part of the main Quartz crystal where it joins with the Lepidolite. One of these Elbaite crystals is a really nicely formed 1.1 cm long crystal, in great condition with a three-sided pyramidal termination, but the other is poorly terminated where a pencil-shaped Elbaite crystal had straddled it but has since been lost, leaving a groove. Another long (1.2 cm) thin, and nicely colour-zoned, Elbaite crystal is attached to the Quartz crystal higher up, and is doubly-terminated, displaying contrasting flat pinacoid and pyramidal terminations. A fine example of a lithium-bearing pegmatite from the gem fields of Brazil.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46584966283439,"sku":"CC51530","price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC51530.png?v=1771867261","url":"https:\/\/crystalclassics.com\/products\/elbaite-with-quartz-and-lepidolite-1","provider":"Crystal Classics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}