Description

A beautiful singly-terminated elbaite crystal, this one has a rich deeper green zone at the termination, and the rest is a very pretty mid-green.  Nice contrast with the lepidolite, which is a very pale colour, hints of the typical lilac. In excellent condition, no damage. No edge chipping visible at all without magnification, except one back in against the lepidolite – really sweet!  (Most Urubu elbaites are not in this super condition.) There is a bit of lepidolite or albite on the termination – it’s not damage. An excellent, aesthetic green tourmaline!