Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Elbaite With Albite Microcline & Quartz

Views:
Watches:
CYM792438

Elbaite With Albite Microcline & Quartz

Share this by email

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 3 × 2.2 cm
Weight: 
17.00gr
Description

Outstanding red ruby colour Perfect terminated Tourmaline Elbaite with Albite, Microcline and Quartz from the famous and uniqur find of Tourmaline in Morocco.
Exceptional size and quality specimen, complete all around!
Unusual shape with great color contrast of white Albite on red ruby Tourmaline.

Photos made with backlit, last photo without.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Elbaite

Formula: 
Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Strunz: 
9.CK.05
Hardness: 
7.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Fonte del Prete, San Piero in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy...

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Finnbo (Finbo), Falun, Dalarna, Sweden

Microcline

Formula: 
KAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.30
Crystal System: 
Triclinic - Pinacoidal
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White
Piatek Minerals

Current price

€

Starting price

€699
(reserve not met) (reserve met)

You are the highest bidder

You have been outbid

Proxy bid set
€
Delayed bid pending at
€
Delayed Bid is Outbid

Your maximum bid €:

(Enter or more)

Sold
Bid
Watch
Start 09 Aug 18:00
End
No. of bids view history

Shipping Information

Postage Area Price
Europe
€10
North America
€11
Asia
€14
Australia
€30
View sellers shipping policy

WE COMBINE SHIPPING ON MULTIPLE WINS. WILL USUALLY SHIP WITHIN 1 BUSINESS DAY! WE SHIP VIA UPS & FedEx.

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps

Seller's terms and conditions

YOUR 100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE. If you are not happy with your purchase or the specimen is broken during the shipping we will accept return. Up to 14 days after you received the item please e-mail us to arrange the refund. Upon auction close, you will be sent an invoice indicating final value of the specimen. Payments must be made within 7 days of auction close. If you would like to purchase multiple items past our 7 day payment period or would like your package held for any reason please hold off on payment until you are ready to have your package shipped to you. We ask that you email to inform us that you are still bidding or your payment is going to be delayed. Communication is paramount! Payment can be made through Paypal or Bank transfer

Item Toolbox