Description: Elbaite
Danburitovaya pegmatite vein, Malkhan pegmatite field, Krasnyi Chikoy, Chitinskaya Oblast', Transbaikalia, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
1.8 x 4.2 cm
Cranberry-red, elbaite crystal with internal orange highlights, striated prism faces, and pyramidal termination.
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