MBB98CD2: Isolated crystal of Elbaite (rubellite variety) with very defined crystal shapes and excellent terminal faces. Between transparent and translucent, it is shiny and implanted in a translucent Quartz crystal with leafy Albite crystals at the base.
Its rear termination is recrystallized, similar to the other small crystal implanted in Quartz.
A beauty that reminds us of how creative Nature can be.
Santa Rosa Mine, Itambacuri, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 9.5 × 7.7 × 7.3 cm = 3.74” × 3.03” × 2.87”

Main crystal size: 5.8 × 0.9 cm = 2.28” × 0.35”