Beryl, Lepidolite, Elbaite
Naipa mine, Muiane-Naipa group, Gilé District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique
BERYL var. Morganite with Lepidolite, Naipa Mine, Alto Lighona, Mozambique. A tabular, hexagonal, somewhat corrodded peach-pink beryl crystal, 7 cm across the pinicoid face. Imbedded in one pinicoid and one prism face are several well formed books of pale lavander lepidolite and a minor amount of green tourmaline.
© 2002, Jesse Fisher. Reproduction prohibited without permission.