Specimen Plate
Elbaite, var. rubellite
Sliced perpendicular to the c-axis, a manganese-pink core
reads true against gem-tray velvet — colour as documentary
record, never ornament.
Locality Anjanabonoina
System Trigonal
Hardness 7 – 7.5 Mohs
System Trigonal
Hardness 7 – 7.5 Mohs
Cat. № 1896 · Tray velvet
Edelsteinkunde · Leipzig
Specimen
and jewel,
read as one.
A rubellite core ringed by chromium-green verdelite, presented
as the 1896 gem plates intended: jewel-toned bands, litho
hairlines, the slow sheen of a polished face.
Pleochroism Strong
Lustre Vitreous
Plate Chromolithograph
Lustre Vitreous
Plate Chromolithograph