Final Fantasy VII Guides and Walkthroughs
An Elemental Materia combines a Magic Materia with either your weapon or your armor. If you put an Ice + Elemental Materia in your weapon it will cause your weapon to deal ice damage, while an Elemental + Ice Materia in your armor will defend against ice damage.
Overall I consider the Elemental Materia and basically all combinations it's used for to be rather lackluster. They're good for early game (Disc 1 - 2) but by the time you reach the North Crater not many enemies use elemental damage any more. The hardest hitting elemental damage based spells are usually always Fire, so choose to protect against that if you want to make use of your Elemental Materia.
Note: When in the armor you gain a 50% resistance to the element
Where to get Elemental Materia:
Shinra Building Floor 62 - Get the password right on the first try
Mount Nibel - Next to the Materia Spring
Nibelheim, Tifa's Piano - You have to jam on the piano during the Nibelheim Flashback. If you do this then when Tifa is in control of your party on Disc 2 before visiting Mideel, you'll want to go and inspect her piano in Nibelheim.
Useful Elemental Materia Combinations:
Ice + Elemental: (Weapon) Deals ice damage (Armor) Protects against ice damage
Fire + Elemental: (Weapon) Deals fire damage (Armor) Protects against fire damage
Lightning + Elemental: (Weapon) Deals lightning damage (Armor) Protects against lightning damage
Earth + Elemental: (Weapon) Deals earth damage (Armor) Protects against earth damage
Ifrit + Elemental: (Weapon) Deals fire damage (Armor) Protects against fire damage
Shiva + Elemental: (Weapon) Deals ice damage (Armor) Protects against ice damage
Titan + Elemental: (Weapon) Deals earth damage (Armor) Protects against earth damage
Ramuh + Elemental: (Weapon) Deals lightning damage (Armor) Protects against lightning damage
Choco/Mog + Elemental: (Weapon) Deals wind damage (Armor) Protects against wind damage
Alexander + Elemental: (Weapon) Deals holy damage (Armor) Protects against holy damage
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