GOLDEN BERYL CRYSTALS
with Aquamarine terminations

This old classic locale has produced unique heliodor (golden beryl) crystals of this style, on and off, over the years. These are from a new pocket found summer of 2010, and are particularly lustrous and intensely colored.


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HIPP-07 - Heliodor - $ 950
Padre Paraiso, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

miniature, 4.2 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm
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Most of the pieces from this area we have ever seen are long and elongated. I have seldom seen "small" crystals that are also broad and fat (and thus not just the broken tips off of longer crystals). This is a particularly gemmy, golden crystal with great clarity. It has a 4-5mm pale aquamarine cap on it, and came from the same pocket, or I swer from its slight style difference in surface texture and its fat breadth, you'd think it came from aother mine altogether.


HIPP-15 - Heliodor - $ 1250 SOLD
Padre Paraiso, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

large cabinet, 15.0 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm
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Heliodor from Padre Paraiso, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil [db_pics/new2010/HIPP15g.jpg]

Intense golden yellow crystal , complete all-around, with a 1 cm aquamarine termination atop that is exceptionally well formed and equant. There is a clean repair 4 cm up from the bottom but it is one that I was ambivalent about doing. The color is so juicy and consistent, and the height impressive enough that we left the repair on - but can also easily undo if the customer wishes. This is a tall , impressive piece, priced only for being 4 inches tall - so the extra height is a bonus if you wish it, for free (though with the repair); or undone its one of the finest borderline cabinet pieces (at 4 inches tall) here.


HIPP-14 - Heliodor - $ 1400 SOLD
Padre Paraiso, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

cabinet, 12.1 x 1.9 x 1.2 cm
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Heliodor from Padre Paraiso, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil [db_pics/new2010/HIPP14g.jpg]

An unusually robust crystal for this find (in thickness/height), with deep golden-yellow color and a large aquamarine cap atop (just over 1 cm thick and gem clear). This crystal shows unusual internal growth patterns although it certainly appears and feels smooth except for a few minor contact points (being simply grooves where crystals attached to it in the pocket, not damage). Like others from this find, it has an unusual zone of pale aquamarine atop, of about 1 cm depth -but the termination here is particularly fine in form and lustre


HIPP-13 - Heliodor - $ 750 SOLD
Padre Paraiso, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

cabinet, 12.2 x 1.4 x 1.0 cm
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Heliodor from Padre Paraiso, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil [db_pics/new2010/HIPP13b.jpg]

A very sparkly, lustrous, single crystal with a sidecar crystal riding up the right side in parallel, util merging into the main crystal at about 3 cm from the top. Also on the left side of the termination is a tiny, slender, second little crystal angling across that edge of the termination. It is complete all around except for two shallow points of contact on side edges. Elegant golden heliodor of good size for the price. Like others from this find, it has an unusual zone of pale aquamarine atop, of about 1 cm depth


HIPP-12 - Heliodor - $ 7400 SOLD
Padre Paraiso, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

cabinet, 12.2 x 1.9 x 1.6 cm
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Heliodor from Padre Paraiso, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil [db_pics/new2010/HIPP12g.jpg]

A highly unusual piece, the only one of this crystal habit we saw in the pocket contents, with a dramatic tapering termination. Like others here, it has a small aquamarine zone of pale colorless-slight blue atop, but it is harder to see here because the tip narrows. This crystal is complete all around, has great golden-yellow color, and is very gemmy


HIPP-11 - Heliodor - $ 2400 SOLD
Padre Paraiso, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

large cabinet, 15.0 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm
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Heliodor from Padre Paraiso, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil [db_pics/new2010/HIPP11g.jpg]

A complete-all-around, pristine, DOUBLY TERMINATED crystal of exceptional clarity (you can read all through it). It has a slight aquamarine cap at the fat termination and the color grades down to the tip of the more elegant, bottom termination (into which it fits a custom made base). Fine crystal, of unusual elegance for this material


HIPP-10 - Heliodor - $ 2500 SOLD
Padre Paraiso, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

large cabinet, 18.3 x 2.5 x 1.9 cm
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Heliodor from Padre Paraiso, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil [db_pics/new2010/HIPP10f.jpg]

An unusually fat crystal for this find, with deep golden-yellow color and a large aquamarine cap atop (just over 1 cm thick and gem clear). This crystal shows unusual etching patterns around its surface which make it rough to the surface, although it certainly appears smooth from a distance. The visual effect is to make the surface more sparkly from the extra minute reflection points.


HIPP-09 - Heliodor - $ 1750 SOLD
Padre Paraiso, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

large cabinet, 16.1 x 1.9 x 1.2 cm
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A tall, beautiful golden-yellow crystal with an unusual tapering effect (slight but visible) towards the base. The aquamarine cap here is about 6 mm depth. Complete all around!


HIPP-08 - Heliodor - $ 1600 SOLD
Padre Paraiso, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

large cabinet, 19.2 x 1.3 x 1.0 cm
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This is a tall, elegant, 7-inch gem crystal with VERY good lustre (very sparkly) , and a high color saturation of yellow-golden color. It has a 1 cm or so aquamarine termination atop, and is complete all around save for a few minor asymmetries (one growth bend in the top half, and one 1-cm conchoidal ding on the right edge of the lower portion). The piece stands beautifully in a case, but is cheaper because it is admittedly repaired (cleanly, hard to see, at just under the 5-inch mark). The top portion alone (6 cm tall), above the repair, makes a good crystal on its own but the height was worth keeping and so it shows off dramatically, especially for the price


HIPP-06 - Heliodor - $ 3750 SOLD
Padre Paraiso, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

cabinet, 11.0 x 1.9 x 1.5 cm
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A Very equant, dramatic crystal with an unusually thick 1.5 cm aquamarine termination. It is complete all around, save only a small matrix contact on the backside which left some minute bits of albite embedded in the rear of the crystal. We LOVE this crystal. It has more limpid clarity than all others in the lot here, for some reason of chemistry or luck. It is dramatic in a case, and particularly gemmy


HIPP-05 - Heliodor - $ 2750 SOLD
Padre Paraiso, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

cabinet, 10.9 x 2.1 x 1.5 cm
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An intense, fat single crystal with great color and a nearly 1 cm aquamarine termination atop. Complete all around except only one small (trivial ) contact point on a back edge, this is a dramatic piece which for balance of size and width, is particularly dramatic


HIPP-04 - Heliodor - $ 3500 SOLD
Padre Paraiso, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

large cabinet, 16.1 x 2.1 x 1.8 cm
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A rare cluster, of two itnergrown, tall and elongated crystals merging near the top. The piece has intense golden yellow color and an approx, 1 cm aquamarine tip. Complete all around, with no repair despite its large size!


HIPP-03 - Heliodor - $ 1000 SOLD
Padre Paraiso, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

miniature, 5.2 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm
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A particularly gemmy and lustrous , more smooth crystal than most others here. Intense golden yellow color, and a 6mm aquamarine termination, make it a stunning miniature


HIPP-02 - Heliodor - $ 1250 SOLD
Padre Paraiso, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

small cabinet, 9.6 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm
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Intense golden yellow crystal , complete all-around, with a 1 cm aquamarine termination atop


HIPP-01 - Heliodor - $ 12500 SOLD
Padre Paraiso, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

large cabinet, 26.7 x 2.8 x 2.4 cm
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At nearly 11 inches long and NOT REPAIRED, this is a miracle of survival. One seldom sees any gem crystal this size, without repairs. It is a uniform, beautiful, true golden-yellow color, with a 1-cm aquamarine termination atop. There are a few contacts (where a small crystal grew against it) or slight bits of damage to the piece but these are not obvious except on close inspection and nothing i consider seriously detracting. The size, color, and overall impact of the piece are just shocking - and I am pleased to offer it for what seems to me, at least, a very fair price (cheaper in part because its SO big, it won't fit in many collector's cabinets!).



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