This heliodor has fine color and clarity along with an unusual and broad flat termination that is quite different from the norm. As is common with most of the Ukrainian heliodors, it is highly etched, but even the etch pits have character and beauty and reflect light in a million directions. This particular crystal has such uniform etching on the sides that it looks for all the world like a carving. A big problem in obtaining these pieces now (they were found in 1988) is that the darned things have a lot of gem rough value and so when they turn up, many gem dealers buy them and turn them into aquamarine by heating treatments. Large crystals like this are harder to obtain today. I could sell this right now for 2500 or so just to treat it as gem rough. A Shame!

This pegmatite has produced arguably the best and largest number of fine morganites in the world from any one small find, back about 30 years ago now. This is a HUGE specimen with so much color and impact, because of the size, that it seems fake at first! It masses/weighs just over a kilo. The crystal measures 10 x 8.5 cm , is 3.5 cm or 1.75 inches thick, and is complete all around. It has a minor indentation on the left side, that is crystallized in faces with attached albite blades over them. There are a few small spots of roughness in the front face that were filled with gap-fill epoxy (its there, but in context of size and overall impact minimal). The white spot at the base of the crystal is part of the matrix that grows up into the crystal or vice versa, and is albite as well, though massive and not crystallized. This specimen is translucent to transparent throughout, highly lustrous, and a rich pink-lavender color that is distinctly Urucum's own hue. Classically, you want these to be associated with schorl but not drowned out by the schorl - too many are actually so included they look gray or ugly. This one has just enough schorl on it to accent without taking away from the pink gemminess and transparency, the black on pink making for a better piece. More importantly, this crystal stands miraculously UPRIGHT on a matrix of solid intergrown schorl and albite! Ok, its not a miracle, but rather an excellent trim job by one of our friends. Because of its wonderful display aesthetics, this one whopper of a morganite, both literally and figuratively, for ANY locale. IT IS MUCH BETTER IN PERSON! Comes with custom lucite base for easy display.

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!).

Intense golden yellow crystal , complete all-around, with a 1 cm aquamarine termination atop

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!

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