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Mineral Specimens with Beryl
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2.5 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm. This is a rare, gemmy yellow-green beryl crystal from Maine that came out of the Hearn collection. It is complete all around, with one natural contact indentation. It has sharp faces, a fine termination and good luster.
11.3 x 6.4 x 4.4 cm. A large, complete crystal of morganite (pink beryl) jutting out dramatically from a stark white contrasting matrix of bladed cleavelandite, with accenting light green tourmaline (including some little crystals and some massive green tourmaline). The morganite measures 5.5 cm in length and 3 cm across the termination. It is complete and undamaged, with complex etched face surfaces on all sides that reflect light from hundreds of little points. It is not the traditional sharp hexagonal morganite, to be sure, but I love the combination of the morganite, cleavelandite and green tourmaline - this is very unusual!
11.4 x 2.9 x 2.1 cm. A large, show-stopping gem crystal of aquamarine! This whopper is complete and uncontacted. You can see how originally the thinner, tallest crystal formed, and later another crystal wrapped around it, creating this pretty multiple termination and tiered effect. A small sidecar crystal pokes out at the side. There is one small, extremely shallow and nearly unnoticeable shave at one edge of the termination. Weighs 118 grams.
3.9 x 3.4 x 2.3 cm. A multiply-terminated, compound crystal of aquamarine, accented with bladed muscovites. The aqua is terminated on BOTH ENDS, and is nicely gemmy at the tips.
4.5 x 3.6 x 2.5 cm. A SHOWY, OLD-TIME miniature of a 3.6 cm, doubly terminated, pastel-green aquamarine crystal jauntily perched on quartz from Maine. The aqua is sharp, nicely translucent, undamaged, but does have one clean repair. A classic, old-timer from a less well-known Oxford County locality - Stow. Ex George Elling Collection.
5.5 x 4.7 x 4.5 cm. An historic, old-time Colorado combination specimen from the Harvard University and George Elling Collections. Water-clear bertrandite blades to 5 mm are adjacent to smoky quartz crystals in a smoky quartz matrix with sea-green aquamarine fragments. A RARE, classic and representative Mt. Antero combo piece.
6.1 x 4.3 x 3.0 cm. An AESTHETIC and VERY RARE combination piece of gemmy and glassy, tabular, light blue aquamarine crystals 2.7 cm highlighted by a cluster of lustrous, greenish-black kesterite crystals. The matrix is sparkly lepidolite. This is simply an outstanding specimen, with the aesthetic, free-standing aquas, but ESPECIALLY in the association with the kesterite. Kesterite is a rare copper, zinc, iron, tin sulfide and this is a super combo piece from Mt. Xuebaoding, China.
5.2 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm. This is just an amazing specimen of aquamarine. The crystal grew in tiers like the Chrysler tower - it is not technically a sceptre, in that what you have is a slender inner crystal which itself terminated in tiers with multiple terminations, then was wrapped by a later crystal to form yet another termination/plateau about half-way up. The whole thing is gemmy as can be. And amazingly, it is terminated at both ends - a floater, complete all around, with no damage. WOW!
18.8 x 13.1 x 9.9 cm. A cluster of over a DOZEN GEM CRYSTALS of aquamarine, a very classic aqua blue, extremely gemmy and glassy and all wonderfully terminated (they are more transparent than they look in the pics - just hard to shoot and capture both lustre and clarity because they reflect so much light from the surface!!!). They are clustered at the edge of a pretty matrix of large, thin books of bladed muscovite. The largest aqua measures 3.5 cm in length, so this cluster of gem crystals is sizeable!
8.7 x 7.3 x 6 cm. This is one of two such oddball fluorites that I saw come out of Pakistan in 1991. The large 4.5 cm pastel pink Fluorite has very good luster and clarity, sits beautifully on a bed of Muscovite crystals, and has nestled against one corner a few Aquamarines. A wonderful combination piece, with an eye-popping fluorescence to boot. There is some minor edge wear, and a contact point on the back. Overall, a terrific specimen.
8.0 x 6.5 x 5.1 cm. A SUPERB and VERY AESTHETIC specimen of an uncommon Pakistan aquamarine varietal from the Ed David Collection. Beautiful blue, water-clear aqua prisms to 3.9 x 3.3 cm have a unique color-zoned and "frosted" character. The color of this piece is rich, not the usual pastel hue. These stout, upright beauties are pristine, complete all-around and are nicely accented by pearlescent muscovite books. Most of the Pakistan aquas of this variety, and there were not many, came out in the late 80s or early 90s, with perhaps an occasional piece since. Comes with a custom-made, baked clay base made by Ed in his own kitchen oven - Ed being an MIT engineering professor emeritus and former chairman of Bell Labs, science advisor to Nixon, etc...! We have all seen a bunch of Pakistani aquas but this one is a VERY DISTINCTIVE and BEAUTIFUL aqua group.
5.2 x 2.9 x 1.4 cm. A GEMMY, terminated aquamarine crystal on matrix, from a new find at Wenshan in China! This transparent 4-cm crystal is complete and undamaged, and juts elegantly from a sparing matrix.
10.4 x 9.4 x 8.4 cm. A GLASS-CLEAR, terminated pristine gem crystal of aquamarine, 2.5 cm, juts out from a very large EUHEDRAL crystal of feldspar. You can see some little accenting black schorls as well.
11.4 x 9.1 x 5.4 cm. A glassy, gem-clear aquamarine crystal is isolated in the middle of a field of bladed muscovites. The aqua measures 2 cm in height and 1.7 cm across the termination in the longest direction. It is pristine. There are a few smaller aquas here and there on the matrix as well.
6.0 x 1.9 x 1.7 cm. A DOUBLY-TERMINATED, super gem crystal of aquamarine from Pakistan. This 38-gram beauty is pure gem for about 3/4 of its length. It has a flat, glassy termination at one end, and the other has a micro-terraced appearance. So glassy you can read through it with no distortion at all!
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