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Mineral Specimens with Beryl
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9.7 x 7.4 x 3.9 cm. This is a stunning old-timer from Russia, a large aquamarine crystal spiking through a crystal of smoky quartz (the quartz wrapped itself around the aqua). Though the aquamarine does have one repair with some restoration at the join, on the backside of the repair, it is otherwise complete and shows very little damage all around. One of its terminations has been retained as well. This is a big crystal, measuring 6.5 cm, and much of it is really gemmy, with fine saturated blue color. In addition to its being from Russia, the contrast with the smoky quartz makes it really special, compared to your usual Paki specimen. The accompanying collection card shows it to have moved form the Shortmann collection to Bentley’s Minerals in 1974, which then sold it to collector John Durkos. From him it went to the George Elling collection of gem crystals. This is old material, perhaps even from the 1800s though one cannot prove it. Certainly, it is classic for old Russian beryl, rarely seen on matrix!
6.7 x 4.4 x 3.4 cm. A super-gemmy, tabular aquamarine crystal, with textbook form and in pristine condition, sticks up from a field of bladed muscovite. It measures 1.7 cm across the termination.
10.9 x 9.1 x 7.8 cm. A cluster of six mostly-gemmy crystals of aquamarine, the largest measuring 2.5 cm across the termination and 2 cm in height, at the center of a field of muscovite crystal books. Large, impressive specimen! Sawn underneath to remove from host rock. This is a very fine cluster of top quality gemmy aquas, brilliantly sparkling and transparent, aesthetically perched on matrix. It is more 3-dimensional in person.
3.3 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm. While this beryl crystal is rough in some spots from natural mineral attachment, what makes it cool is the contrast of its extraordinary clarity with the yellowish patches of iron oxide never removed in "cleaning". Dramatic!
4.6 x 3.4 x 3.4 cm. This is not Gilgit material but an Afghani aquamarine, and a BIG, FAT and GEMMY one. It is finely terminated and complete all around, with some shallow conchoidal damage on one face only. VERY clear and gemmy, much more than the pic shows. This fine crystal weighs an impressive 71 grams.
7.4 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm. This is a very dramatic, etched heliodor specimen with INCREDIBLE lustre and glassiness, internal clarity, and color hue. I frankly thought this was mislabeled and was Ukrainian; it is so unexpectedly good for a Brazilian heliodor! But, I was told that a small lot of these did come out and was sold about 4-5 years ago (and this carries still the label from Jordi Fabre who handled them at the time). I just missed it, somehow, or maybe saw them in passing and assumed them to be Ukrainian without reading the tag? In person, it is mesmerizing, and far different than your usual style of hexagonal sharp heliodor from this region of Brazil.
Now in the collection of Brooks Britt.
3.7 x 2.9 x 2.2 cm. A gem-clear aquamarine crystal, surrounded by blades of muscovite (with one of them slicing right through the aqua!). The crystal measures 1.7 cm. There is contact on one side of the termination.
7.3 x 5.9 x 5.4 cm. An absolute gem of an aquamarine crystal, absolutely pristine, glass-clear and with glassy luster - and a perfect termination. It pokes out of a matrix of quartz crystals and massive quartz. The aqua measures 2.5 cm.
4.4 x 4.2 x 3.3 cm. A very uncommon occurrence of Pakistani aquamarine on CALCITE (actually partly wrapped by a euhedral calcite crystal). The aquamarine itself is transparent, with natural etching on its surface. It is DOUBLY-TERMINATED, and measures just over 3 cm.
3.8 x 2.4 x 2.4 cm. A rich cluster of gemmy emeralds, not from Columbia, but from Brazil! These bright green crystals measure up to 1.2 cm in length. There must be two dozen separate crystals here!
4.3 x 2.9 x 2.4 cm. A strange-looking crystal of aquamarine in matrix from Medina. It is doubly-terminated (the bottom termination has a bit of edge-wear, but you do not see it anyway), and measures 3.6 cm. What makes it so odd is the silky look, with milky translucency and almost green color. The matrix is a mixture of quartz and muscovite.
3.8 x 2.2 x 2.0 cm. A very gemmy, lustrous and exquisitely etched doubly-terminated yellow-green heliodor from the Walking Stick Mine, Zimbabwe. These beryls were mined in the late 1970''s and some were horded by the owner, Bob Contat, a geologist over there. He passed away; his wife found them and sold them to the Sussmans in African in the late 1990s. Very, very uncommon. 25 grams.
6.2 x 4.4 x 3.4 cm. A large find of aquamarine and morganite was made at the Ocean View Mine of San Diego County in late 2007. This is the first large find of San Diego County pegmatite material in several years. This showy and excellent piece consists of two, very gemmy and glassy, light blue aqua crystals capped by massive albite. The equant crystals have complex pinacoidal terminations. The major crystal faces are damage-free. This is highly representative material of the species and locality of this major new find.
8.6 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm. Long before the California pegmatites had been discovered, the pegmatites of central Connecticut produced the best beryls and tourmalines in the U.S. This beryl var. morganite is doubly terminated, translucent, and a pastel-pink color. The sharp, prismatic morganite measures 8.6 cm in length! The diopside crystal embedded at one end is a really neat accent. There is one long diagonal repair, which is barely visible in the front. When properly displayed, the damaged area on the back side is not visible. Gemmy? NO! Significant? YES! Ex. Dick Schooner and Jarnot Collections. The Jarnots are Connecticut specialists and I obtained this classic, very fine, old-timer in a major trade some years ago.
5.4 x 4.2 x 4.2 cm. An AESTHETIC and SUPERB Erongo Mountains combination specimen! A gemmy and lustrous, 3.7 cm, intense blue aquamarine crystal is jauntily perched on the side of a highly lustrous, doubly terminated, etched schorl crystal. The two crystals are beautifully complimented by a bit of microcline. Typical for many Erongo aquas, the termination area is extremely gemmy. This is an OUTSTANDING and pristine example of the species from this famous locality.
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