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Mineral Specimens with Beryl
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Gemmy from top to bottom, with a perfect termination, this fine crystal weights 6 grams. 2.2 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm
A gemmy, lustrous and pristine yellow-green heliodor crystal with slightly altered prism faces from a 2003 find at the Erongo Mountains of Namiba. The pinacoid termination shows the gemmyness of the crystal. Never seen more of these beyond one small lot of a dozen-plus crystals i picked up in 2003 2.8 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm
Recently, a pocket of aquamarines was uncovered in Shigar with these bizarre TAPERED crystals! Some unusual confluence of conditions in the pocket led to this crystallographic quirk, extremely unusual for beryl. This crystal has a small flat termination at the tapered top, and is gemmy for most of its length. Really extraordinary! 4.6 x .6 x .4 cm
A WHOPPER aquamarine crystal in a matrix of platy, shiny muscovite crystals. The translucent-to-transparent aqua measures 10 cm in length (!), and is about 3.5 cm across the top termination. The termination is complete, and interestingly, there is a second crystal growing right across this top termination. The bottom termination is concealed by muscovite, but the entire length of the aqua is exposed. A big, impressive specimen indeed! 12.6 x 11.9 x 7.3 cm
A big, gemmy morganite crystal, 5 cm and complete across the display face, showing lustrous faces. The backside of the morganite and the matrix it sits atop is a natural flat contact face where the crystal was removed from the matrix it was growing against, so even though it is a sort of half-dome in shape, it IS complete. This is a FINE and large morganite for the locality, quite gemmy through the interior. 5.8 x 5.2 x 4.8 x
This amazing gem aquamarine crystal is from a pocket that produced bizarre naturally tapered crystals! They come to a point at the top much like a toothpick. What''s more, this one is clear as glass and pristine, and DOUBLY-TERMINATED! A real prize for a gem crystal collector. 4.5 x .3 x .3 cm
A fairly gemmy and included, 2.0 cm emerald crystal with good color, with pyrite on albite matrix from the famous Chivor Mine of Colombia. There is also an adjacent acessory emerald crystal . Ex Ruggiero Collection and formerly in the famous Carl Bosch and Smithsonian Collections. Carl Bosch was a very prominent European collector who lived from 1874-1940. The Smithsonian purchased his collection in 1965, which numbered 25,000 mineral specimens! The HANDWRITTEN BOSCH label and the Smithsonian label number indicates an old piece. It is rare to get his original labels, as you might imagine. Aside from that, the emerald is pretty good so you are not just buying pedeigree. 3.9 x 2.0 x 1.7 cm
SUPERB thumbnail! A doubly terminated, extremely lustrous, gemmy, transparent to translucent, bi-colored, blue and pink beryl crystal from the recent and UNIQUE find in Pakistan. One pinacoid termination is very glassy, while the other is lightly frosted. The prism faces near the terminations have an unusual chatoyant effect. Most of this beautiful crystal is water-clear. The bit of cleavelandite adds character. Contacting on the back is totally out of sight. It is 12 grams. MUCH BETTER IN PERSON, as the high lustre and chatoyancy made photography very difficult. This is definitely one of the VERY BEST, that we obtained in a small lot. 2.3 x 2.3 x 1.9 cm
This is a failry good-sized , richly pink colored, morganite crystal, in which three of the four faces around the sides ARE complete so it displays very well though it is not complete all around, per se. It is translucent to transparent, with some good gemminess in major areas. Accenting crystals of schorl give nice contrast and make this a showy specimen , probably a deal for the price it will go for as far as morganites go. 5.7 x 5.2 x 3.9 cm
A fine gem crystal thumber, perfectly clear and gemmy top to bottom, actually two crystals growing in parallel with two fine terminations. 1.2 x .7 x .6 cm
Great gem-clear crystal with a delicate light yellow color. Many of the great Russian gem crystals were mined during czarist times, so this is probably a classic from that era. It is actually much better in person because, even with an excellent luster, the very slight frosting on most of the faces makes it difficult for the camera to see right through it. A killer thumb. 2.5 x 1.5 x 1.1 cm
As the pics indicate, this has to be one of the very most aesthetic and balanced specimens of scheelite for the size range, and it is of superb quality and SHARP form in every way! The crystal is cm in size, and glows with color and vibrant lustre. it is 3-dimensional and exquisitely tipped. The contrasting CRYSTALLIZED pericline feldspar matrix makes this unique among so many I have seen on muscovite, and among a field of thousands this special quality really stands out (more pics coming shortly) 7 x 6 x 3.6 cm
A super-gemmy aqua crysatl, complet and unblemished all around, with very interesting internal "fibers" running vertically. Surprisingly, they shoot through only a few well-defined zones, leaving the core crystal clear. Frankly, this would still be worth the same even without the interesting zonations, because its a darned gemmy crystal of good size in its own right. In person, it is more impressively glassy in lustre, too. 7 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Good beryl var. aquamarine crystals from Pakistan are plentiful. However, gem crystals are either in matrix or are broken off their matrix by miners. This aqua is doubly terminated, making it a real rarity. It is also transparent, lustrous, and has an eye pleasing pale pastel blue color. And, I think the price is quite reasonable... 7.6 x 2.2 x 2 cm
Wow...what more can you ask of an aqua "spray" than this? it has intense color, glassy lustre, striking 3-dimensionality, and is simply the epitomy of the classic 1987-88 finds of this style (as seen on the 1988 show poster from Tucson) 10 x 3 x 3 cm
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