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Mineral Specimens with Beryl
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Two gemmy, very bright and pretty emerald crystals, on a constrasting light gray calcite matrix. Each crystal is terminated on one of its ends. One crystal measures 0.9 cm, the other is 0.5 cm. They really jump out on the matrix with their fine grass-green color! 7.6 x 6.1 x 4.1 cm
This is a large crystal of transparent beryl that has been intricately etched by corrosive solutions that flowed through the pocket sometime after the crystal had formed. The result is this weird, jagged, but still transparent crystal - hard to photograph, much better and more glassy in person. It is riveting, and complete all around! 7.7 x 7.3 x 4.5 cm
This is an incredible example of the species, with exceptionally large spherical aggregates of crystals to 7 mm in size. Bavenite is a rare beryllium minerals! What is more, this rich crystallization is perched ATOP A TERMINATED AQUAMARINE CRYSTAL! (if you turn it over, it looks just fine as an aqua). 5.1 x 3.2 x 2.0 cm
A gemmy and lustrous, 6 mm, cherry-red beryl crystal nicely set on contrasting white matrix from the Wah Wah Mountains of Utah. The beryl has excellent gemmyness, color and clarity and is pristine. These are now harder and harder to get on the market 3.4 x 3.0 x 1.6 cm
An excellent and showy cluster of gemmy emerald crystals with good color intensity and nicely accented by calcite from the famed Coscuez Mine of Colombia. The primary, crowning emerald crystals are pristine. You barely notice that two of the lesser crystals have broken terminations. Overall, wha tyou see is COLOR and lustre - a really pretty little guy that is a stunning emerald without breakin gth ebank, and not your usual boring thumbnail single, either 2.6 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
A UNIQUE, VERY GEMMY aquamarine crystal with a highly modified, elongated and frosted, pinacoid termination from Pakistan. Very weird and strange, but very neat. 3.9 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm
This emerald crystal, while not terminated, is transparent-to-translucent and does show very nice bright color - and remember, this is from RUSSIA, not Columbia! 1.8 x 0.6 x 0.6 cm
A gemmy, gorgeous aquamarine crystal with great blue color intensity and a fine, tapering, pinacoidal termination from Jos, Nigeria. The color intensity is way above your usual Brazilian or Pakistan aquas. Ex Irv Brown TN Collection. 1.6 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm
Two, beautiful, very gemmy, yellow-green heliodor crystals in parallel growth from Minas Gerais, Brazil. The modified pinacoidal terminations add pazzazz to this classic piece. Ex Irv Brown TN Collection. 1.4 x 0.8 x 0.5 cm
An aesthetic Pakistan combination piece of a 6 mm, gemmy, red spessartine garnet nicely perched on the side of a aquamarine crystal. Ex Irv Brown TN Collection. 1.9 x 1.0 x 0.7 cm
A striking as this specimen looks in the pics, it is far more striking in person. That’s because the aquamarine crystal has a gemmy clarity that absolutely cannot be exceeded – it is absolutely clear as glass. There is a tiny conchoidal ding on the termination, but you have to really look for it to see it with the naked eye. The termination is otherwise so flat and perfect, and the crystal so clear, that you can see all the way through 5 cm of the crystal as if looking through water. And, the position of the crystal on the carefully-trimmed matrix could not be more dramatic! The crystal actually extends down into the matrix, all the way to the bottom of the matrix. 5 x 3.7 x 1.5 cm
An excellent and showy thumbnail cluster of gemmy, light green emerald crystals nicely accented by calcite from the famous Chivor Mine of Colombia. Ex Charlie Freed Collection. 2.0 x 1.4 x 1.2 cm
A major showpiece Chinese combo specimen, combining a big, fine scheelite crystal with fine tabular aquamarines! This specimen has a LUSTROUS, SHARP, UNDAMAGED orange scheelite crystal nestled amongst the bladed muscovite crystals. On the other end of the specimen is a group of gemmy, tabular aquamarines, to 4 cm across(!). Only one of the crystals has a contact on the back side where the specimen was against the matrix rock (the bottom was sawn flat to remove the specimen from the host rock).The aquas have attractive "pebbly" faces and window-clear edges into the gemmy interiors. 17.7 x 11.0 x 6.7 cm
I must say upfront that aquas from Mexico are rare to non –existent, making this matrix specimen unusually good. I DID NOT BELIEVE IT WHEN I FIRST SAW IT - BUT IT WAS EVAN'S, AND HE IS really an expert and longtime collector of Mexican goodies. I also verified with others - it is rare, legit, and probably among the very best of its kind. The large aqua measures about an inch atop the quartz, but is technically 4.5 cm in length (extending through the quartz as it does), nestled in a matrix of smoky quartz crystals to 1.5 cm in length. The aqua, is lustrous, translucent, sky blue, with a core of colorless goshenite beryl. The termination, while rough, is comprised of tiny incipient faces and thus terminated quite fully. It is actually doubly-terminated Note the phantom core! . Minor damage or contact does exist, but compared to the significance of the specimen, is unimportant. I was able to get this from Evan directly in a trade. labels from Evan and the Schlepp’s accompany this old timer. 5.1 x 4.0 x 2.8 cm
A very sharp, lustrous 7 x 4 cm prismatic beryl crystal of translucent blue-green color, with minor muscovite on a flat pinacoid termination. Ex Harvard University specimen, unusually fine quality for this locality and in particular for the sheer size of it. NOTE THAT THE TERMINATION IS THERE! OFTEN THEY ARE CONTACT TERMINATIONS BUT THIS IS A REAL ONE, AS EVIDENCED BY THE MINUTE MICA DEPOSITION ATOP! THIS IS A MAJOR PIECE FOR THE LOCALITY! 6.8 x 3.8 x 3.2 cm
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