Mined in July of 1981, this light blue-green, slightly etched, transparent and lustrous aqua, is truly oustanding for the locality and for Brazil in general. It exhibits both a pyramid and a pinacoid at the termination, which is exquisitely formed and glassy. Note the dramatic slanted faces on the termination, shown. There is only very minor contact or perhaps a small damage at/near the termination on the right side of the crystal, but otherwise it is pristine. In person, this piece has a really bright and cherry glowing color to it that is hard to convey in photos!

A beautiful, very gemmy, doubly-terminated, pastel blue aquamarine crystal from an unusual locality. A floater, it is complete all around! Dave Stoudt obtained these while working as a geologist in Argentina in the early 2000's. This pinched, bullet-shaped piece is super gemmy and looks like a Jacqueto aqua from Brazil. Other than a very few specimens elsewhere, I have not seen any reach our markets for specimens. And the pieces brought out here, are some of the very best that were obtained by him at the time. 13 grams. Joe Budd photos.

Thumbnail, 2.7 x 2 x 1 cm What more could you want in a thumbnail specimen? Emerald thumbers are rare enough on matrix, and with such a unique matrix at that I think this piece stands out from the crowd. The crystal has EXCELLENT color, brilliance, and a lot of gemminess to it, even gemmy zones that are cutters. The emerald has one partial crack near the base, though it does not seem to go through the crystal where it is anchored to the calcite and thus indicate a repair; otherwise it is undamaged and complete all around as you can see in the pictures.

This fat, dramatic crystal is one of the largest, sharpest single crystals I have seen for the locality to date. It is sharply formed and very symmetric. The termination is lustrous, and really neat to look at because of the included schorls - not too many, and not too few. A small bit of matrix gives it contrast and presence.