A really unique aqua, out of how many thousands we have seen fro mhere?! The termination bubbles out into some amazing complex thing with a complex form that seems to me to have too many faces and yet there it is...MUCH BETTER , more lustrous, and gemmy, in person!

The little teeny orange spessartine at base gives this away as Shengus, or from the quality of the aqua I woul dthink it was Shigar! Interestingly, the pristine aqua crystal, already quite good anyhow, has a cute accent: a 3mm twinned microlite hanging off the side.

A shocking, GOLDEN-hued heliodor of true yellow color - no orange or pale citrine-like color here. This is heliodor the way the name (from Helios, for sun), intended to describe a rock. The crystal is nearly pristine but for the slightest of nicks atop, complete all around, and doubly-terminated. It glows with intense color that really drowns out other heliodors from Brazil, at least. And the color is a more pure yellow than Russian heliodors. This is, in fact, among the best yellow hues for intensity and saturation that I have seen in a gem crystal species. An important piece from Brazil, ex. Edward David Collection

A central 3.2 x 1.4 x 1.2 cm emerald crystal, translucent and gemmy, sits amidst a nest of stark white calcite. Importantly the calcite is crystallized - the best kind of matrix on these. The emerald has a very gemmy tip, and the rest of the crystal is quite translucent. It is a medium green in color, by gem dealer standards, but this is a color that I find very pleasing and fine for a specimen. As well, the contrast of white on green is dramatic. Long in the collection of Steven Sinotte and Rebecca Stewart, they bought this directly from one of the sources, and I agree with their feeling that this is a very special, balanced, display miniature. There are many emeralds to be had, and choosing one requires a compromise of gemminess, color, aesthetics, matrix, etc...this piece really has most qualities you would want, and for the price range I thought a very impressive specimen