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LL251 - Aquamarine with Apatite $ 3500 Skardu, Pakistan small cabinet - 8 x 6.5 x 6 cm Cluster of thick blue Aquamarine crystals with a 3cm pink Apatite crystal, along with minor amounts of Muscovite and Quartz crystals. The addition of the pink Apatite really adds visual pop and makes this stand out from the crowd of more common Aqua specimens.
LL988 - Scheelite with Aquamarine $ 250 Mt Xuebaoding, Ping Wu, Sichuan Prov., China small cabinet - 7 x 5 x 2.5 cm Vibrant orange Scheelite octahedra to 2cm wide on Muscovite with tabular Aquamarine crystals.
ST433 - Emerald $ 650 Salzburg, Austria miniature - 4.2 x 3 x 1.5 cm A 1.4cm Emerald in a dark schist matrix. The Emerald has great medium green color and lots of transparency.
ST651 - Aquamarine $ 280 Mt Xuebaoding, Ping Wu, Sichuan Prov., China miniature - 5 x 4 x 3 cm A beautiful GEM tabular Aquamarine crystal on matrix from the famous Mt. Xuebaoding locality. This one is an old one dating back to the 1990s and is more transparent and glassy than most. The Aqua is 2.7cm wide and perfect with no damage. Ex. Erich Laskowski collection, puchased by Erich in 1997.
ST803 - Aquamarine $ 380 Mt Xuebaoding, Ping Wu, Sichuan Prov., China small cabinet - 7.8 x 6.5 x 4 cm Gorgeous, glassy tabular Aquamarine crystals with Muscovite. Highly glassy and transparent crystals to 3cm wide. Ex. Erich Laskowski collection, an older specimen for the locality acquired in 1999.
SV212 - Aquamarine on Muscovite $ 2000 Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan cabinet - 9.5 x 7 x 7 cm Glassy blue Aquamarine crystal with Muscovite from Chumar Bakhoor in Pakistan. The Aquamarine is 4.5cm wide and highly transparent and presents well for a wonderful display specimen. Pristine and undamaged.
MK196 - Aquamarine with Quartz $ 280 Shigar Valley, Skardu, Pakistan thumbnail - 3.1 x 2 x 1.2 cm Glassy single Aqua crystal 1.2cm wide with attached white Feldspar and two smokey Quartz crystals at the base. The Aqumarine is transparent with glass-like luster and is undamaged.
LV255 - Aquamarine $ 140 Xuan Le, Thoung Xuan District, Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam thumbnail - 2.7 x 0.5 x 0.3 cm Single well terminated gem quality Aquamarine from Vietnam. Perfect and undamaged. The crystal is facet quality transparent for it's entire length and has the great blue color Vietnamese Aquas are known for.
LV258 - Aquamarine $ 150 Xuan Le, Thoung Xuan District, Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam thumbnail - 2.5 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm Single well terminated gem quality Aquamarine from Vietnam. Perfect and undamaged. The crystal is facet quality transparent for it's entire length and has the great blue color Vietnamese Aquas are known for.
MK282 - Red Beryl with Bixbyite $ 750 Searle Canyon Mine, Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA small cabinet - 6 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm Richly colored red Beryl crystal,6mm, in Rhylolite matrix with a black cube of Bixbyite. Though not as large as the Red Beryl crystals from the Violet Claims, the crystals from this locality are noted for there deep red color and associated minerals including Bixbyite and Topaz. Ex. Jon Sigerman collection.
MK593 - Alkali Beryl with Tourmaline Deo Darrah, Badakhshan, Afghanistan small cabinet - 5.5 x 4.5 x 3.3 cm Intergrown cluster of tabular blue Alkali Beryl crystals, Tourmaline, and Mica. The Beryl crystals reach 1.3cm in size with glassy luster on the thin edges. The colorful Tourmaline crystals show light etching. Well crystallized all around. Note that these were once thought to be the Cesium rich species Vorobyevite but analyses did not show Cesium and this name has since been discredited.
MK683 - Aquamarine $ 5000 Shigar Valley, Skardu, Pakistan miniature - 5 x 2.3 x 2.3 cm Water-clear single blue Aquamarine crystal from Shigar Valley. Stunningly beautiful gem crystal that is complete all around with glass-like luster and a complex, multi-faceted termination. Weighs 43.19 grams.
LP243 - Aquamarine $ 2000 Thuong Xuan District, Thanh Hoa Prov., Vietnam cabinet - 9.7 x 2 x 1.8 cm Tall single, deep blue Aquamarine crystal from Vietnam. Terminated with a flat, glassy termination, it's a gemmy crystal with the deep blue color Vietnamese Aqua are known for. Undamaged crystal with a shallow groove running up the backside where another crystal grew against it, and small etched areas near each end. Weighs 67.1 grams.
LP438 - Morganite (etched) $ 1200 Sao Geraldo do Baixio, Minas Gerais, Brazil cabinet - 10 x 6.5 x 3.3 cm Large and glassy single pink Beryl var. Morganite. Though etched, it is highly lustrous and the original hexagonal form is obvious and has uniform shape and flat front, back, and edge faces. Comes with a custom Lucite display stand. Ex. Len Pisciotta collection.
LP439 - Morganite (etched) $ 900 Sao Geraldo do Baixio, Minas Gerais, Brazil small cabinet - 9 x 5.5 x 3.3 cm Large and glassy single pink Beryl var. Morganite. Though etched, it is highly lustrous and the original hexagonal form is obvious and has uniform shape and flat front, back, and edge faces. Comes with a custom Lucite display stand. Ex. Len Pisciotta collection.
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