Beryl

Yellow-green beryl with quartz, muscovite and feldspars
Origin: West-Kemiö, Finland
Picture height: 40 x 60 mm
Sample owner: H. Kaper
 
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Pieter Stemvers, Leusden, Netherlands

email: stemvers@hetnet.nl

 

Variety emerald
Origin: Muzo, Boyaca, Colombia
Owner: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Sample size: ?
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Anthony Kampf, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

Origin: Ankazobe, Madagaskar
Sample size: 6 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm
 
 
Origin: Dan Patch mine, Pennington Co., South Dakota, USA
Sample size: 4 x 3 x 2 cm, crystal 2.5 cm x 8 mm
 
  
Variety emerald
Origin: Malyschevo, Russia
Sample size: 13 x 10 x 9 cm
 
  
Variety aquamarine
Origin: Laurens, South Carolina, USA
Sample size: 7 x 5 x 4 cm, crystal 6 cm by 5 mm
 
  
Variety aquamarine
Origin: Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Sample size: crystal 4 cm x 8 mm
 
  
Origin: Erongo, Namibia
Sample size: 3.5 cm longest crystal

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  
  
Tourmaline in goshenite
Origin: Resplendor, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Sample size: 4.5 x 3.4 x 1.2 cm
 
  
  
Heliodor
Origin: Erongo Mtns., Usakos District, Namibia
Sample size: 3.3 x 2.2 x 2.0 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
Aquamarine
Origin: Erongo Mountains, Namibia
Sample size: 4.5 x 4 x 4 cm
 
Origin: Erongo Mountains, Namibia
Sample size: 16 mm tall
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

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