Beryl

  
  
 
Aquamarine
Origin: Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil
ex. Dr. Fred Pough Collection
Sample size: 10.5 x 4 x 1.7 cm (top/2nd row), 3.5 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm (bottom)
 
  
  
Aquamarine on albite
Origin: Galilea, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Sample size: 7 x 5 x 3 cm
 
Heliodor
Origin: Alabaschka, Murskinka Region, Ural Mtns., Russia
Sample size: 6.3 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm
 
  
Variety aquamarine
Origin: Marimbaia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Sample size: 6.5 x 2.4 x 1.8 cm
 
     
Variety aquamarine, illustrated in Phil's 1970s book entitled Classic Mineral Localities of the World.
Origin: Sarapulskaya, Mursinka District, Urals, Russia
Ex. Phil Scalisi collection
Sample size: 3.8 x 2.3 x 1.5 cm
 
  
Variety emerald on calcite
Origin: Muzo Mine, Boyaca Dept, Colombia
Sample size: 4.0 x 3.8 x 2.8 cm
 
  
 
Variety aquamarine
Origin: near Banite (Smolian), Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria
Sample size: 1.8 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm (top), 1.9 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm (bottom)
 
  
Variety emerald on calcite
Origin: Panjshir Valley, Parwan Province, Northern Afghanistan
Sample size: 4.0 x 3.4 x 2.0 cm
 

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Rob Lavinsky

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