Beryl

  
Goshenite
Origin: Resplendor, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Sample size: 4.5 x 4.5 x 1.5 cm
 
     
Aquamarine
Origin: Sakotany Valley, Madagascar
Sample size: 6.5 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm
 
  
Origin: Slocum Quarry, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, U.S.A.
Sample size: 4.5 x 1.4 x 1 cm
 
Morganite
Origin: Gilette Quarry, Haddam Neck, Middlesex County, Connecticut
Sample size: 3 x 3 x 2.5 cm
 
  
Aquamarine on muscovite
Origin: Hunza Valley, Gilgit, Pakistan
Sample size: 5.5 x 5 x 4.5 cm
 
     
Aquamarine on black schorl with minor white albite
Origin: Erongo Mountains, Namibia
Sample size: 7.0 x 4.3 x 3.6 cm
 
  
  
Aquamarine on muscovite
Origin: Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China
Sample size: 13.2 x 9.0 x 6.3 cm
 
  
  
Variety aquamarine with included spessartine
Origin: Shengus, Skardu Road, Gilgit, Pakistan
Sample size: 7.2 x 6.7 x 3.0 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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