Emerald on
quartz
Origin: Brumado mine, Bahia, Brazil
Sample size: quartz crystal 7.5 cm, emerald to 18 mm
Beryl with
cassiterite on
muscovite
Origin: Xue Bao Diang Mountain, north of Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China
Sample size: 10.5 x 7 x 6.5 cm (top/2nd row), .5 x 4 x 5.5 cm (3rd/bottom row)
Origin: Violet Claim, Wah Wah Mountains, Beaver Co., Utah, U.S.A.
Sample size: prismatic doubly terminated crystal of red beryl 10 x 8 x 17 mm
in a white rhyolite matrix 4.5 x 3 x 6 cm
Beryl on
albite
Origin: Shigar Valley, Baltistan, Pakistan
Sample size: 4.5 x 3.5 x 6 cm
Variety heliodor
Origin: Madagascar
Sample size: 1.3 x 0.8 x 3.8 cm
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