Beryl

  

Goshenite on feldspar

  

 

  

Morganite on quartz

Origin: Grotta d'Oggi Mine, Elba Island, Italy

Sample size: 4.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm (top), 1.3 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm (2nd row), 9 x 6 x 4.5 cm

 

  

Morganite on muscovite with minor albite and tourmaline

Origin: Mawii, Nuristan, Afghanistan

Sample size: 3.5 x 2.5 cm

 

  

Morganite with minor albite

Origin: Stewart Mine, Pala, San Diego County, California, U.S.A.

Sample size: 5.5 x 4.5 x 4 cm

 

Aquamarine

Origin: Sawtooth Mountains, Idaho, U.S.A.

Sample size: 5.4 x 0.5 cm

 

  

  

Schorl inclusions in beryl

  

  

Beryl with cassiterite

Origin: Ping Wu Mine, Yao Guang Xian Mine, Sichuan Province, China

Sample size: 6 x 4.5 x 3.7 cm (top/2nd row), 3.4 x 3. x 3 cm (3rd/bottom row)

 

  

Aquamarine on feldspar with minor schorl

Origin: Erongo Mts., Namibia

Sample size: 2.5 x 1.8 cm (left), 1.9 cm (right)

 

     

Goshenite with muscovite inclusions

Origin: Chumar Bakar, Nagar, Pakistan

Sample size: 2.3 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Trinityminerals.com

 

  

Origin: Wah Wah Mountains, Utah

Sample size: 3 x 4 x 4 cm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  

Variety emerald

Origin: Hiddenite, North Carolina, U.S.A.

Sample size: 5 x 2 x 2 cm

 

  

  

Aquamarine in orthoclase. At the back side of the  aquamarine crystal termination, you can see a small raised extension; this is actually the termination of a slender crystal which formed first, and became the seed of the larger crystal, so that now you have a crystal-in-crystal!

Aquamarine with muscovite

Origin: Shigar Valley, Gilgit, Northern Areas, Pakistan

Sample size: 4.5 x 3.6 x 3.2 cm (top/2nd row), 7.9 x 5.9 x 2.9 cm (bottom)

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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