Beryl

  
  
Aquamarine with muscovite
Origin: Mt. Xuebaoding, Ping Wu, Sichuan Province, China
Sample size: 7 x 6.5 x 4.4 cm
 
"Poker-chip" goshenite with elbaite and minor albite
Origin: Resplendor, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Sample size: 6.4 x 5.7 x 3.2 cm
 
  
Heliodor
Origin: Wolodarsk-Wolynski, Ukraine
Sample size: 5.0 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm
 
Red beryl
Origin: Juab County, Utah, U.S.A.
Sample size: 0.8 x 0.6 x 0.2 cm
 
  
Heliodor and aquamarine
Origin: Mimoso do Sul Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Sample size: heliodor: 5.6 x 0.6 x 0.6 cm, aquamarine: 5.1 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm
 
  
Emerald on calcite
Origin: Muzo Mine, Boyaca Dept., Colombia
Sample size: 5.3 x 3 x 3 cm
 
Heliodor
Origin: Strickland Quarry, Portland, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.
Sample size: 4.5 x 1 x 1 cm
 
  
  
Aquamarine
Origin: Rincon, San Diego Co., California, U.S.A.
Sample size: 3.8 x 2 x 0.9 cm
 
  
  
Aquamarine on feldspar matrix
Origin: Erongo Mountains, Namibia
Ex. Charlie Key collection
Sample size: 11 x 8 x 4 cm
 

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Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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