Beryl (var: Aquamarine) with Muscovite on AlbiteWhen it comes to Aquamarine, Pakistan is the most productive country for specimens in the modern age of mineral collecting. Some of the very finest quality Aquamarine specimens come from the various pegmatites in the Pakistani Himalayas, especially the pieces from near Nagar. This locality has produced some of the most exciting Aquamarine association specimens over the years. This specimen features a few fine, sharp, lustrous, gemmy, light blue color

Ford collection

brownish color spherical aggregates (comprised of dozens of triangular bladed crystals) of Childrenite sitting on contrasting

I have never seen anything quite like this from any mine in Bolivia

The main Spinel crystal is completely undamaged and it's NOT repaired

in great shape as the majority of the crystals are undamaged

bitumens and Covellite

This piece is a gorgeous multi-color doubly terminated “floater” crystal with fairly good luster along the striated prism faces and both terminations

octahedral crystals (some show dodecahedral and cubic modifying faces) sitting atop a layer of gorgeous power blue and sky blue colored botryoidal Chrysocolla on matrix

A remarkable

with an undamaged termination and superior luster on all faces

Specimen# CO712B128

the famous Ohio Mine in the Ouray Amphitheater has produced some of the finest in the world