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Beryl var. Aquamarine from Snow Field Pocket, Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado

 
Beryl var. Aquamarine from Snow Field Pocket, Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado

Beryl var. Aquamarine from Snow Field Pocket, Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado

Beryl var. Aquamarine from Snow Field Pocket, Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado

Beryl var. Aquamarine from Snow Field Pocket, Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado

Beryl var. Aquamarine from Snow Field Pocket, Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado

DESCRIPTION:No. 77925
Mineral:Beryl var. Aquamarine
Locality:Snow Field Pocket, Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado
Description:Lustrous transparent blue aquamarine crystal, the blue gem variety of the mineral species beryl, collected from a collapsed miarolitic cavity. The aquamarine crystal is not terminated and the bottom end has dark inclusions of matrix where it was attached Collected in 1996, Weight: 7.82 carats
Overall Size:20x7x6 mm
Crystals:20 mm
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