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Specimen: Standard Gallery: Standard
Adamite on Limonite
Adamite on Limonite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Beryl var. Aquamarine (etched)
Beryl var. Aquamarine (etched)
Itatia Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Lapis Lazuli (polished and carved)
Lapis Lazuli (polished and carved)
Sar-e-Sang, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
Olmiite
Olmiite
N Chwanning II Mine, Kuruman, Republic of South Africa
Quartz Var. Rose
Quartz Var. Rose
Lavra da Ilha Pegmatite, Taquaral, Itinga, Aracuai, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Corundum Var. Sapphire
Corundum Var. Sapphire
Balangoda, near Ratnapura, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
Beryl var. goshenite rough and cut

Beryl var. goshenite rough and cut

sold
Locality
Africa
Minerals
Beryl
Dimensions
5.9 x 4.5 x 2.1 cm
Size class
Small Cabinet
SID
BERYL9

I acquired about 1,000 pounds of beryl from a family who's father had worked in a northern ohio factory from the mid 1950's to the early 1990's. The company imported Beryl ore from Africa, and smelted the ore in large furnaces (1400 C). They sold the refined Beryllium ingots to NASA for use in constructing heat shields for space craft. The father of the family was a rock hound who would pick pretty pieces off the ore piles during his lunch breaks. I was happy to get his "stash," of beryl and spent weeks screening and sorting the rough to find gems like this one.
The rough is a damage-free,  lightly etched, goshenite crystal that weighs 92 grams and has large areas inside that could be facetted. The stone was cut by American cutter Jay Medici. It is a nine sided cut that weighs a whopping 136 carats! I used different lighting methods to show the range of brilliance of both pieces.  The siblings of these two pieces were smashed, melted and shot into space.

 

 

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