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Aquamarine, Smoky Quartz

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Wendell Wilson
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Aquamarine crystal, doubly terminated on smoky quartz, 2.7 cm, from the Erongo Mountains, Namibia. Wendell Wilson collection and photo.

Product details

Species
Aquamarine, Quartz, Smoky quartzAbout Aquamarine →
SizeMiniature
Dimensions2.7 cm
Added on02/13/2026
Locality
Namibia, Erongo Region, Erongo MountainsRegional guide →
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Refined Elegance page 40

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Aquamarine
Mineral guide
Learn about Aquamarine
sea-blue to blue-green beryl; forms in pegmatites and alpine veins; prized for color, clarity, and dramatic matrix specimens.
Aquamarine
Regional guide
Aquamarine from Erongo Mountains, Namibia
from the Erongo Mountains has a look that collectors recognize immediately: cool blue to blue-green beryl, often standing in crisp hexagonal prisms from a jet-black nest of schorl tourmaline, with white feldspar or microcline providing the third color in the composition. The best pieces are not merely loose gem crystals; they are complete pegmatite mini-landscapes, built in miarolitic cavities where beryl, tourmaline, feldspar, quartz, fluorite, topaz, hyalite opal, and other late-stage minerals crystallized into open space.