Beryl (Var: Aquamarine), Schorl - image 1
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Beryl (Var: Aquamarine), Schorl

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A smaller aquamarine, this one a perfectly balanced miniature. It has a superb, very glassy and wet-looking luster, combined with good transparency. This piece has unusual inclusions of minute schorls within the aquamarine termination, just floating there like flies in amber. It seems as if something shocked this pocket as the aquamarines grew, setting loose pocket debris which was then included into the aquamarines as they finished growing. From the noted Erongo specialty collection of Heini Soltau.

Product details

SpeciesAquamarine, Beryl, Schorl
SizeMiniature
Dimensions4.0 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Added on10/23/2024
LocalityNamibia, Erongo Region, Erongo Mountains

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
08/2024Unknown OwnerNot disclosed
—The ArkenstoneNot disclosed

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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 Erongo Mountains, Namibia - blue beryl in crisp prisms atop black schorl, forming miarolitic pegmatite pockets; a collector's locality.