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Beryl

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You are likely familiar with the aquamarine and schorl specimens that have come from the Erongo Mountains in Namibia over the past few years. Here is a NEW FIND in the area - crystals of bi-colored beryl to 1.5 cm shooting out all over from a mass of acicular schorl (which is velvety on the back of the specimen). You can clearly see the green tips terminations that cap the otherwise colorless beryl crystals.

Product details

SpeciesBeryl
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions9.5 x 8.4 x 3.9 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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Beryl
Mineral guide
Learn about Beryl
iconic mineral with prisms and vivid color varieties (aquamarine, emerald, morganite); prized for crystal form, striking matrix, and collector appeal.
Beryl
Regional guide
Beryl from Erongo Mountains, Namibia
from the Erongo Mountains is one of the modern classics of African mineral collecting: blue to blue-green aquamarine, colorless goshenite, yellow heliodor-like beryl, green beryl, and sharply zoned combinations of these colors, commonly staged against black schorl and pale feldspar. The best specimens have a look that is unmistakably Erongo—hexagonal beryl prisms with glassy terminations, milky or included bases, and dramatic contrast with glossy black tourmaline sprays, orthoclase, albite, smoky quartz, fluorite, muscovite, and occasional hyalite opal.