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Aquamarine (3 piece rough and cut set)

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9.7 x 5.0 x 3.8 cm (Specimen); 32.65 carats; 18.47 mm (Faceted) & 4.81 carats; 10.66 mm (Cabochon) - A really great mixed rough and cut set with a stunning large faceted stone as the star of the trio. The gem is a beautiful sky blue "Portuguese Round Brilliant" cut stone that looks amazing face up. It appears to be virtually eye clean as well! The second of the three stones is a cat's eye "Round" cabochon with a rich blue hue and a very sharp "eye" that can be seen when the stone is viewed in a strong light. The specimen is a nice compliment to the two gems, as it has good size overall, and it hosts some really beautiful cat's eye style crystals to accompany the stone. The Aquamarine crystals are associated with white Albite and silvery Muscovite. Interestingly, the faceted gem from this set is just as big as the crystals on the specimen, and all three pieces make for a great overall set. I can't say enough about the cut stone, it's simply beautiful and obviously cut by somebody who knows something about faceting stones.

Product details

SpeciesAquamarine
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions9.7 x 5.0 x 3.8 cm
Added on10/23/2024
LocalityPakistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Chumar Bakhoor

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 Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar District, Pakistan
Chumar Bakhoor aquamarine is one of the defining specimen styles of the Pakistani Himalaya: pale to medium ice-blue beryl standing upright from glittering beds of bladed muscovite, sometimes accompanied by pink fluorapatite, pink to green fluorite, albite, microcline, quartz, topaz, schorl, and adularia. The locality is not famous simply because it produces aquamarine; it is famous because so much of its best aquamarine occurs as complete, displayable matrix specimens rather than as isolated gem rough. The classic Chumar Bakhoor “look” is a sharp hexagonal prism, glassy and transparent to translucent, set against a mica-rich pegmatite matrix that gives the blue color a cool metallic contrast.