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Beryl

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Now familiar for its specimens of aquamarine and schorl, the Erongo lately produced this new find of translucent beryl crystals that are colorless for most of their length, but green at the tips! (the green is a lot more distinct in person - the camera did not pick up these green tips that well but they are very noticeable in person). The crystals measure to 2.5 cm in length; there is an aesthetic burst of them around the center of the specimen. A beautiful and 3-dimensional example of this new find.

Product details

SpeciesBeryl
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions8.9 x 6.6 x 3.2 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.