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Fluorite with Aquamarine on Mica

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The best mineral specimens are the combinations, specimens where 2 or more species combine in artistic arrangement to make a true piece of art that is unique, beyond a "simple crystal on a rock" aesthetic. This piece, which is complete all around, is a beautiful composition piece showing why mineral combos are so desirable. The gem pink fluorite crowns the top, and it is 2.0 to 2.5 cm on edges. It is a true gem, transparent and not only translucent. While commonly seen on and with muscovite, these pink gems are seldom seen together with aquamarine, and so we have an even better combination as a result. The aquamarines are lustrous, bright, and beautiful. From 2021 mining.

Product details

SpeciesAquamarine, Fluorite, Mica
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions7.1 x 6.3 x 4.2 cm
Added on10/23/2024
LocalityPakistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Chumar Bakhoor
Current owner
Unknown Owner
Acquired
Apr 2026
Price paid
$7,500.00
Previous owners
DateCollectorAcquisition price
—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.
Locality guide
Chumar Bakhoor
A collector's guide to Chumar Bakhoor, Pakistan: its geology, mining history and notable minerals, illustrated with the 297 specimens documented from this locality on EarthWonders.