Coscuez Mine, Muzo Municipality, Boyaca, Colombia

Overall size 6.0 x 5.8 x 3.7 cm. Sourced from the storied Muzo district of Colombia, this aesthetic specimen centers on a large emerald crystal with complex growth and pinacoid termination of saturated green color measuring 39.0 x 16.0 mm perched on light grey sharply crystalized calcite.

Previously in Hester Diamond collection

Sold Jan 29 2021 at Sotheby's for $81,900

Featured in Mineralogical record: mineral-collections-in-american-northeast, PDF page: 95. Label: Emerald on calcite, 5 cm, from the Cosquez mine, Boyaca Department, Colombia. Eddie Rivera photo.