Chrysoberyl

$1,500.00

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Large yellow green slightly translucent crystals of chrysoberyl measuring to 4.8 cm in size set up on a quartz matrix. In great condition. The piece has been stabilized. From a recent limited find in Mozambique. The Ingrid Mine, located in the Nhampassa region of the Manica Province in Mozambique, is a small-scale or artisanal-focused mineral prospect best known among collectors for yielding exceptional, sharp yellow-green chrysoberyl crystals (often exhibiting characteristic cyclic twinning) alongside quartz. Geologically, the deposit sits within the Precambrian metamorphic crystalline basement and greenstone-related mobile belts of western Mozambique near the Zimbabwe border, where pegmatitic and hydrothermal intrusions cut through ancient crustal rocks, creating favorable conditions for beryllium-rich mineralizations. Historically, the site operates primarily as a localized, intermittent prospect rather than a major industrial mechanized mine, with specimen-yielding pockets discovered through small-scale artisanal and targeted collector mining operations in recent decades.