Aquamarine on Quartz

Aquamarine on Quartz from Nyet-Bruk, Pakistan. 21st Century.

Aquamarine, the blue variety of beryl, derives its color from trace amounts of iron. Loved for its propensity to form sharp, transparent hexagonal crystals in beautiful hues of blue and green. Here the sky-blue aquamarines tower above a pair of intersecting quartz crystals forming one of the most sublime aquamarines the world has seen.

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