Emerald

Amazing new find of Beryl var. Emerald on Biotite matrix from Ethiopia!

A very small collection of incredibly fine Emerald specimens from Ethiopia appeared in 2019 and a friend had the ability to cherry-pick the grouping for the best of the best specimens.

We are proud to present some of the most affordable and intensely saturated emerald crystals of quality, found in a long time.

These came from a small late 2016 find in Ethiopia, now seemingly exhausted. Not surprisingly, given the easily convertible value of cut and carved emerald rough, many were cut and cabbed to access any available rough inside, and thus few specimens were preserved from the find.

The color of these Emeralds is superior to anything I've seen from Africa and is better than Emeralds from Nigeria and Zambia in my opinion.They are colored by Chromium and have an inner brilliance and color intensity very similar to what one sees in Colombian Emeralds. The above specimen was the second largest matrix specimen of which there were less than half a dozen as most are removed from their matrix by the local miners.

It is fully terminated and full of glowing gemminess beneath glassy-lustrous surfaces. The matrix is Biotite covered Feldspar and there is no damage.The horizontal Emerald crystal measures 2.7 cm in length by 2 cm in width. It is actually doubly terminated with a smaller termination peeking out from the Biotite matrix on the bottom side. In excellent condition and very nice.

For more information including location and analytical data : https://www.gia.edu/gems-gemology/spring-2017-gemnews-new-discovery-emeralds-ethiopia

Location: From Kenticha, Kenticha Pegmatite Field, Seba Boru District, Sidamo-Borana Province, Ethiopia.

Measures: 2.7 x 2.1 x 1.7 cm in total size.

And many thanks to Laszlo Kupi from Finemineralphotography for this fantastic shot! @finemineralphotography