Aquamarine

AquamarinePakistan has produced more top shelf Aquamarine specimens than any other country, but some of the most unique crystals have come from this area as well. With such extensive pegmatites in Pakistan, one is bound to stumble upon a completely unique and one of a kind specimen such as this. This amazing nail head shaped crystal was caused due to hydrothermal etching in the pocket after the crystal had formed. At one point it was a euhedral gem crystal but,

crystals and elongated "Spinel"-twins intergrown to create a display quality piece

The second significant attribute of these specimens is the fact that they formed on a solid Quartz-Diorite porphyry matrix

Specimen # BOL711B84

This piece features several superb

This single “floater” crystal is a classic Burmese "Ruby Spinel" with very sharp

these specimens were thought to be Lazulite

You rarely see such well-formed crystal faces on this material

DARK Smoky Quartz crystal with lustrous faces sit atop a thin plate of crystallized pink Microcline

the price has been reduced

I obtained this piece from Bill Larson

This piece was collected in 2010 by Quinton Cross and Ralph Buck

A cool association specimen from this classic locality