ncat NHFL M531 Beryl, Ruby Violet claims (Wah Wah Mountains), Beaver County, Utah, USA
Red Beryl. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 24 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
Beryl
ncat RC Ferroaluminoceladonite, Sellaite, Beryl, Slaughteryard face, Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania
Creamy white pearly ferroaluminoceladonite with blue beryl and grey sellaite on a skeletal quartz matrix. Width of view 32mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5073 Beryl var Heliodor, Ninh Thuáºn Province, Vietnam
Two heliodor crystals without matrix. The one photod is 15mm long. Width of view 19mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat IKEA Beryl, Baha, Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Cluster of zoned beryl crystals ranging from pale pink (morganite) through shades of blue (aquamarine) to colourless/white. Specimen measures 45x40x35mm. Photo width of view 33mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for...
ncat WD112 Beryl, Muscovite, Albite, Pingwu beryl mine, Huya township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China
Half a dozen beryl crystals on a matrix of muscovite and albite. The largest beryl measures 22mm across. Width of crystal in photo 16mm. Stack of 60 images. Whole specimen measures 54x32x30mm. Click on the...
20024 Aquamarine, Xuan Le, Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam
Single thin pencil of aquamarine. Labelled as Thuong Xuan (near to Xuan Le). Crystal is 27mm long. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat 2RG Beryl var Bixbite, Ruby Violet claims, Beaver County, Utah, USA
A single deep purplish-red hexagonal crystal 7mm long and 6mm across in matrix. Ex Graham Lee Collection. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7344 JL3134 Beryl, Titanite, Biotite, Monazite, Magnetite, Tungkillo area, Palmer, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Judy Rowe in 1998. Labelled as “Mannum”.
2191 Beryl, Sellaite, Quartz, Fluorite, Mt Bischoff, Waratah, Tasmania
Terminated crystals of blue beryl with colourless crystals of sellaite and quartz. Fluorite was picked up by fluorescence under longwave ultraviolet. A yellow-orange fluorescence may be non-crystalline sellaite. In the fluorescent photos, there are also...
20044 Fluorite, Aquamarine, Erongo Mountains, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
Green fluorite with purple edges. The green is fluorescent but not the purple. Pale blue prismatic aqua. With the spate of fakes coming out of the region, I have examined this specimen very closely. It...
20030 Aquamarine, Quy Chau District (Ke Bon; Phu Qui Chau), Nghe An Province, Vietnam
Single blue aquamarine crystal 17ct.
ncat JP3132 Beryl var Emerald, Chivor Mine, Mun. de Chivor, Guavio-Guateque mining district, Boyaca Department, Colombia
Trapiche. Ex Jack Nelson Collection
20002 Beryl, Erongo Mountain, Erongo Region, Namibia
An aquamarine-tipped heliodor from a small recent find of unusual bi-coloured beryls and this piece comes from the lot that had some of the best colouration seen. The piece weighs approximately 0.9 grams and measures...
10004 Beryl, Urucum mine (Tim mine; Corrego do Urucum pegmatite), Galileia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Highly etched morganite crystal with superb lustre creating many reflective facets dispersing the light in all directions. Slightly pinkish under artificial light but colourless, maybe even tinged with blue under daylight.
