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Aquamarine
- Shigar, Skardu, Northern Areas, Pakistan
- Toenail, 3.4 x 2.2 x 1.4 cm
- Start Time: 07/07/2011 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 07/14/2011 6:49:09 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
When it comes to Aquamarine, Pakistan is the most productive country for specimens in the modern age of mineral collecting. Some of the very finest quality Aquamarine specimens come from the various pegmatites in the Pakistani Himalayas, especially in the Shigar Valley. This piece hosts a few good quality, sharp, gemmy, prismatic crystals with decent luster and a soft blue color with associated white Albite.