Aquamarine (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)

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 pair of good quality, sharp, gemmy, soft blue color, hexagonal prisms of Aquamarine up to 5.7 cm which is sitting on contrasting white Albite matrix with minor associated Schorl. The piece has an interesting cavity or "cast" on the underside where obviously another crystal was growing at one point in time. A good quality an attractive display specimen from Pakistan. Valued at $700-$900.