Aquamarine (ex Paul Zerfass 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 the pieces from Nagar. This locality has produced some of the most exciting Aquamarine association specimens in recent years. This specimen features several fine, sharp, lustrous, gemmy, light blue color prismatic crystals of Aquamarine measuring up to 2.8 cm associated with silvery-golden metallic blades of Muscovite. The piece can be displayed from a few angles. The luster on the Aquas is good and there is only one real contact near the top of one of the bigger crystals that counts at the only damage I can see. Valued at $800. From the collection of the long time, beloved, well-known French field collector, Paul Zerfass (Collection #307). Zerfass built this worldwide collection over nearly 50 years, many of which were personally collected. A biography featuring specimens from his collection (along with his face on the cover) is in the May - June 2017 issue of French mineral magazine, Le Regne Mineral. We have a .pdf copy of the article for anybody interested in reading it (though it's mostly in French). Just drop us a line and know that you'd like to have a copy.