Aquamarine on Albite (uncommon locale) ex Obodda

Item Description

Mineral specimens from this very obscure Hunza Valley locale are rarely on the market. A 4.5 cm, sharp, very glassy and translucent, pretty light powder-blue aquamarine crystal is aesthetically set in a large matrix of nubby, snow-white albite crystals. That's a natural fracture in the aqua. The 4.5 cm schorl fragment and the hole next to the aqua, where a schorl has been dissoloved away, are super accents. An excellent specimen from this uncommon locale in the Hunza Valley. Aquas from this locale have a uniquely different look, than other Pakistan localities. Ex Herb Obodda dealer stock. Herb valued the piece at $700, five or more years ago.