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Aquamarine on Muscovite (Saller Coll.)
- Shigar Valley, Skardu Dist., Baltistan, Pakistan
- Cabinet, 11.0 x 9.8 x 7.0 cm
- Start Time: 10/01/2009 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 10/08/2009 6:45:19 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A water-clear, gemmy and lustrous, light blue aquamarine crystal with pleasing internal crazing is beautifully set on the CABINET matrix of pearlescent, silvery-brown, muscovite plates with a few accessory quartz points on this dramatic specimen from the Shigar Valley of Pakistan. The super-trivial termination edgewear is barely noticeable. Classic, older material from the late 1980s to mid-1990s. Valued at $1750-2000. Ex Saller Collection of Germany.