Aquamarine, Quartz, Cleavelandite, and Muscovite (new find)

Item Description

Exquisitely centered on a Quartz, Cleavelandite, and Muscovite matrix is a cross of gorgeous, glassy, and gemmy, sky-blue crystals of Aquamarine up to 9 cm in length! The gemmy transparent Aquas are attractively clustered between a trio of glassy, transparent Quartz crystals to 10 cm in length, accented by super sparkling snow-white balls of Albite (variety Cleavelandite) to nearly an inch. And just to put another accent on this superb combo...a few rosy-hued, platey Muscovite crystals to 3 cm stand up nicely and frame the aquamarine and the top horizon of the specimen. We simply cannot describe well how 3-dimensional, sparkly, and interesting this special pegmatite combo specimen really is in person. The opposite side of the Aqua cluster is graced with additional bright white Cleavelandite and rosy-tinted Muscovite in crystals to over 3 cm as well! Fantastic balance and composition to this super aesthetic piece! It's just a gorgeous pegmatite combination specimen from the pegmatites in Pakistan, from finds of 2020, and a special pocket we will christen "the Aqua Mica pocket" for this really unusual contrast. Note that this is NOT from Shigar, but reportedly from the Dassu area more famous for Topaz. The muscovite gives that away, in part (typical of topaz association pieces from Shengus). This is one of the larger examples from the find and one of our favorites, that we are proudly exhibiting here for the first time. We bought most of the pocket and I do not have a bigger or better one. I would honestly not care if this was repaired and restored both, with disclosure - but it is miraculously pristine and perfect, with no repairs at all. Literally, a miracle, considering where it was found and those exposed crystals. It was carefully trimmed out of a larger specimen of rock matrix and survived. It is really a miracle trim, as these often fall apart into pieces and such unrepaired combinations are extremely rare. Valued $15-20,000.