Aquamarine with Muscovite

Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
Small Cabinet, 7.7 x 5.3 x 4.6 cm
Start Time: 08/20/2015 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 08/27/2015 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

When it comes to Aquamarine, Pakistan is the most productive country for specimens in the last 20 years. Some of the very finest quality Aquamarine specimens come from the various pegmatites in the Paki Himalayas, including the pieces from the famous Nagar region. This locality has produced some of the most exciting Aquamarine specimens in recent years. This piece features sharp, glassy, gemmy, soft blue color hexagonal prismatic crystals of Aquamarine which are sitting on bladed silvery Muscovite. Slight contacting on the back (but it's actually MOSTLY recrystallized and NOT damaged), and still a very attractive, good quality gem crystal specimen this famous Pakistani pegmatite locality.

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