Beryl (ex Francesco Bedogne Collection)

Item Description

A classic piece of the now contemporary classic Beryls from the famous locality at Xuebaoding featuring unusually tabular, sharp, lustrous, tranlucent crystals of Beryl measuring up to 3.2 cm. The label refers to the crystals as "Goshenite", but I can see a slight bluish tone, so it could be labeled as "Aquamarine". The crystals are nearly gem quality in areas and are sitting on the classic silvery Muscovite matrix with minor white Microcline crystals. From the worldwide collection of famed Italian mineral collector, field collector and author, Francesco Bedogne of Sondrio, Italy (Collection #1634). Bedogne wrote dozens of articles and several books about the mineralogy of Italian Alpine localities such as Val Bregaglia, Val Masino, Val Codera, Val Spluga, Valtellina and the famous Val Malenco. He was also the founder of the Valtellinese Mineralogical Institute.