Beryl (rare New England locality)

Item Description

A rarely seen specimen of blue Beryl from the lesser known Beryl Mountain Quarry in New Hampshire. The piece is a good quality crystal with sharp, well-formed prismatic hexagonal faces, and a partial basal termination, free of matrix. The color ranges from soft blue hues to virtually colorless / white, and I hesitate to call it an "Aquamarine". There are a few spots on the lower end of the crystal which are actually somewhat gemmy, and the crystal is partially translucent in areas when backlit. This lesser known pegmatite locality dates back to the 1820s. An interesting note, this locality has produced some incredibly large single crystals of beryl; one such example found in 1837 by Francis Alger measured 4 feet by 5 inches (122 cm x 12.5 cm) across a single prism face.