Beryl var: Aquamarine (with rare darker blue ''caps'') (New Find - 2024)

Item Description

This attractive specimen comes to us from a brand new discovery in early 2024. It's a unique and certainly eye-catching specimen of Aquamarine from Afghanistan (not Pakistan) featuring a group of sharp, lustrous, rather gemmy, hexagonal crystals of light blue colored Aquamarine, but what makes this one special is that the crystals feature notably darker blue colored "caps" on the terminations. When you rotate the piece in the light, you can see that the dark blue area actually shows a slight almost chatoyant "cat's eye" quality, not typically seen in Beryls from anywhere in Afghanistan or Pakistan for the matter. The stronger blue shade is also repeated in other parts of the specimen, most notably on the back where it's contacted. The front/display side of the piece is in good shape and looks better in person than the video might indicate. Bi-colored Beryls are not terribly common around the world, but to find a piece with such a distinctive and richly colored variance in hue is definitely out of the ordinary. It's hard to say if there will be more of these, so if you collect gem crystals, pegmatite minerals or worldwide Beryls, don't pass up the chance to get your hands on something that stands out from the many Aquas from Pakistan on the market.
Specimen weight is 50.8 grams. Valued $1,800.