Chrysoberyl (twin) (2013 find)

Item Description

Chrysoberyl is a species that is well known to collectors, but good specimens are only known from a handful of localities in the world. Typically, specimens from Brazil were the only good representation of Chrysoberyl on the market, unless one was lucky enough to obtain a fine Alexandrite from the Urals of Russia. This piece is from a limited but significant discovery in Madagascar (early 2013). It's a sharp, well-formed, fairly thick crystal that shows a lovely yellow-green color with good gemminess when backlit. The piece is actually twinned showing a lovely "V"-shaped form for which Chrysoberyls are known. The habit and size of the piece is typical from the locality, and certainly worthwhile for any thumbnail collector to pick up as these specimens are hard to come by on the market.