unique Aquamarine with Tourmaline on Feldspar (Meieran Coll.)

Item Description

Continuing the deaccession of numerous 3-6 inch combination pegmatite specimens from the collection of Gene Meieran, remember that we are looking at a selection of these "combinatorial treasures" accumulated by somebody who was deeply involved in the trade for 60 years, (having travelled to Pakistan himself) known personally all of the major dealers of the era from the 1980s until now who controlled the flow of specimens. This is an amazing specimen, totally unique in our experience, and mesmerizing in detail in person! The dark green tourmaline is dark, but vibrant nonetheless. The tourmaline leaps up out of the gemmy, glassy, bright aquamarine, the combination itself unusual...seldom do you see the two species in contact, let alone aesthetically. The aqua itself is weird, in a beautiful way - strangely elongated like a cylinder on the long axis (4 x 4 x 3.5 cm), and unusually bright internally. The contrast is striking, at each moment you look at the aqua next to associated minerals here. The matrix is crystallized feldspar - sharply crystallized, at that. Individually the components here are perhaps not noteworthy taken one by one and yet together they really make a masterpiece and this was one of my favorites of the combination beryl pieces in the collection. There is no damage, nor repair, to this piece; and it is complete 360 degrees around! Again, overall, just a remarkable and unique item. Valued $15-20,000.