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Heliodor 
Back to JUNE $999 SPECIAL RESERVE AUCTION
Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil (2008 find)
- Starting Time:5/23/2010 06:30:00 PM(CDT)
- Ending Time:6/8/2010 06:30:00 PM(CDT)
Time Left:Auction Is Closed
- Size:7.1 x 2.2 x 1.9 cm
- Size Description:SMALL CABINET
Description:This heliodor has superb lemon-yellow color and luster, and comes from one of the few great recent finds of heliodor beryl (in 2008 here). The upper portion of the crystal is transparent and could be facetted. It is from a small pocket of remarkably fine crystals - most crystals from here are etched by natural solutions after formation and it is VERY VERY rare to find a large non-corroded crystal of such quality in these deposits. This crystal is complete, though shows some very minor surface etching of the flat faces. Note this is NATURAL COLOR...some heliodor crystals in recent years have been treated to make them turn yellow, from pale aquamarine. BETTER IN PERSON as it is quite translucent, even transparent in portions. 57 grams. Valued highly, $1500-2000, as you do not see many of these turn up !
