Emerald in matrix

Item Description

A cool and hard to find matrix specimen of Emerald from the famous area near Spruce Pine, North Carolina. If you collect Beryls, pegmatite specimens or minerals from North Carolina, this is good overall cabinet sized reference piece for your collection. I think this piece could be from the Crabtree Mine, but I'm not 100% certain. Typically the Beryl crystals from this locality are found frozen in the matrix, but this piece has good exposure of the main crystals, although they are not 100% complete which is often the case for this material. The largest crystal measures 1.7 cm and they all show good hexagonal form and lovely green color.