Aquamarine (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)

Item Description

A handful of thin, sharp, lustrous, GEM quality, soft blue colored, hexagonal prissm of Aquamarine with smooth crystal faces is associated with minor Albite from Brazil. There appears to be Muscovite crystals included within the Aqua, giving it a slightly orange tinge in the center. Very minor damage, and showy and three-dimensional since there are multiple crystals present - which is not common for Brazil. From the collection of Rolando Gioia (a contributor to new definitive book on Brazilian minerals: "Minerais e Pedras Preciosas do Brasil").