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Aquamarine on Quartz (RARE - Robertson Coll.)
- Rossing Mountains Area, Arandis, Erongo Region, Namibia
- Small Cabinet, 9.3 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm
- Start Time: 03/29/2018 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 04/05/2018 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
VERY RARE and excellent aquamarine and quartz from an unknown pegmatite in the Rossing Mountains Area. MINDAT does not list aquamarine for this area. A 4.0 cm gem, light blue aqua with a nifty modified pinacoidal termination dramatically rises up from the matrix plate of numerous terminated and unterminated aquas and oxide-tinted quartz crystals. The aqua has a satiny luster from the lightly frosted faces. Complete all-around. A contact lower on one side, where another crystal once lay, has no damage, per se. A clean repair to reattach the aqua at the base is revealed by LW UV light, which is certainly acceptable in the context of pegmatites species. Ex Kay Robertson Collection # 5410 and acquired from American Museum in 1968. Kay is a prominent California collector, who specialized in European classics (see the article in the March-April, 2007 Mineralogical Record and the 50+ page article in the German Magazine "Mineralien-Welt" November-December 2017). Possibly a UNIQUE combination specimen for the locale. This very fine combination displays well from both sides without aid.
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