Aquamarine (unusual curved crystal) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)

Val Codera, Novate Mezzola, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
Small Cabinet, 6.0 x 4.1 x 2.6 cm
Start Time: 05/17/2012 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 05/24/2012 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

A rarely seen Alpine Beryl specimen featuring a few light blue Aquamarines - including an unusually curved crystal measuring 1.6 cm - on Quartz and schist matrix from this famous locality in the far northern Italian Alps. The piece and comes from the famous Alpine reference collection of Rich Kosnar. If you're a Beryl collector, you need to have one of these in your collection, and how often does one find Italian Aquamarines on the market?

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