Gem Jeremejevite xl (Charlie Key)

Ameib Farm 60, Usakos, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
Thumbnail, 2.0 x 0.4 x 0.3 cm
Start Time: 10/03/2019 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 10/10/2019 6:35:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

This limpid, lustrous Jeremejevite gem crystal has beautiful intense blue color at the base, resembling fine aquamarine and gradually lightens upward. The sharply terminated thumbnail is from 2010s finds at Ameib Farm 60. The world's finest examples of Jeremejevite, a rare gem borate with the hardness of 7, easily come from two localities in the Erongo Region of Namibia. An excellent quality thumbnail from the Charlie Key Collection. Crystals of this size and quality typically sell for $400-600.

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