Beryl (var: Aquamarine)This Aquamarine specimen was mined by Richard Kosnar in the late 1970's and his diggings produced some of the finest color, unheated Aquamarine in the world. Most of these crystals are not gem quality, but this crystal has approximately 90% gem clarity, which is very good for the material. This crystal is a fine, sharp, GEM gemmy, slightly hydrothermally etched, rich blue color prism of Aquamarine from one of the more obscure localities for the

Specimen # AMAZWH111917

and a rich blending of root beer

and rather etched

and the only point of contact is on the back/bottom where it detached from the pocket wall

The largest compound group of Calcite crystals measures 7

as this specimen was INCREDIBLY difficult to photograph

Specimen # BOL711B40

very well-formed

While these specimens are not a new find per se

This twin is a great example of this material as it shows a fairly “open” twin

This specimen was collected in 2000

and to find a stalky crystal like this is uncommon in my experience