Aquamarine with Quartz
sold- Locality
- California Blue Mine, Yucca Valley, Riverside Co., California, USA
- Minerals
- Beryl, Quartz
- Dimensions
- 4.7 x 4 x 3.5 cm
- Size class
- Miniature
- SID
- LL22
Gem quality 3.5cm Aquamarine crystal on Albite with Smokey Quartz. This locality has produced some of California's best ever Aquamarine specimens and this is a good one and a less common matrix specimen for the find. It's a pristine floater, crystallized all around (even the bottom shows Quartz crystal faces). The Aqua has etched terminations on each end and is transparent. I was told by a gem dealer familiar with this material that this one is especially good for cutting compared to most which have internal veils, and this one has approximately $1200 in cutting value alone. Clearly a major matrix Aquamarine from the state of California.