Resplendor, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil

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Beryl : Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈, Elbaite : [Na][(Li,Al)₃][Al₆][(OH)₃\|OH\|(BO₃)₃\|Si₆O₁₈]
	Resplendor, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil A very fine and choice miniature of colorless "goshenite" beryl measuring 4 x 2.3 x 2.7 cm in size overall! These are glassy water clear transparent tabular crystals of beryl; there are prismatic dark green crystals of elbaite to 18 mm in length scattered about. Very clean of damage with only microscopic level chipping in one place on the beryl; ...
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Beryl : Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈
	Jairo Mine, Resplendor, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil 6.3 x 5.1 x 4.3 cm. This is a very large (200-gram) crystal of beautiful blue-green gem beryl - very gemmy and bright. Most of the faces are super-lustrous and glassy, with others having natural etching from pocket solutions. The crystal shows a very unusual blocky form. This is a very rare, odd style both for color and the overall form of the ...
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Beryl (Var: Aquamarine) : Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈, Muscovite : KAl₂[(OH)₂\|AlSi₃O₁₀]
	Resplendor, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil 17.2 x 10.2 x 6.3 cm. This fine matrix specimen has bright, aqua-blue crystals of aquamarine in muscovite matrix. They are sharply hexagonal, and stand out dramatically vs. the metallic, lustrous muscovite blade stacks. Each aquamarine is about 2 inches, one a little more. The crystals have a glassy luster, high transparency, and good color.
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Beryl (Var: Aquamarine) : Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈
	Resplendor, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil 6,5 cm x 4,5 cm x 4,3 cm 97,4 g (Private collection number 167) Specimen with various clear aquamarines, some with tabular shape, one with "normal" usual form Acquired 1993 in Governador Valadares Brazil
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Beryl (Var: Aquamarine) : Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈
	Resplendor, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil 6.0 x 4.1 x 3.5 cm
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Beryl (Var: Goshenite) : Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈, Elbaite : [Na][(Li,Al)₃][Al₆][(OH)₃\|OH\|(BO₃)₃\|Si₆O₁₈], Albite : Na[AlSi₃O₈]
	Resplendor, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil Water-clear, colorless and lustrous “poker-chip” goshenite crystals with inclusions of dark-green tourmaline crystals and a bit of albite. From a single find in the late 1980’s, this is really classic and unique material that is now seldom seen on the market after all those years. This would be considered a very good example for the size! ...
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Beryl (Var: Goshenite) : Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈
	Resplendor, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil Superb flaoter gem cluster from the famous finds of the early 1970s or so...very rare, especially in thumbnail size!. 2.3 x 2.1 x 1 cm
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Beryl (Var: Goshenite) : Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈
	Resplendor, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil Size: 5 X 3,7 cm Ex Jeldé collection (France) Collection and photo: Arliguie M
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Beryl (Var: Goshenite) : Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈, Tourmaline : AD₃G₆(BO₃)₃[T₆O₁₈]Y₃Z
	Resplendor, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil 5.4 x 3.3 x 1.1 cm. A classic, water-clear, tabular goshenite beryl crystal from Resplendor, Brazil. This gem crystal has textbook hexagonal form and the accenting tourmalines are a nice accent, especially the one in the middle that comes out of both sides of the beryl. This is outstanding old-time material, dating to the 1960s or 1970s, from the ...
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Quartz (Var: Rose Quartz) : SiO₂, Albite : Na[AlSi₃O₈]
	Resplendor, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil 11.4 x 4.7 x 4.6 cm. A beautiful cabinet rose quartz specimen from a very uncommon, for rose quartz, Brazilian locality and the Richard Hauck Collection. Two superb, corsage-like rosettes of gemmy rose quartz crystals attached to a sculptural, contrasting sliver of ivory-colored albite. The rosettes are up to 4.3 cm across. Ex. Richard Hauck and ...
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