Goshenite Gallery

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Beryl (Var: Goshenite) : Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈
	Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil A STRIKING, preferentially etched, water-clear, U-shaped goshenite beryl from Minas Gerais, Brazil. A UNIQUE specimen. Ex Irv Brown Collection 1.9 x 1.6 x 0.6 cm
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 62878 View Count: 315
Beryl (Var: Goshenite) : Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈
	Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil A charming goshenite & muscovite miniature, with the muscovite attached in a truly aesthetic fashion. Tiny feldspar crystals are scattered about the goshenite and the muscovite as well. 1.0 x 1.0 x 3/4 inches. Crystal-Odyssey specimen. gemcrystals@aol.com
© Joseph A. Freilich	Photo ID: 67069 View Count: 265
Beryl (Var: Goshenite) : Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈
	Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil 2.6 x 2.1 x 1.2 cm. Colorless "goshenite" is actually amongst the rarest of the beryls. This is a fine tabular, hexagonal crystal, with high luster and transparency. On its edges and upper face, smaller beryls have grown in a stacked arrangement, slightly colored with iron oxide.
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 133840 View Count: 157
Beryl (Var: Goshenite) : Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈
	Caiana (Cayana), Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil 4.3 x 2.4 x 2.4 cm. A crystal of glass-clear gem goshenite (colorless beryl) that was naturally etched by corrosive solutions in the pocket, leaving this weird form. The crystal is so clear that it really does look like a shard of glass. Weighs 29 grams. Ex. Richard Hauck Collection.
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 181667 View Count: 100
Beryl (Var: Goshenite) : Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈
	Macaco mine, Conselheiro Pena, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil Floater crystal of etched Goshenite Beryl. 5.1 x 3.8 x 2.8 cm.
© Nik Nikiforou	Photo ID: 241562 View Count: 24
Beryl (Var: Goshenite) : Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈
	Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil 1/2 crystal of transparent beryl with corrosived faces. Size: 8 X 7 cm Collection and photo: Arliguie M
© Arliguie M	Photo ID: 88976 View Count: 151
Beryl (Var: Goshenite) : Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈
	Galiléia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil 3.4 x 1.6 x 1.2 cm. Colorless beryl, or goshenite, is actually rather uncommon compared to, say, aquamarine or morganite, particularly in prismatic crystals such as this. This Brazilian crystal is complete all around, well-terminated and gemmy. It weighs 13 grams.
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 165289 View Count: 102
Beryl (Var: Goshenite) : Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈
	Golconda pegmatite, Governador Valadares, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil 8.7 x 4.9 x 2.1 cm. A DRAMATIC, LARGE and glassy, tabular goshenite beryl crystal! The translucent crystal has classic hexagonal form and is essentially a basal pinacoid crystal. VERY UNCOMMON! A SUPER piece, contacted on only two edges, has embedded muscovite on one edge. This is a CLASSIC, OLD-TIMER, which we are told by old-timer experts is ...
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 136232 View Count: 107
Beryl (Var: Goshenite) : Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈, Muscovite : KAl₂[(OH)₂\|AlSi₃O₁₀]
	Golconda pegmatite, Governador Valadares, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil 4 x 2 x 2 cm. A delicate, very sharp tabular colorless beryl crystal (goshenite) on Muscovite from old finds in Brazil. This lovely goshenite is 1.4 cm across and .3 cm thick, and grows on well-defined books of Muscovite. The beryl is perfectly gemmy, and quite attractive. Its form is so sharp it looks carved. Ex. Charlie Key.
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 251598 View Count: 14
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! ...
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 21997 View Count: 485