Aquamarine crystals in situ

Locality: Benedict Creek area (Devil's Den), Sawtooth Batholith/Sawtooth Mts, Boise Co., Idaho, USA

A photo taken of a granite outcrop with pegmatitic surface exposed and several gemmy blue aquamarine crystals. This was on the upper surface of a roche montonee that had a nice vug on the trailing edge of the outcrop that yielded numerous specimens of bertrandite. I collected one small but exceptional aquamarine crystal from a small vug exposed on this outcrop. Photo taken in 1987 in the Devil's Den.

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Photo added: 21st Jan 2009

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