Beryl (Var: Emerald), Quartz
Kagem Emerald Mine, Kafubu emerald mining district, Lufwanyama District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
3.0 x 2.7 x 2.6 cm. In some ways, this was my favorite of the emeralds available from the first specimen production out of this world-famous gem mine, for its overall quality and aesthetics. The knoll of quartz matrix features a sharp and very equant, 2.6-cm-long emerald perched atop its natural pedestal. Remarkably, it was excavated without it ...
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