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Beryl var. Aquamarine-Heliodor from Orchard Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine

 
Beryl var. Aquamarine-Heliodor from Orchard Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine

Beryl var. Aquamarine-Heliodor from Orchard Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine

Beryl var. Aquamarine-Heliodor from Orchard Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine

Beryl var. Aquamarine-Heliodor from Orchard Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 57893
Mineral:Beryl var. Aquamarine-Heliodor
Locality:Orchard Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Lustrous transparent-to-translucent gem-grade bi-colored beryl crystal with no matrix. The upper third of the beryl crystal is pale aquamarine, the lower portions are yellow heliodor. Very few of these crystals were found, and even fewer not kept by Gary Gift of Gary Freeman. Collected in 2002
Overall Size:23x7x7 mm
Crystals:23 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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