Beryl
at-auction$ 150
- Locality
- Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
- Minerals
- Beryl
- Dimensions
- 1.7 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm
- Size class
- Thumbnail
- SID
- T532
Intergrown, hexagonal light blue crystals of blue Beryl. These were first called Vorobyevite due to their believed Cesium content, and later 'alkali beryl' due to the concentrations of alkali metals. Regardless, they are unusual Beryls, and this was my very best one. One great lot of specimens, with crystals of about 3cm, were selling in this years Tucson show at prices ranging from $5000 to $35,000 each. Undamaged.