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1.1" Gemmy Aquamarine Crystals - Erongo Mountains, Namibia
This is a gorgeous cluster of gemmy aquamarine crystals from the Erongo Mountains of Namibia. It measures 1.1" long and the crystals have excellent color and terminations. The center crystal is terminated on both ends.
It has been mounted to an acrylic display base with mineral tack.
It has been mounted to an acrylic display base with mineral tack.
About Namibian Aquamarine
Aquamarine crystals from Namibia are prized for their cool, ocean-blue colors, excellent transparency, and attractive crystal shapes. Most specimens come from granitic pegmatites in the Erongo region, where beryl crystals grow slowly in mineral-rich pockets, allowing them to develop clean prismatic forms and well-defined terminations. Color ranges from pale, icy blue to richer blue-green hues, with the intensity controlled by trace amounts of iron within the crystal structure.
Collectors value Namibian aquamarine for its natural clarity and aesthetic appeal. Many crystals are translucent to transparent, catching and reflecting light with a soft, watery glow that makes them ideal both as display specimens and as rough for faceting. Often found alongside quartz, feldspar, and other pegmatite minerals like tourmaline, these aquamarine crystals represent some of the most visually pleasing and consistently high-quality material available from modern aquamarine localities.
Aquamarine crystals from Namibia are prized for their cool, ocean-blue colors, excellent transparency, and attractive crystal shapes. Most specimens come from granitic pegmatites in the Erongo region, where beryl crystals grow slowly in mineral-rich pockets, allowing them to develop clean prismatic forms and well-defined terminations. Color ranges from pale, icy blue to richer blue-green hues, with the intensity controlled by trace amounts of iron within the crystal structure.
Collectors value Namibian aquamarine for its natural clarity and aesthetic appeal. Many crystals are translucent to transparent, catching and reflecting light with a soft, watery glow that makes them ideal both as display specimens and as rough for faceting. Often found alongside quartz, feldspar, and other pegmatite minerals like tourmaline, these aquamarine crystals represent some of the most visually pleasing and consistently high-quality material available from modern aquamarine localities.
About the Erongo Region of Namibia
The Erongo Region in Namibia is renowned for its diverse and high-quality mineral specimens, particularly gemstones and collector minerals from pegmatites. These popular minerals include fine aquamarine, tourmaline (schorl, elbaite), quartz (smoky, hyalite opal), fluorite, jeremejevite (aluminium borate mineral), and siderite pseudomorphs, alongside significant uranium, gold, salt, granite, and marble deposits, making it a hub for both artisanal and industrial mining.
The Erongo Region in Namibia is renowned for its diverse and high-quality mineral specimens, particularly gemstones and collector minerals from pegmatites. These popular minerals include fine aquamarine, tourmaline (schorl, elbaite), quartz (smoky, hyalite opal), fluorite, jeremejevite (aluminium borate mineral), and siderite pseudomorphs, alongside significant uranium, gold, salt, granite, and marble deposits, making it a hub for both artisanal and industrial mining.
$115
SPECIES
Beryl var. Aquamarine
LOCATION
Erongo Mountains, Namibia
SIZE
1.1 x .5"
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#354952
