Beryl var. Aquamarine, Muscovite: Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Description

Species: Beryl var. Aquamarine, Muscovite

Locality: Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Size: 11 x 10 x 6 cm.

Ex. Dr. Geoff Cook Collection

Gorgeous, flower-like cluster of undamaged gem aquamarine crystals to ~4.5 cm. on well-crystallized muscovite matrix on microcline from the famous Chumar Bakhoor locality in northern Pakistan. Wonderful quality for a matrix aquamarine from this important locality. Mark Cross photo.