BerylFrom an isolated, small pocket that came out in 2011, this was one of only a handful of crystals recovered according to my source who acquired them directly at the locality. These crystals are not quite blue, not quite green, but somewhere in between. I wont call them Aquamarines, but they do have an interesting color. To me, the most important fact about this piece is that its so sharp and well formed. Beryl crystals from Madagascar can often be

"sword"-shaped crystals with a glowing golden-orange hue and thin black internal "phantoms" which are growing at nearly a 90 degree angle off of a single

and this particular specimen is very fairly priced compared to everything else I've seen on the market

but with strong backlighting

and just beautiful for the locality

silvery acicular "spray" of Jamesonite needles

Beautiful material

This piece is notably colorless (it has a very pale golden overtone) compared to virtually everything else I've seen from the Palelni Mine

This specimen is a really interesting example of the famous Copper "skulls" from Michigan

which is not common in this material as they are often a bit rounded

and the color contrast of this piece combined with the fact that it is from a now defunct locality makes it a very attractive and desirable East Coast classic

This is about as showy and aesthetic as it gets for Brookite

well-formed black and brown cyclic twinned crystals make for an appealing display piece