Beryl (var: Aquamarine)This Aquamarine specimen was mined by Richard Kosnar in the late 1970's and his diggings produced some of the finest color, unheated Aquamarine in the world. Most of these crystals are not gem quality, but this crystal has approximately 90% gem clarity, which is very good for the material. This crystal is a fine, sharp, GEM gemmy, slightly hydrothermally etched, rich blue color prism of Aquamarine from one of the more obscure localities for the

The aesthetics and balance are wonderful

and while the main Brookites are undamaged

Twins of this size

Great crystal quality and very eye-catching in person

along with the Quartz crystals

This specimen features a group of sharp

as virtually every Ferberite twin from Tasna has some kind of damage

crystallized sulfides from this locality are among the best from Colorado and highly sought after by collectors

The underside of the piece features white

Monazite is often dark and opaque from most localities and rarely bright like this

A beautiful group of thin bladed fiery auburn colored Brookite crystals - with the largest measuring 1

and a bit of character