Detailed information
Species
Beryl var. Aquamarine, Albite, Muscovite
Dimensions
84 x 75 x 63
mm
Locality
Pingwu, Mount Xuebaoding Pingwu County, Mianyang Prefecture Sichuan Province, China
Condition
No recorded repairs
A beautiful tabular, blue tinted colourless Beryl crystal measuring 3.5 x 2.7 x 1.2 cm on a matrix of Albite feldspar and Muscovite mica, from the tungsten-tin-beryllium deposit at Pingwu on Mount Xuebaoding, Sichuan Province, China. The Beryl crystal, along with a number of smaller tabular crystals scattered over the matrix, has complex modified prism faces, a highly reflective glassy lustre and is transparent to gemmy. The Muscovite forms rich druses of hexagonal crystals between the Beryl along with well crystallised creamy-white Albite. A great Beryl, variety Goshenite, from Pingwu in China.