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SPECIMENS FOR
SALE, Priced $1,000.00 or more |
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Last updated July
13, 2008 |
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1: HUGE
KASHMIR SAPPHIRE |
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This twinned crystal (the one on the left in
the photos of the pair) is, quite simply, by far the
finest specimen of sapphire gem rough that I have
seen from Kashmir. It weighs
approximately 120 carats, and it contains a facetable zone
that has been estimated to produce a clean, medium
blue 6 to 7 carat stone. Much of the rest
should be heat treatable to produce numerous smaller
stones. However, we would prefer
that this specimen remains as one of the finest
crystals in existence from what is likely the
World's most romantic sapphire locality. For further
information, contact me at
wheierman@corunduminium.com
or Ed Cleveland at
info@kashmirblue.com
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inquiries only, please. |
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2: HUGE
KASHMIR SAPPHIRE |
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This
superb specimen from Kashmir weighs approximately 60
carats. I have seen only one from there that I
would say is finer, and it is the one directly
above. This one is also seen as the
right member of the two images of the pair above.
Note that it has an interesting
"silk" pattern that indicates it would be heat
treatable and could produce several fine medium blue
faceted stones. However, it is rarer and
probably more valuable as a superb crystal
from what is probably the World's most romantic
sapphire locality! The pictures are
thumbnails, so clicking on them will reveal higher
resolution images. For further
information, contact me at
wheierman@corunduminium.com
or Ed Cleveland at
info@kashmirblue.com.
Serious inquiries
only, please.
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3: BERYL, var.
EMERALD [BRAZIL]
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This is my favorite emerald specimen.
The smaller, broken but healed interpenetrant twin is
translucent, meaning it is not white or black inside as so many
of these huge crystals are. The larger one is,
unfortunately, more opaque and somewhat irregularly colored on
the back (that is why it is the back). When I first saw
it, it was almost totally covered with gneiss; and the little
part exposed made me think it was a large tourmaline crystal.
The asking price here is what I paid for it around 1998. US $35,000
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4: BERYL,
var. EMERALD [BRAZIL]
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Pale green emerald crystal sections in
a quartz seam, within rock weighing 57 pounds and measuring
about 10 inches by 13 inches (two images). $1,400 |
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5: BERYL,
var. EMERALD [BRAZIL]
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Emeralds in a quartz seam, within rock
weighing 57 pounds and measuring about 10 inches by 13 inches
(two images). $1,400 |
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6: BERYL,
var. EMERALD [BRAZIL]
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Series of dark green,
translucent crystals up to 3 inches long; weight about 4 pounds,
12 ounces. $2,750 |
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7: BERYL,
var. EMERALD [BRAZIL]
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My "corner specimen", so
named because it fits nicely in a corner, and the back is quite
incomplete (second image). It weighs about 16 pounds, 13
ounces and is about 8 inches high. The exposed part of the
big crystal is about 4 inches long and 2 inches in diameter.
$1,400 |
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8: BERYL, var. EMERALD [BRAZIL]
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Decent hex outline, broken crystal about 2-3/4
inches in diameter in specimen weighing about 6 pounds, 14
ounces. $900 |
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9: PAINITE [ WET
LOO MINE, KYAUK PYA TART, BURMA ] |
ipa-2 |
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Though larger clusters exist, I
know of only one crystal bigger than this one; and this one is
doubly terminated! It may be, all things considered, the
finest painite crystal around. It weighs about 101 grams
(505 carats). It is well-formed and slightly
complex, showing both "parallel growth" striations
and "herring-bone twinning". $12,500 |
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| 10: RUBY AFTER PAINITE
PSEUDOMORPH [ KYAUK PYA TART,
BURMA ] |
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| 11: LILAC RUBY
CLUSTER [VIET NAM] |
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| 12: NORTH CAROLINA
(Jacobs Mine, Cowee Valley) |
rd-1-267 |
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By all
standards, this Jacobs Mine ruby is huge, weighing
17.73 carats. It is subtranslucent and
slightly incomplete on the bottom (second photo -
that's why it's called the bottom)! It has a
pearly luster to the top face that may be rutile,
and it may star if cabbed properly; but I would save
it as a superb thumbnail crystal. It
is natural and untreated, a true rarity - an
outstanding American corundum specimen!
$1,900.00; domestic shipment by insured mail
included in price. |
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