FRC23 Beryl var. Aquamarine
Nanjiang Zhen, Pinang Co., Yueyang, Hunan Prov., China
4.2x 1.8x 1.3 cm
$85

Not a great aqua specimen, but a cool locality nonetheless, and the only terminated example I have seen from here. There is a pegmatite somewhere just outside the town of Nanjiang Zhen where a few local people collect large black almandine (I think) garnets and aquamarine prisms, this is reasonable close to the autunite locality.  Some of the aquas actually reach a decent size, but they are all heavily included like this.  I’ve also seen some columbite-tantalite from here. I know some people collect weird beryl localities, so I figured I'd post it. 

 There’s a bigger one on the “Under 100” update (though this is also under $100), it’s cheaper but not terminated. 










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