Aquamarine is blue or blue-green Beryl.
It is a good hard material for cutting and is quite popular.
It can be hard to find Aquamarine in dark blue colors. Most Aqua is a light to medium color.
Aquamarine is found in many places in the world. Brazil, Africa, Asia, Afghanistan, and Mt. Antero in Colorado, USA.
This is a piece of Aquamarine from Brazil.
This piece has flaws in it but small stones could be cut from it. Or the large piece could be used for carving.
This is a piece which is more greenish in color
These are 2 pieces of Aquamarine crystals which are from Mount Antero, Colorado.
They are not from the same crystal. Both have had a piece cut from them. But they have useable clean material for cutting.
These are preforms which have been made from Aquamarine which was found on Mount Antero.
Most of them have flaws but can be cut into gemstones.
These are crystals which were found on Mt. Antero in Colorado.
They have some flaws but parts can be cut into gemstones.
This is an Aquamarine crystal which I found on Mount Antero many years ago.
It has a fairly clean area in the middle which would cut a 6 or 8 carat stone.
Denton Anderson,
Gemologist & Gem Cutter
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Graduate Gemologist, GIA, GG
Over 20 years of experience.
