Blue aquamarine

[colormyworld]

Here is a picture of a 7.12ct aqua. The stone has a veil type inclusion. It has some other " stuff " that shows in the pics but is hard to see in person. It is the brightest most saturate blue I can rember seeing in an aqua. I could not pass on it because of the color. I like to call it my blue emerald.

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[colormyworld]

One more for the road. If it has any green it is very very slight. I have had the stone for quite some time and I know it is not blue maxxie.

 

[valeria101]

Date: 10/6/2005 4:12:56 AM
Author:colormyworld

It is the brightest most saturate blue I can rember seeing in an aqua.

Yeah, right... this makes two of us

I only have met one other piece somewhere close to what the pictures show - a crystal. Perhaps there are more of the kind, just none across my path. And there is this online, for what that matters. On the web of off, there''s virtually no ''blue beryl'' to talk about. Congratulations for the find!

 

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Wow....that make three of us!!

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[Kaleigh]

Haha that makes 4 of us!!!

 

[Gemklctr]

Shall we go for 5 of us.

CMW, have you had that stone evaluated for treatment? I remembered seeing the following site when we were discussing Golden Beryl/Heliodor several weeks ago. http://www.minerals.net/gemstone/gemstone/beryl/beryl.htm

If it is untreated (unlike much aqua), I think it is a very rare gem.

 

[DiamondExpert]

That''s a great looking stone! What''s the country/region/mine of origin? Do you have any paper on it?

 

[colormyworld]

I did take it to a gemologist who does appraisls for me. He thought it was untreated. This stone is very cool to look at through a polarized lens ( In my case I use polarized sunglasses ) face up In the north south it is almost color less with just a hint of green. but turn it 90 degrees east west it turns a very bright saturate blue. Even more blue than the pics posted here. I need to get a polarized lens for my camera so I can take some photos. Thanks for the replys Doug

 

[colormyworld]

Thanks Diamond expert. I have no paper trail. The only thing I know is I bought it from a person who claimed to be from Africa. His story was that his family from the home land had sent it to him. He also had a number of small African emeralds and spessartites. The emeralds were of very nice color but I passed on those because I felt like I was taking enough of a chance getting this aqua. In case I made a bad deal. Which does not seem to be the case.

 

[colormyworld]

GK From what I have read the irradiated aqua will lose its color very quickly in bright light. I also believe it does not show the color change I have described seeing with a polarzied filter. As far as heat treatment the gemologist I took it to did not think it was heat treated because of the type of inclusions the stone contains.

 

[flopkins]

wowzas! that''s a beautiful aqua!!!

 

[valeria101]

Date: 10/6/2005 2:21:07 PM
Author: colormyworld


GK From what I have read the irradiated aqua will lose its color very quickly in bright light.
That is what I know too... And The story is told in detail here.

I also believe it does not show the color change I have described seeing with a polarzied filter.
But Maxixe is dichroic. There is an article about it:
Paralusz S (2001) Maxixe-type green-blue beryls with eye-visible pleochroism. Gems and Gemology 37:225-227

Sure I don't know anything else about this one except the remarcable color - good enough to loose sleep over! Your arguments for id. you have found would have convinced me too, if I ever had the luck to see a piece like this!

That citations above is meant for the record only.

 

[MJO]

Colormyworld,

I love the color on this one. I have never seen as dark a blue aqua. Most aqua''s are heated even at the mine to get rid off the secondary green color. This doesn''t effect the value as most of the time you can''t tell if it has been heated. Irradiated stones lose color in light and heat. If this is a natural beryl and it doesn''t fade in light or heat it is a rare find for color.