Bonhams 1793 : Aquamarine Specimen with Polished Obverse; Together with Two Others and a Polished Emerald Specimen

Brazil
A specimen exhibiting two stages of growth, with a small hexagonal crystal embedded in a larger amorphous crystal of beryl, weighing approximately 127.0 carats and measuring 51.0 x 31.0 x 13.0mm; two smaller aquamarine specimens, either to be used as "cutting rough" or for mounting in their original state; the first, weighing approximately 33.5 carats and measuring 25.0 x 18.0 x 8.0mm; the second, weighing approximately 64.0 carats and measuring 40.0 x 15.0 x 12.0mm. Together with a polished emerald crystal in white quartz matrix, probably from Bahia, weighing approximately 63.5 carats and measuring 37.0 x 24.0 x 7.0mm. (4)

Sold for US$ 250 inc. premium