Natural Aquamarine Crystal Lot – Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan (Pakistan)
This great lot comprises 17 pieces natural aquamarine crystals, mined out of the famous Shigar Valley mines in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, a landscape that is world-renowned in supplying high quality aquamarine specimen.
A majority of the crystals in this collection are found in beautiful bunch and clustered structure and are therefore very attractive and easily collectible. The crystals have a highly natural lustre, un-deformed crystal faces, and desirable natural endings. All the pieces are undamaged, and there is no large chip or crack to spoil the beauty of the original, the as-mined piece.
The aquamarines are very clear, and of natural crystals, and the individual colors are blue to blue-green, so characteristic of good Shigar Valley crystals. They are naturally formed and their prism shapes are well defined to make them the best lot among collectors, crystal healers, jewellery makers and mineral lovers.
It weighs a total of 114 grams, with the size of each crystal in the majority of cases coming in between 2 to 3 cm, some of them going up to 4 cm. This is the perfect size range, being suitable in the wire-wrapping process, as a pendant, in a small display specimen, or in an upscale crystal collection.
The crystals are all fully natural, untreated, and unheated, and as they were found in the mine. Every crystal is original and possesses its own natural character so that one will not have two similar crystals.
It is a rare and visually impressive aquamarine lot, which will appeal to the customers who want to own the real Pakistani aquamarine with great aesthetic value and collectability.
