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BERYL with TANTALITE-(Mn)
Nyet, Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan 1.5 × 6.5 × 1 cm

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Bill & Carol Smith Collection Bill and Carol Smith amassed a quite comprehensive suite of Pakistani minerals over the years picking up unusual species and habits of common minerals whenever they could. They were always quick to visit Dudley Blauwet of Mountain Minerals (their primary source) when he returned from buying trips to Pakistan in hopes of picking up another unusual specimen for the suite.

Tantalite inclusions in aquamarine are not particularly rare in Pakistan, but this one is certainly more densely packed than most. The sprays of black tantalite needles are impossible to miss in this doubly terminated gem aquamarine.

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