Heart-shaped blue aquamarine crystals with muscovite and pink fluorite

An exceptional specimen with two aquamarine crystals from the Pakistan Himalayas, which grew together in a heart-shaped configuration. Accompanied by muscovite and rare pink fluorite.

The heart-shaped growth geometry of the two beryl columns is a collector's sensation. Two separate crystals arranged themselves during the pegmatitic cavity phase. Their combined silhouette reads as a heart. A crystallographically coincidental, aesthetically very rare constellation.

Pink fluorite is a particularly sought-after variety of fluorite. The coloring is caused by traces of yttrium or rare earths in specific concentrations. In the Karakoram pegmatites of Pakistan, pink fluorites regularly occur together with beryl. This associated mineral constellation is an established deposit marker.

Pakistani material from Skardu and Shigar is considered a premium source for aquamarine of gemstone clarity. Specimens with unusual growth geometry, as seen here, are classified as top pieces in the collector's market.

A collector's item with a crystallographic sensation and a gemologically valuable associated mineral constellation.