Specimens from GFreemans Farm

[BurntBear]

Specimens from GFreeman's Farm

Last weekend I had the pleasure of GFreeman's company; along with his wife and grand-daughter. He brought down many specimens from his farm in Virginia. I can place a familiar feeling associated with this experience; much of that of a child in an ice-cream shop, lol. I took some photos of a few specimens which I will layout next.

This is what I believe to be a very large piece of Beryl; primarily Goshenite with some Aquamarine sections:







Here are some of the macro shots of the terminations on the same specimen. The specimen consists of tabular edges and plates terminated throughout:







Here are the macro shots of the crystal structure, pitting and fracture:





More specimens and photos coming shortly...

 

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[G Freeman]

Thanks BB for posting. Now with you pics I can see what they look like. Great photos.

 

[yakker]

Wow- very cool! I look forward to more pics!! Yakker

 

[BurntBear]

Some close-ups of different Beryl specimens (not the above specimen):






I love this intergrowth:

 

[Eu_citzen]

Nice ones!

 

[yakker]

Great pics BB!

 

[Buckshotnc]

BB, you're good with the camera, I can't even post a picture, so I'm a little envious but thankful someone has these skills, Merry Christmas.

 

[BurntBear]

Merry Christmas to you Rick! Thanks for the kind words! -Luke