EMERALD SPECIMEN

WEST AUSTRALIA

This specimen was found  in western Australia in the Pilbara region in place known as curlew Emerald mine,and was worked in 1970s.

Today It is basically miner with backhoe on small tractor and cleared some land and some fossickers so not much mining activity  

Specimens can consist Light green beryl crystals to green beryl colouration, with minor dark biotite specks mica ,schift and purple fluorite inclusions.

The dark mica schists within the quartz veins and pegmatites contain gem quality emerald crystals and green beryl. As is typical of Western Australian emerald

images taken wet to expose the colour as mica dry is more grey color but a s wet you can see the green emerald better