Gem: Vanadium Beryl / Emerald
Weight: 4.56 grams
Dimensions: 44.5 x 8.2 x 6.45 mm
Clarity: N/A - not for lapidary -- very gemmy at one end, and some silkiness at the base
Origin: Nasarawa, Nigeria
Treatments: None
Comments:
This vanadium rich beryl crystal is a really great example of the new find from Nasarawa, Nigeria.
It's got a great termination, with a flat top, and triangular modifying faces on all corners. It even has crystallization emerging at the termination, showing a twin crystal that is also trapped inside the larger crystal (visible with close inspection).
It has a great overall size / proportion ratio, and is a respectable 4.56 grams.
Under a UV light, you will see red stripes, indicating vanadium content, but it is a bit difficult to see these color lines by eye. At the transition zone between silky, and gemmy, there is a line of opacity, and this line, I believe, is also a concentration of green / stripe of vanadium.
This find is NEW as of late 2025, and I believe it will go down as a fondly remembered find of very unique and interesting specimens.