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Locality: #521 Pocket, Volyn Deposit, Ukraine
Description: This heliodor grew about 1.76 billion years ago, which makes it one of the oldest gem crystals you can own. It comes from the Volyn pegmatites near Khoroshiv, formerly Volodarsk-Volynskyi, in northwestern Ukraine. The pegmatites formed at the western edge of the Korosten pluton, a huge granite body covering about 15,000 square kilometres. As the granite crystallized, fluids left behind gas cavities called miarolitic pockets, some of them metres across, where the crystals grew.
Pieces of smoky quartz and topaz turned up in local fields from the mid-1800s. The gem pegmatites themselves were found in 1931, when a geological party led by V. P. Amburger opened a pegmatite vein with topaz near the village of Pisarevka. The mines were worked heavily for piezo quartz, with crystals one to two metres long. Gem beryl came out as a by-product, and only about 2% of the pegmatites contain it.
For decades, Volyn heliodor was available only in Eastern Europe. The first crystals reached Western Europe in 1980 and the Tucson shows in 1987. The finest beryl crystals, up to 140 cm long, are kept in the Museum of Precious and Decorative Stones in Khoroshiv. In 2022, researchers also described Precambrian microfossils preserved inside the same pegmatite cavities.
This small 5.8 g piece is a yellow beryl crystal from the field.
In crystal traditions, heliodor is associated with warmth, motivation and confidence.
Chemical Composition: Be3Al2Si6O18
Chakra: Solar Plexus & Sacral
Size: 2.5cm x 2cm x 1.5cm
Weight: 5.8g
Quantity: 1pc
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