Jewelry

[Kachina624]

I've  never seen anything like this.  I have a strong urge to touch it, see how it feels; cold, slick, hard?  So beautiful but what would you do with it?

Closer to home, Aquamarine is the state gemstone of Colorado.  Found on Mt. Antero, problem is, you have to hike up about 14,200ft to find it and carry it out on your back.

Here's a specimen from Mt. Antero.  The home-grown variety seems to have good color.

[PINKdogWOOD]

I have some rocks I've pickd up here and there. My husband works landscaping, digging in the earth, sometimes finds interesting rocks, fossils too and brings them home for me. He finds some great marbles too.

[JYWilliams]

That is beautiful. It's also my birth stone.

[SaveTheTurtles]

I wouldn't have guessed any of that were aquamarine. Beautiful

[MalibuFox]

this reminds me of a cool looking building you would see in Dubai

[GinaV24]

@Kachina624 I would love to hold that first set of aquamarines too. Really interesting.

of course the 2nd one is really dreamy. Of course you'd have to climb a darn mountain for it.  

[rockygems123]

@Kachina624 

Both specimens are beautiful!  Well I learned something new about my adopted state and its state gemstone. 

My sister lives in Tucson and she and many others here in Colorado talk about the Tucson gem show - week or month however long it is.  

You'd have a ball there!

[cheriere]

Beautiful aqua!!!  I'll bet they feel cold, slick and smooth!  I'd love to get my hands on those!😊💝

[Puppy Lips]

My husband has always loved rocks.  We went to Sedona a few years ago and I have never seen so many rock shops in one town.  I found some really cook rocks there to start my collection.  We have since stopped at numerous rock shops, both on our travels and locally.  I have a basket of colorful rocks on my office desk and on our coffee table at home.

[SilleeMee]

There's this family of Colorado miners who are digging out large gemmy Amazonite with smoky topaz embedded in the specimens they got. I watched a show about their operation and it's really amazing what they are finding. Many of their finds are going to the Denver Museum of Natural History b/c they are worthy of that.