Dom Pedro Aquamarine

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异常大的海蓝宝石水晶！

在80年代末，一个非常大的海蓝宝石晶体在Pedra Azul, Minas Gerais, Brazil，被巴西三位矿工挖掘到。然而，他们不小心摔破了这一米长的海蓝宝石，而裂成三个部分。一位巴西的买家，购买了这碎片。而现在保存最好，也最大的一块，现在被抛光转化成现在被称为Dom Pedro Aquamarine。

另外两块，拥有出色的色彩，切割和雕刻小块宝石在市场上销售。Dom Pedro Aquamarine的部分重近60磅，约2/3米（2英尺）的长度。这海蓝宝石被认为莫过于极小块的宝石一样。

In the late 1980s, an exceptionally large aquamarine crystal was found by three Brazilian miners in Pedra Azul, Minas Gerais, Brazil. These Brazilian prospectors, garimperos, accidentally dropped the meter-long aquamarine, breaking it into three pieces. A Brazilian buyer, whose identity is unknown to us, purchased the fragmented pieces. The finest and largest piece was saved and transformed into what is now known as the Dom Pedro Aquamarine.

The other two pieces, both of exceptional color, were cut and faceted into gems that were sold commercially. The portion of the crystal from which the Dom Pedro emerged weighed almost 60 pounds and was approximately 2/3 meter (2 feet) in length. This fabulous aquamarine was considered too extraordinary to simply be faceted into many smaller gemstones.

The Dom Pedro aquamarine is the world's largest cut aquamarine gem. It was cut from a crystal originally weighing approximately 100 pounds (45 kg) and measuring more than 3 feet (0.91 m) in length. The stone was mined in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil around 1980, and named after the Brazilian emperors Pedro I and Pedro II. The blue-green gemstone was cut by Bernd Munsteiner into an obelisk form weighing 10,363 carats. The finished dimensions measure 14 inches (36 cm) tall by 4 inches (10 cm) wide. The jewel was donated to the Smithsonian Institution by Jane Mitchell and Jeffery Bland. It is housed in the National Museum of Natural History's Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology.









This magnificent rough stone came from the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil and was named "Dom Pedro" after the two emperors of Brazil: Dom Pedro Primeiro and Dom Pedro Segundo. Weighing 24,875 grams, this blue variety of Beryl known as "Aqua Marina" or "Aquamarine" was 10,363 carats and 23 1/4 inches (59 cm) Tall. The largest aquamarine ever located was the 'Papamel Aquamarine' at 552,500 carats, found in 1910.