EFT51AO7: New discovery at Ste. Marie 2022, new locality for Beryl (variety emerald)
As explained in emeralds of Niger, although their color is not intense, the presence of Cr and V accredits them as emeralds. In its favor its transparency and good crystallographic forms and being a previously unknown locality.
This specimen has been photographed and published as a novelty at the 2022 Sainte-Marie Show in the magazine ‘Lapis‘ number 7-8/2022, page 71, and the magazine 'Le Règne Minéral' number 166, July-August 2022, page 47
Taraouadji Mountains, Aïr Massif, Agadez Region  Niger (04/2022)

Specimen size: 1.5 × 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.59” × 0.39” × 0.35”