JFD222AP8: Of the finds from the 80s, made thanks to artisanal mining on the A Franqueira pegmatite, I kept these two robust crystals of Beryl (variety emerald), and I did so both for their size and for the peculiarity of the Phlogopite intrusion into the thick Beryl crystals. As the crystals are doubly terminated, we can easily see that the Phlogopite does not just 'coat' the Beryl crystals, but was formed simultaneously with them during the last growth phase.
It seemed to me an interesting combination of spectacularity and geological interest and that is why I have kept it for so many years.
Emerald Deposit, A Franqueira, A Cañiza, Comarca Paradanta, Pontevedra, Galicia / Galiza  Spain (1982)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.6 × 4.4 cm = 2.05” × 1.81” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 3.8 cm = 1.73” × 1.50”