gems, beryl, emerald, Egypt, inclusions

The aim of latest expedition to Djebel Sikeit and Djebel Zabarah by the brothers Angelo and Alfredo Castiglioni was the re-discovery of the Pharaoh's emerald mines. The Castiglioni expedition was successful in the re-discovery of these forgotten ancient mines and has collected samples and documents on these famous deposits of precious stones, providing emer- ald specimens of great interest to gemmologists and archaeologists, as will be revealed in this paper.