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Emerald

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Description
Locality: 
Leckbachgraben, Nasenkopf, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 7.3 × 1.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Weight: 
112.00gr
Description

I first visited this locality in 1992. Amazed by the beauty of emeralds that can be found in the ravine of the Leck creek (Leckbachrinne) made me a regular visitor for years. They are found in glittering biotite-actinolite-talk schist at the elevation of 2200 m. The local community opened the Habach Valley for visitors by advertising the Smaragd Weg as a scenic journey to the land of emeralds.

Most of the material comes from the old mine owned by the family Steiner from Steinach at the foot of Habach valley. To smaller extent the emeralds are also found in neighboring valleys Hollersbachtal and Untersulzbachtal, belonging to the same fault line. While the emeralds are most known, other varieties of beryl can be also fund here. Above the mine, in the direction of Leckbachscharte, one can find grey to yellow or pale green beryl in outcropping biotite-actinolite schist.

Olive-green beryl in biotite schist measures 2 cm in length. The crystal has many biotite inclusions that do not diminish the noble luster of prism faces. Not the best of color, but a fine specimen for this classic Alpine emerald locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Emerald

Variety Of: 

Beryl

Formula: 
Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Strunz: 
9.CJ.05
Hardness: 
7.5 - 8.0
Formula: 
Be3(Al,Cr)2Si6O18
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
0.0

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