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Aquamarine Axinite-(Fe) & Albite

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Aquamarine Axinite-(Fe) & Albite

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Description
Locality: 
Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 5 × 2.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Description

A nice blue aquamarine crystal tip with a diameter of 1.5 cm is peaking out of albite matrix with some dark brown axinite-(fe) crystals + some schorl and muscovite in the matrix. The major crystals show just a little minor chipping.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aquamarine

Variety Of: 

Beryl

Formula: 
Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Strunz: 
9.CJ.05
Hardness: 
7.5 - 8.0
Formula: 
Be3Al2Si6O18
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Blue
Streak: 
White

Axinite-(Fe)

Formula: 
Ca2Fe2+Al2BSi4O15OH
Strunz: 
9.BD.20
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
St Christophe-en-Oisans, Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France...

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Finnbo (Finbo), Falun, Dalarna, Sweden

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