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Fluorite & Aquamarine

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Fluorite & Aquamarine

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Description
Locality: 
Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 6.5 × 5 cm
Description

This is truely a fantastic combination piece from a pegmatite in Pakistan:

A light pink fluorite octahedron sitting int the center of this beautiful and attractive specimen surrounded by gemmy, pale blue aquamarine crystals. Collected 1990

Ex Götter collection

Ex Obodda collection

Ex Peter Knijnenburg collection and label

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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