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Aquamarine

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MGR177036

Aquamarine

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Description
Locality: 
Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 1.4 × 1 cm
Description

Really an excellent gem-stone. The crystal is double terminated, one end-point is sharp and plane - other side consists of uncountable tiny tips. The faces show superb etching, which reminds to heliodor from wolodarsk, but the is still a sharp habit and the etched faces are still lustrouse - looks much more spectacular in person. Also the color is remarkable, most aquamarine crystals from Pakistan are very light, often nearly colorless - not so here: the crystal shows intense, dark blue. All these indicators on a crystal in that dimension - that is a rare, special variety, on high quality and undamaged!

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