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Aquamarine

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Aquamarine

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Description
Locality: 
Padre Paraíso, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
18.7 × 7.6 × 11.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
7.10cm
Description

This is an eyecatcher par excellence: the major crytsal is 7,1 cm long and 1,3 cm in diameter. Most specimens from this location are matrix-free. Here you have the nice contrast of the intense colored, well terminated crystal and it's matrix.

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