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Emerald

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Emerald

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Description
Locality: 
Krupskoye, Izumrudnye Kopi, Malyshevo, Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 1.9 × 1.2 cm
Description

I show two photos of this huge emerald crystal - first one shows the specimen with minor backlight, the second one was done under daylight. The termination is more sharp in person. Color is very intense for Russia, darker and much more green than most material. And a 5cm emerald is really impressive! Backside is contacted, was intergrown to an other emerals crystal. End point is complete, with som intergrown matrix, bottom was on the rock.

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