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Emerald

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Emerald

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Description
Locality: 
Muzo Mine, Muzo Municipality, Boyacá Department, Colombia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 4.2 × 2.8 cm
Description

The main crystal is about 2 cm tall, it is sharp and partly glossy. The crystals are resting on small snowy white calcite crystals, which are covereing dark, nearly balck matrix. The color of the emerals crystals is much better in person - a very impressive, strong green! 

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