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Emerald

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Description
Locality: 
Izumrudnye Kopi, Malyshevo, Ekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 4.8 × 3 cm
Description

Famous old classic. The crystal shows exceptional quality - there are nearly no cracks, the faces are lustrous and the clarity is out-standing. Usually you can get crystals with semi-lustrous faces or dull, with less saturation, with inclusions etc. But this is nearly cut-quality, close to what we know from Colombia. The crystal is completely exposed at the front of the mother-rock, both sides are free; only the backside of the crystal is on the matrix. The first two photos show the specimen under daylight - the color is an intense green with a touch of blue-green. The last photo in the gallery shows the specimen with minor backlight, under tgis conditions it is shimmering in wonderful color-tones. And finally look at the spectacular dimension: It is 36mm tall and 12mm in diameter. In excellent condition damage-wise.

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