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Aquamarine Spessartine & Feldspar Group

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Aquamarine Spessartine & Feldspar Group

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Description
Locality: 
Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.6 × 7.6 × 4.1 cm
Description

The aquamarine crystal is gemmy from bottom to top, razor sharp terminated, end-pointed and with amazing texture. It is set on a very tri-dimensional assemble of snowy white to light grey albite crystals. They are all sharp terminated with attractively curved edges. Several sharp, intense colored, glossy spessartine crystals help to give even moe contrast to this amazing specimen.

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

Spessartine

Formula: 
Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Sommer quarry, Wendelberg, Haibach, Aschaffenburg, Spessart, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany