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Aquamarine

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Aquamarine

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Description
Locality: 
Jos Plateau, Plateau, Nigeria
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.9 × 0.8 × 0.6 cm
Description

A superb, pristine, complete gem crystal from find sin the mid-1980s. Note the steep termination, classic for beryls from the Jos Plateau! Most of these were cut in the day, treated to enhance the color and butchered for gems.

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