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Aquamarine & Albite

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Aquamarine & Albite

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Description
Locality: 
Resplendor, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 4.1 × 2.6 cm
Description

Nice little aquamarine leaning at the side of a few albite crystals. The albite is covered in a thin layer of a second mineral and is also accompanied with some mica. Fine little combination from Brazil.

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

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Finnbo (Finbo), Falun, Dalarna, Sweden