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Emerald

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Emerald

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Description
Locality: 
Boyacá Department, Colombia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 6.2 × 2.9 cm
Description

Eye-catching matrix specimen from Columbia. One imposant and lustrous emerald crystals in good colour, nicely placed along and on top of greyish to brownish smoky quartz matrix. The mother rock in which the emerald crystal is embedded gives a nice contrast to the specimen.

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