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Emerald

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Emerald

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Description
Locality: 
Nova Era, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 4.5 × 2.9 cm
Description

Beautiful ensamble of several intergrown emerald crystals from Brazil. They are still attached to a piece of matrix at the bottom and are sculpturally shaped like a U. The visual appearence is really fantastic due to the fancy form and also the imposant size.

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