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Aquamarine On Muscovite

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Aquamarine On Muscovite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu County, Mianyang, Sichuan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 2.8 × 1.6 cm
Description

A very showy and aesthetic Chinese specimen with unusually blocky, gemmy and glassy, aquamarine crystals artfully set on muscovite matrix from Mt. Xuebaoding. This aquamarine crystal form is rarely seen in Chinese aquas

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

Muscovite

Formula: 
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
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