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Aquamarine On Muscovite

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Aquamarine On Muscovite

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Description
Locality: 
Pingwu Mine, Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu County, Mianyang, Sichuan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.1 × 2.2 × 3.5 cm
Description

A group of pale blue beryl variety aquamarine on a muscovite matrix.

The tabular or poker chip crystals have good form and transparency, with the main crtstal measuring 3.4cm across and is clearly twinned.

This  area in the Shaoboadin mountains has produced an amazing array  of mineral specimens from the Beryl-Scheelite deposit centered around the Huya village.

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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