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Aquamarine & Schorl

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Aquamarine & Schorl

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Description
Locality: 
Davib Ost Farm 61, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.2 × 2 cm
Description

A slender, doubly coloured and excellent defined Aquamarine very exposed on a "haystack" of acicular raven-black to gray Schorl. They are well edveloped as well and partly lucent.(Foitite? - should be analysed) The sharp, six-sided Aqua has a silky luster and is perfect terminated with a darker tip. A superb mini.

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

Schorl

Formula: 
Na(Fe2+3)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Strunz: 
9.CK.05
Hardness: 
7.0
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