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Aquamarine & Orthoclase

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Aquamarine & Orthoclase

Collected by John & Robert Lawson

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Description
Locality: 
Silent Valley Reservoir, Mourne Mountains, County Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 4 × 3.8 cm
Weight: 
63.00gr
Description

Granite matrix with crude, partial aquamarine crystals displaying a beautiful blue colour, associated with creamy white coloured orthoclase crystals.

The specimen was collected several years ago when the water level at the Silent Valley Reservoir was exceptionally low, exposing the rocks containing these aquamarine crystals. LC

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

Orthoclase

Formula: 
KAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.30
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
White

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