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Beryl Var Aquamarine & Muscovite

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Beryl Var Aquamarine & Muscovite

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Description
Locality: 
Hüttschlag, St Johann im Pongau District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.8 × 4.1 × 3.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.80cm
Description

Blueish beryl on pegmatite (repaired). With muscovite and a line of a translucent brown crystallized mineral - probably sphalerite.

Upon my request a local collector confirmed  beryl at the locality. Very rare.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Beryl

Formula: 
Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Strunz: 
9.CJ.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
7.5 - 8.0
Streak: 
White

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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