AQUAMARINE HEART
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Product Details
- CRYSTAL/MINERAL
- AQUAMARINE
- location
- Afghanistan
- SKU
- 051116
- DIMENSIONS
- 3.1cm x 3.3cm x 2.0cm (1.2in x 1.3in x 0.8in)
- GEOLOGICAL FORMATION
- Aquamarine is the blue to blue-green variety of Beryl, a Beryllium Aluminium Silicate. The colour comes from trace iron in the crystal structure, and the name is from the Latin aqua marina, sea water. It crystallises in the hexagonal system as long, six-sided prisms, with a hardness of 7.5–8 on the Mohs scale, a specific gravity of roughly 2.67–2.78 and a vitreous lustre.
The Aquamarine of north-eastern Afghanistan forms in Granitic Pegmatites, the coarse-grained rock that crystallises last from a cooling magma. Fluid-rich cavities within those pegmatites allow Beryl to grow slowly to a large size, producing crystals with sharp faces and natural terminations. The region’s high mountain terrain, including the districts of Nuristan and Kunar, has yielded Aquamarine alongside Tourmaline, Kunzite and other pegmatite minerals.
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AQUAMARINE HEART
Sale priceAED 10,100.00