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Aquamarine — specimen 0423, photo © NMNHS
Aquamarine — specimen 0423, photo © NMNHS

Aquamarinespecimen 0423

Origin

South America
Brazil
Aquamarine — specimen 0423, locality map
Data

Weight: 1.01 ct; size: 9.91 | 5.50 | 3.46 mm; shape: pear; colour: light very strongly bluish green; very slightly greyish; clarity: eye clean; cut: fair; treatment: none.
Notes

Very clean specimen; mixed style cut with large window.

Other specimens
Aquamarine — specimen 0245Aquamarine — specimen 0523Aquamarine — specimen 0445Aquamarine — specimen 0522Aquamarine — specimen 0063Aquamarine — specimen 0302Aquamarine — specimen 0424

More information from ‘Classification’


A variety of beryl. Occurs mainly in granite pegmatites.