AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Colombia > Beryl var. Emerald |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 49148 |
Mineral: | Beryl var. Emerald |
Locality: | Polveros Mine, Vasquez-Yacopí District, Boyacá Department, Colombia |
Description: | Doubly-terminated lustrous transparent medium-green emerald crystal, the green gem variety of the mineral species beryl, with glassy crystal faces on gray calcite with basal pinacoid termination with complex crystallization patterns on the C-face. |
Overall Size: | 27x15x13 mm |
Crystals: | 6 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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