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Beryl var. Aquamarine on Muscovite with Fluorapatite and Fluorite from Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

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DESCRIPTION:	No. 72223
Mineral:	Beryl var. Aquamarine on Muscovite with Fluorapatite and Fluorite
Locality:	Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Description:	Superb lustrous transparent blue aquamarine crystals, the blue gem variety of the mineral species beryl, to 34 mm on bladed muscovite mica crystals to 15 mm with colorless transparent octahedral fluorite crystals to 8 mm and a 9 mm pink fluorapatite. Ex. G. McLoughlin collection; ex. Marty Zinn collection #8037 in 2005
Overall Size:	8x6x4.5 cm
Crystals:	5-34 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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