AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Pakistan > Beryl var. Aquamarine with Muscovite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 77476 |
Mineral: | Beryl var. Aquamarine with Muscovite |
Locality: | Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan |
Description: | Lustrous transparent aquamarine crystals, the blue-green gem variety of the mineral beryl, to 16 mm with glassy crystal faces and pale-blue color on silvery muscovite mica crystals to 12 mm. The aquamarine crystals have flat basal pinacoid terminations. Collected ca. 1995 |
Overall Size: | 12x8x4.5 cm |
Crystals: | 2-16 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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