Beryl, variety aquamarine

Description

Beryl, variety aquamarine - densely aggregated transparent to translucent greenish-blue hexagonal prismatic crystals in ferruginous greisen matrix, associated with minor small transparent topaz crystals, from the old workings at Sherlovaya Gora, Chita Oblast, Transbaikal, Siberia, Russia.

Museum reference

G.2006.34.20

Collection

Natural Sciences

Object name

Beryl, variety aquamarine

Collection place(s)

Sherlovaya Gora, Chita Oblast, Russia, Eastern Europe

Associations

Greisen
Topaz

Exhibitions

• Restless Earth (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland