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Aquamarine is a beryllium aluminium silicate mineral and are a transparent variety of beryl, with light blue or blue-green color, you can think of tropical seawater. The mineral structure is hexagonal crystal system. The finest aquamarine are mined in russia, but can also be found in brazil and sri lanka. Aquamarine can occur in large sizes and the biggest aquamarine found where mined in the city of marambaia, minas gerais in brazil and the year was 1910. The size was 48.5 cm long and 42 cm in diameter and weighed over 110 kg.
Aquamarine crystal
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