Mineral: | Beryl, Variety: Aquamarine / Garnet, Variety: Spessartite (Spessartine)
| Chemical Formula: | Be3Al2Si6O18 / Mn2+3Al2[SiO4]3 | Size: | | Weight: | | Transparence: | | Quantity: | | Origin: | Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan | This is a fine aquamarine crystal with two spessartine crystals on the basal termination. The aquamarine is multiple parallel twinned and has no damages. All termination as well as all prism faces are intact and display partly imprints of former touched spessartine crystals. Furthermore you can see small spessartine crystals embedded in the aquamarine. A very fine exceptional beryl crystal from Pakistan! 
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