[Rockhounds] Another Mystery Mineral

[Drew]

Looks like beryl var. aquamarine to me... the terminations are complex like
this one,
http://www.fabreminerals.com/search_show.php?SECTION=SHQ&CODE=EY86K1

Drew

On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 10:00 AM, <GBROWN at catspaw-minerals.com> wrote:

> Speaking of unknowns...
>
> My friend with the friend in Afghanistan sent my this picture of a crystal
> the guy picked up:
>
> http://www.catspaw-minerals.com/images/maybe_aqua.jpg
>
> The color is right for aquamarine, but the termination looks wrong... more
> like topaz.  It doesn't have that barrel shape that all the Afghani aquas
> I've seen have.
>
> ID??
>
> GcB
>
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