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Quartz is a chemical compound consisting of one part silicon and two parts oxygen. It is silicon dioxide (SiO 2 ). Quartz is the most abundant mineral on the earth’s surface. It occurs in basically all mineral environments and is the important constituent of many rocks. Quartz is also the most varied of all minerals, […]
Aquamarine [Be3Al2SiO6] is the greenish-blue to the blue variety of Beryl. Aquamarine is a Beryllium aluminum silicate mineral and is in the Cyclosilicates subcategory of Silicate minerals. It forms beautiful crystals that can be quite large and totally transparent. Unlike Emerald, Aquamarine can form in stunning flawless crystals. They create some of the most beautiful […]
