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aquamarine (ăk'wəmərēn`, äk'–) [Lat.,=seawater], transparent beryl beryl (bĕr`ĭl), mineral, a silicate of beryllium and aluminum, Be3Al2Si6O18 ..... Click the link for more information. with a blue or bluish-green color. Sources of the gems include Brazil, Siberia, the Union of Myanmar, Madagascar, and parts of the United States. Oriental aquamarine is a transparent crystalline corundum with a bluish tinge. The emerald is similar in composition, differing only in color. aquamarinePale greenish blue or bluish green variety of beryl that is valued as a gemstone. The most common variety of gem beryl, it occurs in pegmatites, in which it forms much larger and clearer crystals than emerald, the dark green variety of beryl. Aquamarine occurs in Brazil, which is the chief source, and in such other sites as the Ural Mountains, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, India, and Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, North Carolina, and Colorado in the U.S. Heat treatment is commonly used to improve the colour of gem beryls. aquamarine March alternate birthstone. [Am. Gem Symbolism: Kunz, 319] See : Birthstones |
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First up is Aquamarine, a mermaid-out-of-water tale in theaters now. well, mermaid Aquamarine (Heather Graham protege Sara Paxton) has just washed ashore, fleeing a marriage arranged by her father (Neptune, not Triton). I must say, having traveled to Tahiti after graduating from college in 1991, the lagoon of Bora Bora is every bit as aquamarine as it is in your feature ["Tahiti," November/December 2005]. |
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