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Emerald from
A Franqueira, A Cañiza, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain


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Emerald

A Franqueira, A Cañiza, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
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Emerald, etc.

A Franqueira, A Cañiza, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
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Emerald

A Franqueira, A Cañiza, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
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Emerald

A Franqueira, A Cañiza, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
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Emerald

A Franqueira, A Cañiza, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
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Emerald, etc.

A Franqueira, A Cañiza, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
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Emerald

A Franqueira, A Cañiza, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
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Emerald

A Franqueira, A Cañiza, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
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Emerald

A Franqueira, A Cañiza, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
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Emerald, etc.

A Franqueira, A Cañiza, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
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Emerald

A Franqueira, A Cañiza, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
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Emerald

A Franqueira, A Cañiza, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
Classification
Species:Beryl var: Emerald
Formula:Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Phlogopite13
Beryl1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Emerald data
Locality Data:Click here to view A Franqueira, A Cañiza, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
Photo GalleryView Gallery (21 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:12889
Long-form Identifier:1:3:12889:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Emerald
50.1km (31.1 miles) ⓘUnnamed mine, Estorãos, Ponte de Lima, Viana do Castelo, Portugal
References
Martin-Izard, A., Paniagua, A., Moreiras, D., Acevedo, R.D., and Marcos-Pascual, C. (1995) Metasomatism at a granitic pegmatite - dunite contact in Galicia: the Franqueira occurrence of chrysoberyl (alexandrite), emerald, and phenakite. The Canadian Mineralogist: 33: 775-792.
Calvo, Miguel, García, José Ramón (1997) Emerald and Associated Minerals from A Franqueira, Pontevedra, Spain. The Mineralogical Record, 28 (6) 497-501
Marcos-Pascual, C., Moreiras, D.B. (1997) Characterization of alexandrite, emerald and phenakite from Franqueira (NW Spain) The Journal of Gemmology, 25 (5) 340-357 doi:10.15506/jog.1997.25.5.340
 
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