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Emerald

Emerald is a gemstone and a variety of the mineral beryl (Be3Al2(SiO3)6) colored green by trace amounts of chromium or sometimes vanadium. Beryl has a hardness of 7.

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Properties determining value

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Emerald mines

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Synthetic emerald

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Birefringence
δ = 0.0040–0.0070
Category
Beryl variety
Cleavage
Imperfect on the
Color
Bluish green to green
Crystal habit
Massive to well Crystalline
Crystal system
Hexagonal (6/m 2/m 2/m) Space group: P6/mсc

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Etymology

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Emerald mines

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Historical and cultural references

Gallery

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Emerald

Nodes98
Edges97
Triples270
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.020408
Components1

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Emerald

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related to Further reading · 54
Emerald → Ali, Ariz, Ball, Brazil, Brewer's Myth, Brunswick House Press, Cassell Publishers Ltd, Cornelis, Cornelius, Ed, Edited, Gaston, Gem Trade, Gemstone, Geoscience Press, Giuliani, India, ISBN, Jean-Baptiste, Jewel Stones
related to Historical and cultural references · 28
Emerald → According, Among, Baptist, Brantôme, Cortez's, Emerald City, France, Frank Baum's, French, Hernán Cortés, In American, India's, Inter Natos Mulierum, John, King Charles IX, Madurai, Matthew, May, Meenakshi, Meenakshi Amman Temple
related to Synthetic emerald · 28
Emerald → According, Also, Austria, Both, Carroll Chatham, Chatham's, Colombia, Colombian, Emerita, Esmeralda, Flanigen, Gilson's, Growth, Hydrothermal, IG Farben, Innsbruck, Johann Lechleitner, Later, Linde Division, Luminescence
related to Gallery · 23
Emerald → Bahia, Beirut, BrazilThe Chalk Emerald, Campo Formoso, Carnaiba Mine, Colombia, Colombian, Cut EmeraldsHabachtal, Found, Gachalá, Housed, It, La Vega, Lebanon, Mim Museum, Muzo, National Museum, Natural History, Natural HistoryEmerald, Panjshir Valley AfghanistanLarge
related to Emerald mines · 22
Emerald → AD, Ancient Egypt, Austria, BC, Byzantine Empires, Chivor, Colombia, Colombian, Coscuez, Egypt, Emeralds, For, India, Islamic, Mining, Mount Smaragdus, Muzo, Rare, Roman, The
has treatment · 12
Emerald → Cedar, Federal Trade Commission, Gems, Laboratories, Most, Opticon, Other, Others, Some, The, These, Untreated
related to Etymology · 12
Emerald → According, Ancient Greek, Latin, Middle English, Old French, Persian, Sanskrit, Semitic, The, The Greek, Vulgar Latin, Webster's Dictionary
related to Origin determinations · 11
Emerald → American, Chivor, Colombia, Coscuez, David Cronin, More, Muzo, Since, South America, Traditional, X-ray
related to Clarity · 9
Emerald → Emeralds, Eye-clean, Faceted, French, Imperfections, Stones, The, Thus, Unlike
related to Color · 6
Emerald → Emeralds, Gray, In, Only, The, Yellow

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emeralds beryl green inclusions color hue colombia synthetic used clarity stones also scale gemstone gem natural isbn found mining one

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
EmeraldBirefringenceδ = 0.0040–0.00701.00infobox
EmeraldCategoryBeryl variety1.00infobox
EmeraldCleavageImperfect on the1.00infobox
EmeraldColorBluish green to green1.00infobox
EmeraldCrystal habitMassive to well Crystalline1.00infobox
EmeraldCrystal systemHexagonal (6/m 2/m 2/m) Space group: P6/mсc1.00infobox
EmeraldDiaphaneityTransparent to opaque1.00infobox
EmeraldFormulaBe3Al2(SiO3)61.00infobox
EmeraldFormula mass537.501.00infobox
EmeraldFractureConchoidal1.00infobox
EmeraldLusterVitreous1.00infobox
EmeraldMohs scale hardness7.5–81.00infobox
EmeraldOptical propertiesUniaxial (−)1.00infobox
EmeraldRefractive indexnω = 1.564–1.595, nε = 1.568–1.6021.00infobox
EmeraldSpace group(6/m 2/m 2/m) – dihexagonal dipyramidal1.00infobox
EmeraldSpecific gravityAverage 2.761.00infobox
EmeraldStreakWhite1.00infobox
EmeraldUltraviolet fluorescenceNone (some fracture-filling materials used to improve emerald's clarity do fluoresce, but the stone itself does not)1.00infobox
EmeraldUnit cella = 9.21 Å, c = 9.19 Å; Z = 21.00infobox
Emeraldis agemstone and a variety of the mineral beryl0.90text
Emeraldis acyclosilicate0.90text

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