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'''Aquamarine''' is [[gemstone]]-quality blue [[beryl]], closely related to the [[emerald]]. Aquamarines can be found in the [[United States]] in [[Colorado]] at the summit of Mt. Antero in the Collegiate Range in central Colorado. In [[Brazil]], there are mines in the states of [[Minas Gerais]], [[Espírito Santo]] and [[Bahia]]. | '''Aquamarine''' is [[gemstone]]-quality blue [[beryl]], closely related to the [[emerald]]. Aquamarines can be found in the [[United States]] in [[Colorado]] at the summit of Mt. Antero in the Collegiate Range in central Colorado. In [[Brazil]], there are mines in the states of [[Minas Gerais]], [[Espírito Santo]] and [[Bahia]]. | ||
The biggest aquamarine ever mined was found at the city of Marambaia, Minas Gerais. It | The biggest aquamarine ever mined was found at the city of Marambaia, Minas Gerais. It weighed over 110 kg, and its dimensions were 48.5 cm long and 42 cm in diameter. | ||
Aquamarine is the [[birthstone]] associated with [[March]]. | Aquamarine is the [[birthstone]] associated with [[March]]. | ||
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'''Aquamarine''' is also a color, a shade between [[green]] | '''Aquamarine''' is also a color, a shade anywhere between light greenish-cyan and light [[green]]-[[cyan]]. | ||
Revision as of 09:51, 21 October 2004
Aquamarine is gemstone-quality blue beryl, closely related to the emerald. Aquamarines can be found in the United States in Colorado at the summit of Mt. Antero in the Collegiate Range in central Colorado. In Brazil, there are mines in the states of Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo and Bahia.
The biggest aquamarine ever mined was found at the city of Marambaia, Minas Gerais. It weighed over 110 kg, and its dimensions were 48.5 cm long and 42 cm in diameter.
Aquamarine is the birthstone associated with March.
See also: List of minerals
Template:Swatch Aquamarine is also a color, a shade anywhere between light greenish-cyan and light green-cyan.
Color Coordinates
Hex triplet = #7FFFD4 RGB (r, g, b) = (127, 255, 212) CMYK (c, m, y, k) = (50, 0, 17, 0)
Aquamarine is also the unusual heraldic tincture of the Jewish Autonomous Region in Russia; it is shown as a kind of dark green.