Provenite

Tirschenreuth (Upper Palatinate Forest)

AreaDraft data

49.8826° N, 12.3311° E · ± 10 km

Aquamarine from Bavaria, Germany, with photos of specimens from this locality.

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Aquamarine

Aquamarine at Tirschenreuth (Upper Palatinate Forest)

Old pale blue-green aquamarine crystal 5 cm long in matrix from Tirschenreuth, Bavaria, Germany.
Old pale blue-green aquamarine crystal 5 cm long in matrix from Tirschenreuth, Bavaria, Germany.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Formula
Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈
Morphology
Complete prismatic crystal in matrix
Typical size
About 5 cm
Color / luster
Pale blue-green
Availability
No longer available
History
Old specimen, probably collected in the early to mid 1800s

Sources: SRC-789

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Geology of the locality

Region
Bavaria
Country
Germany

Labels give only Tirschenreuth; coordinate is the town from GeoNames.

Sources: SRC-788

Sources

  1. SRC-788 · Database
    GeoNames search: Tirschenreuth, GermanyGeoNames · GeoNames
  2. SRC-789 · Website
    File:Beryl-190534.jpgRobert M. Lavinsky · Wikimedia Commons

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