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4N45: Group of Beryl crystals (variety emerald), two of them clearly dominant, greenish in color, which retain their hexagonal shape, and partially coated by shiny black Phlogopite crystals. From the most classic Spanish locality for Emerald, although nowadays it is quite impossible to obtain specimens there.
Emerald Deposit, A Franqueira, A Caņiza, Comarca Paradanta, Pontevedra, Galicia / Galiza Spain
Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.6 × 2.8 cm = 2.24” × 1.81” × 1.10”
Main crystal size: 5.5 × 2.2 cm = 2.17” × 0.87”
Photos: Joaquim Callén
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