Duncan Miller

Many faceters recommend that beginners start with aquamarine. It usually presents no problems in faceting or polishing, is relatively easy to obtain, and in lighter colour it is not overwhelmingly expensive. Aquamarine is the blue or blue-green gem variety of the mineral beryl, an aluminium beryllium silicate. It occurs in elongated hexagonal barrel-shaped crystals. It is dichroic, with the most intense colour when viewed along the length, the so-called c-axis. This is a pity, ...


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