Blue Aquamarine Rough Crystal
US$30.00
Aquamarine is a pale-blue to light-green variety of the beryl famiy with its name relating to water and sea.The color of aquamarine can be changed by heat, with a goal to enhance its physical appearance (though this practice is frowned upon by collectors and jewelers). It is the birth stone of March.
It is transparent to translucent and possesses a hexagonal crystal system. Aquamarine mainly forms in granite pegmatites and hydrothermal veins, and it is a very lengthy process that can take millions of years to form.