Overview
The name aquamarine comes from aqua (Latin for water), and marine, deriving from marina (Latin for of the sea). The first reference in English to “Aquamarina” appears in Anselmus Boetius De Boot book GEMMARUM ET LAPIDUM HISTORIA (1609, in Latin). It was later cited in A Lapidary History or History of Precious Stones by Thomas Nicols, Cambridge (1652, page 114), where it states that the name was used by the Italians for blue-green varieties of beryl.
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Formula
Be3Al2Si6O18
Colour
Pale to medium blue, blue-green
Hardness
7.5 to 8
Specific Gravity
2.66 to 2.80
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