Aquamarine is a transparent or translucent pale blue to greenish blue mineral that was named after its color. Its name is derived from aqua (the Latin word for ‘water’) and marine (the Latin word for ‘the sea’). It is a variety of beryl, its hardness is 7.5-8 and its specific gravity is 2.75.
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