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Aquamarine from
Asika'erte Mine, Qinghe Co. (Qinggil Co.; Chinggil Co.), Altay Prefecture (Aletai Prefecture), Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Beryl var: Aquamarine
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Aquamarine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Asika'erte Mine, Qinghe Co. (Qinggil Co.; Chinggil Co.), Altay Prefecture (Aletai Prefecture), Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:736903
Long-form Identifier:1:3:736903:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Aquamarine
24.0km (14.9 miles) ⓘAskarte pegmatite, Koktokay pegmatite field (Keketuohai pegmatite field), Fuyun Co. (Koktokay Co.), Altay Prefecture (Aletai Prefecture), Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
33.8km (21.0 miles) ⓘKoktokay No. 3 pegmatite (Altay No. 3 pegmatite), Altay Mine, Koktokay pegmatite field (Keketuohai pegmatite field), Fuyun Co. (Koktokay Co.), Altay Prefecture (Aletai Prefecture), Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
33.9km (21.0 miles) ⓘKoktokay pegmatite field (Keketuohai pegmatite field), Fuyun Co. (Koktokay Co.), Altay Prefecture (Aletai Prefecture), Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
References
Yinlin Feng and Xiaopo Jiang (1987): Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica 6(4), 344-351
Tianren Zou (1996): Mineral Deposits 15(suppl.), 38-40
Yanling Tang (2005): Non-metallic mineral deposits of Xinjiang, China [Zhongguo Xinjiang Fei Jinshu Kuangchuang]. Geological Publishing House (Beijing), 289 pp.
Wang, Chun-Long, Jiang, Shao-Yong, Lei, Xiu-Fang (2024) Mechanism of beryllium mineralization in a granite-pegmatite system: Constraints from ore geology and beryl mineralogy of the large Arskartor Be-Nb-Mo deposit, southern Chinese Altai. Ore Geology Reviews, 167. 105996 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2024.105996
 
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