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aquamarine

 
Dictionary: aq·ua·ma·rine   (ăk'wə-mə-rēn', ä'kwə-) pronunciation
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  1. A transparent blue-green variety of beryl, used as a gemstone.
  2. A pale blue to light greenish blue.

[Latin aqua marīna, sea water : aqua, water; see aqua + marīna, of the sea; see marine.]


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Pale greenish blue or bluish green variety of beryl that is valued as a gemstone. The most common variety of gem beryl, it occurs in pegmatites, in which it forms much larger and clearer crystals than emerald, the dark green variety of beryl. Aquamarine occurs in Brazil, which is the chief source, and in such other sites as the Ural Mountains, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, India, and Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, North Carolina, and Colorado in the U.S. Heat treatment is commonly used to improve the colour of gem beryls.

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aquamarine (ăk'wəmərēn', äk'-) [Lat.,=seawater], transparent beryl with a blue or bluish-green color. Sources of the gems include Brazil, Siberia, the Union of Myanmar, Madagascar, and parts of the United States. Oriental aquamarine is a transparent crystalline corundum with a bluish tinge. The emerald is similar in composition, differing only in color.


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IN BRIEF: A clear stone with blue-green color.

pronunciation The ocean was the same color as Grandma's aquamarine earrings.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - aquamarin, aquamarinfarve

Nederlands (Dutch)
aquamarijn(kleur)

Français (French)
n. - aigue-marine, bleu vert (la couleur)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Aquamarin

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ορυκτολ.) ακουαμαρίνα
adj. - γαλαζοπράσινος

Italiano (Italian)
acquamarina, acquamarino

Português (Portuguese)
n. - água-marinha (f) (Geol.)
adj. - cor verde-mar

Русский (Russian)
аквамарин, цвет морской волны

Español (Spanish)
n. - aguamarina

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - akvamarin
adj. - blågrön

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
绿玉, 碧绿色

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 綠玉, 碧綠色

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 남 옥, 청록색

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - アクアマリン, 青緑色

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) زبرجد (صفه) ون أزرق مخضر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תרשיש (אבן טובה), צבע ירוק-כחלחל‬


 
 
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