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What type of rock is an emerald?

Updated: 8/9/2023
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13y ago

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It is a very hard rock with sandpaper like feel.

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13y ago

Emerald is a gem or mineral, not a rock. It does not say.

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15y ago

It's a mineral. Emeralds are a type of beryl with Chromium impurities.

Rock is just a general term to describe naturally occurring aggregates of minerals.

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15y ago

Emerald is the green gem variety of the mineral Beryl. The chemical formula for Beryl is Be3Al2(SiO3)6Be3Al2(SiO3)6.

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14y ago

yes

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13y ago

It is both.

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