what is mean by gemstone emerald explain it with a image
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Emerald is a gemstone and a variety of the mineral beryl (Be3Al2(SiO3)6) colored green by trace amounts of chromium and/or sometimes vanadium. Beryl has a hardness of 7.5–8 on the Mohs scale. Most emeralds are highly included, so their toughness (resistance to breakage) is classified as generally poor.
Explanation:
Explanation:
Emerald is a gemstone and a variety of the mineral beryl (Be3Al2(SiO3)6) colored green by trace amounts of chromium and/or sometimes vanadium.[2] Beryl has a hardness of 7.5–8 on the Mohs scale.[2] Most emeralds are highly included,[3] so their toughness (resistance to breakage) is classified as generally poor. Emerald is a cyclosilicate.
Color
Bluish green to green
Crystal habit
Massive to well Crystalline
Cleavage
Imperfect on the [0001]
Fracture
Conchoidal
Mohs scale hardness
7.5–8
Luster
Vitreous
Streak
White
Diaphaneity
Transparent to opaque
Specific gravity
Average 2.76
Optical properties
Uniaxial (−)
Refractive index
nω = 1.564–1.595,
nε = 1.568–1.602
Birefringence
δ = 0.0040–0.0070
Ultraviolet fluorescence
None (some fracture-filling materials used to improve emerald's clarity do fluoresce, but the stone itself does not)