Questions about Aquamarine the MINERAL not movie.?

Question

I want to know somethings about aquamarine like:
How you mine it.
Its origin
how much it costs per carat
things like that.
and please tell me what website you went on so i can look in to it.

Answer 1

Aquamarine is a blue beryl. Beryl with other mineral impurities that have turned it green is emerald. Pure beryl does not have a remarkable color, but if the crystal is called beryl, it's usually in the red-orange-yellow range.

Beryl forms from pegmatites, the fluids left over when magma begins to crystallize deep inside the earth. These fluids flow into cracks in the rock and and form huge crystals shaped in sheets. If these fluids are rich in beryllium, they crystalize to become beryl. So, you will find them in volcanoes, especially when the material on top has eroded away to bring the surface nearer to the ancient magma chamber.

Beryls, emeralds, and aquamarines are notably found in Spain, Russia, Namibia, Madagascar, Pakistan, Colombia, Brazil, North Carolina, and San Diego County, California. Most beryl crystals are small, but some discovered in Colombia may be more than 5 meters in length. One beryl discovered in Madagascar weighed 36,600,000 kilograms!

Aquamarines are actually quite inexpensive. You may be able to buy a loose one carat aquamarine on eBay for less than US$5 (I can't testify to the clarity or quality of such gems.) For a little bit more money you can buy them set in jewelry. I'm very fond of the aquamarine earrings I've been wearing for about three straight days now!