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Emeralds are from the Beryl family of minerals. Beryl, the primary ore of beryllium, occurs in white, green, blue-green, greenish yellow, blue, yellow, and pink colors, with a vitreous luster. The gem varieties includes emerald, aquamarine, morganite (pink beryl), and heliodor (golden beryl). The Chemical composition is beryllium (14%) aluminum (67%) silicate (67%), usually containing alkali ions, other minerals, water, and gases. It crystallizes in hexagonal shapes in the dihexagonal-dipyramidal class, sometimes in well formed hexagonal prisms with pinacoidal (flat) terminations. Beryl melts to liquid at about 1475 C. The hardness is 7.5-8 on the Mohs scale, and the Specific Gravity ranges from 2.66-2.83.