6.5 Grams Miniature Chitral Emerald in Biotite Schist with Quartz Matrix – Metamorphic Host Rock Specimen Sphene Lazurite pseudomorphs after phlogopite (a
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6.5 Grams Miniature Chitral Emerald in Biotite Schist with Quartz Matrix – Metamorphic Host Rock Specimen Sphene Lazurite pseudomorphs after phlogopite (a Lazurite pseudomorphs after phlogopite (a magnesium mica) are a documented occurrence at this locality this is a small sized Chitral emerald occurrences are considered relatively recent discoveries compared to traditional Colombian and Zambian deposits Chitral emeralds formed through hydrothermal processes where beryllium rich fluids interacted with chromium bearing host rocks in metamorphic zones