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The Emerald mining Zones in Colombia are located basically in the ' Emerald Colombian Rectangle, an area of 250 kilometers in length by 50 of wide, within as are the mines in two different departments.
The most important producers, Muzo and Coscuez, are in the department of Boyacá, about 200 kilometers to the north of Bogota and conform the "Special Esmeraldífera Reserve". The second area of production is located to the east of the department of Cundinamarca. In this region are the mines of Chivor and Gachalá. To date, other emerald zones in Colombia have not been discovered.
The Emerald is a mineral silicate of class, categorizada as a "Beryls" (BeÁI2(SiO3)6) is clear in their form of purity, but often contain impurities which come from a mineral that vary in its coloration. The family of beryls includes aquamarines blue sure morganitas pink, heliodores gilded, beryls red, and beryls green clear. Beryls is silicates which include but the long mineral class, still the Emeralds are single a small fraction of this class.
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