Filabusi (Filibusi), Gwanda - Filabusi District, Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe

Emeralds are characterized by light bluish green colour and are often called "precious green beryl" or "pale green emerald". The most common inclusions are tremolite needles, actinolite, and minor chlorite and talc.

Ref: E.Ya.Kievlenko, Geology of gems, 2003, p. 89

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