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  2. Aquamarine (gem) - Wikipedia

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    Aquamarine is a pale-blue to light-green variety of the beryl family, [2] with its name relating to water and sea. [3] The color of aquamarine can be changed by heat, with a goal to enhance its physical appearance (though this practice is frowned upon by collectors and jewelers). [ 4 ]

  3. As Jarmon describes, "The name aquamarine is derived from the Latin meaning 'water of the sea.' In ancient folklore, it was known as a treasure of mermaids and used as a talisman by sailors for ...

  4. Beryl - Wikipedia

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    Aquamarine. Aquamarine (from Latin: aqua marina, "sea water" [17]) is a blue or cyan variety of beryl. It occurs at most localities which yield ordinary beryl. The gem-gravel placer deposits of Sri Lanka contain aquamarine. Green-yellow beryl, such as that occurring in Brazil, is sometimes called chrysolite aquamarine. [18]

  5. Color symbolism - Wikipedia

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    Color symbolism in art, literature, and anthropology is the use of color as a symbol in various cultures and in storytelling. There is great diversity in the use of colors and their associations between cultures [ 1 ] and even within the same culture in different time periods. [ 2 ]

  6. Aquamarine - Wikipedia

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    Aquamarine may refer to: Aquamarine (color), a shade between green and blue; Aquamarine (gemstone), a type of pale-blue to light-green beryl; Aquamarine may also ...

  7. Aquamarine (color) - Wikipedia

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    Aquamarine is a color that is a light tint of teal, in between cyan and green on the color wheel. It is named after the mineral aquamarine , a gemstone mainly found in granite rocks. The first recorded use of aquamarine as a color name in English was in 1598.

  8. The sea in culture - Wikipedia

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    The earliest art representing boats is 40,000 years old. Since then, artists in different countries and cultures have depicted the sea. Symbolically, the sea has been perceived as a hostile environment populated by fantastic creatures: the Leviathan of the Bible , Isonade in Japanese mythology , and the kraken of late Norse mythology .

  9. Symbolist painting - Wikipedia

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    The Nightmare (1781), by Johann Heinrich Füssli, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit. Symbolism, understood as a means of expression of the "symbol", that is, of a type of content, whether written, sonorous or plastic, whose purpose is to transcend matter to signify a superior order of intangible elements, has always existed in art as a human manifestation, one of whose qualities has always ...