Ikhwalithi ye-aquamarine ihlolwa ngombala, ukucaca, ukusika kanye nesisindo.Umbala omsulwa, akukho mpunga, akukho dichroism, umbala owugqinsi futhi ogqamile wenani eliphakeme kakhulu.Enye i-aquamarine eneziqondiso ezifakiwe ingacutshungulwa ibe umphumela wamehlo wekati noma umphumela wokukhanya kwenkanyezi, futhi i-aquamarine enomphumela okhethekile wokubona ibiza kakhulu.I-Aquamarine enombala ofanayo, ukucaca nokusikwa kubaluleke kakhulu uma inesisindo esiningi.