Aquamarine (Be. Aquamarine is typically associated with quartz, feldspars and muscovite, and often occurs with other pegmatite accessory minerals such as biotite, garnet, phenakite and topaz. Because of aquamarine's relatively high hardness and specific gravity, it is sometimes found in eluvial and aluvial deposits.
A revolution in France that overthrew the monarchy and is often cited as the end of the Enlightenment. The French Revolution began in 1789 when King Louis XVI convened the legislature in an attempt to solve Franceâs monumental financial woes. Instead, the massive middle class revolted and set up its own government.
Before 1789, France was ruled by the nobles and the church. The ideas of the Enlightenment were beginning to make the ordinary people want more power. They could see that the American Revolution had created a country in which people had power, instead of a king.he First Estate was the Clergy (the church) and made up 1% of the population. The Second Estate was the Nobility and also made up 1% of the population. The other nearly 98% of the population was in the Third Estate. Representatives of the people from all three estates together made up the Estates-General.