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Beryl

Ex University of Amsterdam
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Carolino Mine, Chãs de Tavares, Mangualde, Viseu District, Portugal
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
14.5 × 9.5 × 8 cm
Weight: 
1 800.00gr
Description

Well, this is something very special, a huge light green coloured beryl crystal of 14.5 cm from Mangualde, Portugal. This size is very rare and nowadays impossible to find.

Collected in the late 1940's by Dutch geologists. Ex Geological Institute of the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.

It's a heavy specimen, 1800 gram, so the shipping costs are a little higher.

Collected: 
1940's
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Beryl

Formula: 
Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Strunz: 
9.CJ.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
7.5 - 8.0
Streak: 
White
Provenance
Cartils Minerals

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