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Beryllonite

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Beryllonite

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Description
Locality: 
Telírio Claim, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 2.3 × 1.1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.70cm
Description

This is a fine thumbnail specimen, a rare gem crystal of a species that seldom forms such aesthetic specimens. It is a lustrous, mostly translucent, twinned crystal.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Beryllonite

Formula: 
NaBePO4
Strunz: 
8.AA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Joe McKeen Mountain locality (McKean Farm), Stoneham, Oxford Co., Maine, USA