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Chrysoberyl

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Chrysoberyl

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Description
Locality: 
Kolsva, Köping, Västmanland County, Sweden
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 5 × 2.56 cm
Description

An almost massive greenish-yellow chrysoberyl specimen from a less known locality. Uncommon specimen

Reference:

Sundius, N. (1950) Beryll och krysoberyll från Kolsva fältspatgruva. Geol. Fören. Stockh. Förh. 72, 358-59; Nysten,P. & Gustafsson, L.(2006): I jakt på sällsynta mineral. Geologiskt forum nr 49, 22-25

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chrysoberyl

Formula: 
BeAl2O4
Strunz: 
4.BA.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
8.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Brazil