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Beryl With Monazite & Mica Var Muscovite

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Beryl With Monazite & Mica Var Muscovite

Ex Dr. Krantz, Bonn, Germany
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Description
Locality: 
Evje Og Hornnes, Agder, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
6 × 10 × 6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
6.50cm
Weight: 
319.00gr
Description

A classic yellow, hexagonal beryl crystal of 6.5 cm size frozen in white feldspar matrix, accompanied by reddish-brown monazite (see pic 5) and several "packages" of silvery muscovite mica.

Unfortunately no old label.

Slightly radioactive due to content of U, Th and rare earth elements (appr. 0.7 micro Sv/h within spitting distance to the brown monazite).

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

Monazite

Group Parent: 
Monazite Group

Mica

Group Parent: 
Mica Group

Muscovite

Formula: 
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White

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