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Red Beryl

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Red Beryl

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Description
Locality: 
Wah Wah Mountains, Beaver County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 4.5 × 1.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.30cm
Weight: 
74.00gr
Description

Red Beryl only exists from this locality worldwide and is extremely sought after. This tiny crystal is embedded in a matrix of rhyolite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Red Beryl

Variety Of: 

Beryl

Formula: 
Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Strunz: 
9.CJ.05
Hardness: 
7.5 - 8.0
Formula: 
Be3Al2Si6O18
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
7.5 - 8.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Maynard's claim (Pismire Knolls), Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA...