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Beryl

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Locality: 
Sheshkinnarone, Dunglow, County Donegal, Irish Republic (Eire)
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.6 × 2 cm
Description

A hexagonal beryl crystal in quartz matrix. This is a good specimen of beryl from the best locality in Ireland for the species The crystal is 2.2 cm long. I travelled some distance to collect at the site a few years ago and after considerable time searching only found two reasonable specimens, neither of which were as good as the one on offer here. Most of the material to be found was broken single crystals. Very hard to acquire material and rarely offered for sale.

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
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