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Red Beryl

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Description
Locality: 
Violet Claim, Wah Wah Mountains, Beaver County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 2 × 1.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.70cm
Description

Raspberry red crystal of beryl (variety red beryl) on a white rhyolite matrix. It is doubly-ended, with good lustre and formed by the first and second order hexagonal prism.

Ex. Paul Tambuyser specimen.

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...

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