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Chrysoberyl Var Alexandrite

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Chrysoberyl Var Alexandrite

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Description
Locality: 
Novello Mine, Masvingo, Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.2 × 1.1 cm
Description

Sharp terminated crystal of chrysoberyl with lustrous rough faces. The specimen is dichroic, so presents the typical colour change, from dark green under sunlight to purple-pink under incandescent light. The specimen is not twinned, which is uncommon in this locality and has some gemmy translucent areas.

Ex Henk Smeets #8515.

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

Alexandrite

Variety Of: 

Chrysoberyl

Formula: 
BeAl2O4
Strunz: 
4.BA.05
Hardness: 
8.5
Formula: 
BeAl2O4
Hardness: 
0.0

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