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Chrysoberyl

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Chrysoberyl

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Description
Locality: 
Santa Teresa, Espírito Santo, Brazil
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.9 × 0.8 × 0.7 cm
Description

Six chrysoberyl crystals forming a star-like group or sixling, due to repeated penetration twins on {130}.

Acquired in 1993. Ex. Jan Sibtsen #784.

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

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