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Beryl Var Red Beryl

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Beryl Var Red Beryl

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Description
Locality: 
Violet Claim, Wah Wah Mountains, Beaver County, Utah, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.8 × 5 × 3 cm
Description

Three translucent red beryl crystals (the largest is just under 1 cm) in contrasting white rhyolite matrix. Red beryl, also called bixbite, is the rarest color of the mineral species and only occurs in Utah. The red beryl crystal is prismatic hexagonal form with flat pinacoid terminations.

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

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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