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Chrysoberyl Var Alexandrite

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Chrysoberyl Var Alexandrite

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Description
Locality: 
Magara Mine, Lake Manyara, Arusha Region, Tanzania (United Republic)
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.6 × 0.3 × 0.3 cm
Description

Two nice alexandrite crystals

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