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Bromellite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Lupikko Mine, Pitkyaranta District, Ladoga Region, Karelia Republic, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 1 × 1 cm
Description

Outsatnding brown crystals of the very rare beryllium mineral bromellite from a Russian locality.

Bromellite is a simple beryllium oxide, found in a few localities worldwide.

What is unusual of this specimen is that it has a well formed bromellite crystal (see photos 2 and 4) which is rare for the species.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bromellite

Formula: 
BeO
Strunz: 
4.AB.20
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
9.0
Type Locality: 
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden

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