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Beryl

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Description
Locality: 
Companheiro #3 Quarry, Sezures, Penalva do Castelo, Viseu District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 6 × 7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
5.50cm
Description

Two nice yellow-green beryl crystals in pegmatite matrix from a very old quarry in Portugal.

Beautiful specimen - collected 1978

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