Beryllonite

     

 

  

 

Origin: Balachi, Gilgit - Skardu road, Pakistan

Sample size: large single prismatic crystal 2 cm high by 3 x 3 cm (top), 3 x 2 x 2 cm (2nd row), 2 x 2 x 2 cm (bottom)

 

Beryllonite showing twinning on {100}

   

An almost clear 3 mm beryllonite crystals nestled in between albite plates and associated with fluorapatite and brazilianite.

  

  

Glassy, euhedral, transparent twinned crystals of beryllonite to 1.1 cm with a few 5 mm crystals on albite matrix associated with green fluorapatite to 3 mm and light yellow montebrasite.

Origin: Telirio mine, Linopolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sample size: 7 x 5 x 5 mm (top), 5.5 x 4.5 x 3 cm (2nd/3rd row), 3.5 x 2.5 2 cm (4th/bottom row)

 

  

Origin: Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sample size: 2.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm

 

Origin: Stoneham, Oxford Co., Maine, United States (type locality)

Sample size: 1 cm clear crystal

 

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Tabular crystal of beryllonite with white fibrous moraesite

Origin: Linópolis, Divino las Laranjeiras, Governador Valadares, Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil

Picture size: 4 mm

Owner: Thomas Witzke

 

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Origin: Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan

Sample size: 5 x 4 x 4 cm

 

Origin: Millrose Project, near Stoneham, Maine, U.S.A.

Sample size: 2 x 1.3 x 1 cm

 

Origin: Pech, Kunar Province, Afghanistan

Sample size: 7 x 6.4 x 4.1 cm

 

Origin: Paprock, Kunar Province, Nuristan, Afghanistan

Ex. S. Nasser collection

Sample size: 2.9 x 2.2 x 1.4 cm

 

Origin: Sugarloaf Mountain, Stoneham, Oxford County, Maine, U.S.A. (co-type locality)

Ex. John Manley collection, circa 1890s

Sample size: 2.4 x 2.1 x 0.8 cm

 

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Origin: Paprok, Kunnar Prov., Afghanistan, Asia

Sample size: 11.8 x 8.5 x 6 cm

 

  

Origin: Paprock, Kunnar, Afghanistan

Sample size: 5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm

 

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Colourless grains in quartz matrix

6 mm, light brown to colourless beryllonite crystal in matrix

Origin: Viitaniemi, Eräjärvi, Orivesi, Finland

Sample size: micromount (top), 2 x 4 cm (bottom)

 

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