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From geokb

Mindat Short Description

May be confused with apatite.

The largest beryl crystal reported was 18 m long and 3.5 m wide from Malakialina, Madagascar, but in the absence of anything more than a personal communication, the report is doubtful.

Microporous beryl (and cordieri...

Geoscience Ontology Status Notes

Vauquelin L N (1798) Sur une nouvell terre tirée de l´aigue marine, ou beril. Observations sur la Physique, sur l’Histoire Naturelle et sur les Arts 46, 158-158

IMA Formula (from Mindat)

Be3Al2Si6O18

RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)

Be3Al2Si6O18

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