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Beryllium vesuvianite

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Formula:
(Ca,Na,◻)19(Al,Mg,Fe3+)13(◻,B,Al,Fe3+)5(Si2O7)4(SiO4)10(OH,F,O)10
Lustre:
Vitreous, Sub-Vitreous
Hardness:
6½
Specific Gravity:
3.385
Name:
Named in 1935 by Charles Palache and Lawson H. Bauer for a vesuvianite with high BeO substitution. (Although original analyses varied up to 9% BeO, modern verified chemical analyses could have yielded a new species, but modern chemical analysts have not found a similarly high BeO-rich sample as was analyzed historically.)
Synonym:
A synonym of 'Beryllium-bearing Vesuvianite'
Vesuvianite with an unexpectedly high content of BeO. Analyses vary up to 9% BeO. Crystals are simple elongated prisms [001], showing {111}, {100}, and {110}.
Synonymous with Beryllian Vesuvianite.


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Mindat ID:
45886 (as Beryllium vesuvianite)
11520 (as Beryllium-bearing Vesuvianite)
4223 (as Vesuvianite)
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:45886:9 (as Beryllium vesuvianite)
mindat:1:1:11520:1 (as Beryllium-bearing Vesuvianite)
mindat:1:1:4223:5 (as Vesuvianite)

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