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Multiple photos availableBertrandite : Be4[(OH)2|Si2O7], Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz) : SiO2

Kara-Oba W deposit, Betpakdala Desert (Bet-Pak-Dal Desert), Qaraghandy Oblysy (Karaganda Oblast'), Kazakhstan

Groups of flattened prismatic crystals, very sharp, which contrast with the deep smoky tones of the Quartz crystals as a matrix. The size, definition and color of the Bertrandite crystals make this specimen very extraordinary.
Kara-Oba, Betpakdala, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan.
Found in 1995
Specimen size: 10.1 × 6 × 4.5 cm
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 © fabreminerals.comPhoto ID: 194462    View Count: 1441

Bertrandite : Be4[(OH)2|Si2O7], Rhodochrosite : MnCO3, Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz) : SiO2

Kara-Oba W deposit, Betpakdala Desert (Bet-Pak-Dal Desert), Qaraghandy Oblysy (Karaganda Oblast'), Kazakhstan

A lustrous crystal of gray smoky quartz 5 cm long with white crystal of bertrandite to 5 mm long and reddish-brown rhodochrosite crystals to 4 mm long attached on the sides. An excellent specimen of bertrandite.
Overall size of mineral specimen: 5x3x3 cm.
Size of individual crystals: 4-50 mm.
 © 2000 John H. BettsPhoto ID: 156    View Count: 1095

Bertrandite : Be4[(OH)2|Si2O7], Rhodochrosite : MnCO3

Kara-Oba W deposit, Betpakdala Desert (Bet-Pak-Dal Desert), Qaraghandy Oblysy (Karaganda Oblast'), Kazakhstan

A lustrous crystal of gray smoky quartz 5 cm long with white crystal of bertrandite to 5 mm long and reddish-brown rhodochrosite crystals to 4 mm long attached on the sides. An excellent specimen of bertrandite.
Overall size of mineral specimen: 5x3x3 cm.
Size of individual crystals: 4-50 mm.
 © 2000 John H. BettsPhoto ID: 157    View Count: 626

Bertrandite : Be4[(OH)2|Si2O7]

Kara-Oba W deposit, Betpakdala Desert (Bet-Pak-Dal Desert), Qaraghandy Oblysy (Karaganda Oblast'), Kazakhstan

Complex mixture of many minerals, notably bertrandite, rhodochrosite, quartz, and possibly fluorite. Overall size of mineral specimen: 4x4x3 cm. Size of individual crystals: 3-10 mm.
 © 2001 John H. BettsPhoto ID: 1727    View Count: 528

Bertrandite : Be4[(OH)2|Si2O7], Rhodochrosite : MnCO3

Kara-Oba W deposit, Betpakdala Desert (Bet-Pak-Dal Desert), Qaraghandy Oblysy (Karaganda Oblast'), Kazakhstan

Fan of greenish grey tabular prisms to 13 mm, on rhodochrosite. Field width: 2.5 cm. P Haas photograph and collection (no. 83-002).
 © Peter HaasPhoto ID: 14173    View Count: 483

Bertrandite : Be4[(OH)2|Si2O7], Sphalerite : (Zn,Fe2+)S, Rhodochrosite : MnCO3

Kara-Oba W deposit, Betpakdala Desert (Bet-Pak-Dal Desert), Qaraghandy Oblysy (Karaganda Oblast'), Kazakhstan

Spray of greenish grey prismatic crystals to 2 cm, with minor sphalerite on dusted rhodochrosite. P Haas photograph and collection (no. 83-001).
 © Peter HaasPhoto ID: 14172    View Count: 417

Bertrandite : Be4[(OH)2|Si2O7], Quartz : SiO2

Kara-Oba W deposit, Betpakdala Desert (Bet-Pak-Dal Desert), Qaraghandy Oblysy (Karaganda Oblast'), Kazakhstan

White crystals of Bertrandite together with Smoky Quartz.
Field of view 10 mm.
Specimen and photo Leon Hupperichs.
 © Leon HupperichsPhoto ID: 101593    View Count: 145

Bertrandite : Be4[(OH)2|Si2O7], Siderite : FeCO3, Quartz : SiO2

Kara-Oba W deposit, Betpakdala Desert (Bet-Pak-Dal Desert), Qaraghandy Oblysy (Karaganda Oblast'), Kazakhstan

White needles of Bertrandite on a Siderite matrix with Quartz
Sample size: 11,5 X 6 cm

Collection and photo: Arliguie M
 © Arliguie MPhoto ID: 122109    View Count: 107

Multiple photos availableBertrandite : Be4[(OH)2|Si2O7], Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz) : SiO2, Muscovite : KAl2[(OH)2|AlSi3O10]

Kara-Oba W deposit, Betpakdala Desert (Bet-Pak-Dal Desert), Qaraghandy Oblysy (Karaganda Oblast'), Kazakhstan

Fan groups of very aerial and sharp crystals of Bertrandite on a matrix of Quartz crystals partially covered by small Muscovite crystals.
Kara-Oba, Betpakdala, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan.
Specimen size: 7.5 × 6.2 × 3.8 cm
Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.2 cm
 © fabreminerals.comPhoto ID: 203300    View Count: 45

Multiple photos availableBertrandite : Be4[(OH)2|Si2O7], Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz) : SiO2, Muscovite : KAl2[(OH)2|AlSi3O10]

Kara-Oba W deposit, Betpakdala Desert (Bet-Pak-Dal Desert), Qaraghandy Oblysy (Karaganda Oblast'), Kazakhstan

Very aerial fanlike groups of white acicular crystals, on a matrix of crystals of pale smoky Quartz. As with most of the Russian minerals, some years ago more or less abundant, nowadays it is very difficult to obtain good samples of these species.
Kara-Oba, Bedpakdala, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan.
Specimen size: 6.8 × 4 × 2.8 cm
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 © fabreminerals.comPhoto ID: 219678    View Count: 39
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