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Alkali-beryl from
Brown Derby Mine, Quartz Creek Pegmatite Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Beryl var: Alkali-beryl
Formula:Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Alkali-beryl data
Locality Data:Click here to view Brown Derby Mine, Quartz Creek Pegmatite Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:117586
Long-form Identifier:1:3:117586:8
GUID (UUID V4):7237379f-7e27-4942-a0fb-a12b040a298d
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Book
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B. Hoover: U.S.G.S., Federal Center, Lakewood, Colorado. John M. Hughes: Dept. of Geology, Miami University...Louise Reif: U. S. G. S., Federal Center, Lakewood, Colorado. Charles B. Sclar: Dept. of Earth Sciences, Lehigh...Especially when the mineral species is common, such as quartz (75.1.3.1), many varieties (jasper, onyx) are known...chemistry and structure are identical to those of quartz. 5D. Polytypes Materials whose basic structural...only with fibrous minerals Columbite, wolframite Quartz Opal, some yellow varieties of sphalerite Nepheline
 
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