| Description |
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| Comments: | Quote from ref.: The beryl in the pegmatites is white to pale green or pale blue; white beryl predominates. The beryl grains range in diameter from 0.001 inch to as much as 2 inches; most are very small, few measuring more than 0.1 inch... The fine-grai |
| Habit: | Crystals faces rare, incomplete. Usually embedded grains. |
| Colour: | Majority is white (and overlooked). Emerald is known. Also pale green, pale blue. |
| UV Fluorescence: | none |
| Quality of samples: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
| Rarity at site: | Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| References |
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| References: | U.S. Dept. Interior Geol. Survey Circ. 309 "Beryllium Resources of the Tin-Spodumene Belt, NC", 1954/1959, by W.R. Griffitts |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Beryl data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA |
