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Beryllian Sapphirine

A variety of Sapphirine

A beryllium-bearing variety of sapphirine. Composition range may overlap with that of khmaralite.

Classification of Beryllian Sapphirine

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References for Beryllian Sapphirine

Reference List:Christy, A.G., Tabira, Y., Hölscher, A., Grew, E.S., and Schreyer, W. (2002) Synthesis of beryllian sapphirine in the system MgO-BeO-Al2O3-SiO2-H2O and comparison with naturally occurring beryllian sapphirine and khmaralite. Part 1: Experiments, TEM and XRD. American Mineralogist: 87: 1104-1112.

Christy, A.G., and Grew, E.S. (2004) Synthesis of beryllian sapphirine in the system MgO-BeO-Al2O3-SiO2-H2O and comparison with naturally occurring beryllian sapphirine and khmaralite, Part 2: a chemographic study of Be content as a function of P, T, assemblage and FeMg-1 exchange. American Mineralogist: 89: 327-338.

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