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Beryl from
Mt. Emmons/Crested Butte (Chautauqua; Daisey; Daisey Mine; Mt. Emmons; Crested Butte), Elk Mountain Mining District (Snowmass Mountain Mining District), Gunnison County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Table/Butte
Classification
Species:Beryl
Formula:Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Comments:Occurs rarely as disseminations, within veins, and within miarolitic cavities beneath molybdenum mineralization shell in rhyolite/granite porphyry. Blue to white in color, locally transparent. Crystals up to 1+ cm long in miarolitic cavities. Associated in part with greisen along with molybdenite, pyrite, muscovite, and fluorite.
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Beryl data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mt. Emmons/Crested Butte (Chautauqua; Daisey; Daisey Mine; Mt. Emmons; Crested Butte), Elk Mountain Mining District (Snowmass Mountain Mining District), Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1214704
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1214704:9
GUID (UUID V4):e8401594-f0d4-4c65-bcea-3aadbe82d59e
Nearest other occurrences of Beryl
30.0km (18.6 miles) Comet group (Comet prospect), Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
46.1km (28.6 miles) Monzonite Mine, Quartz Creek Pegmatite Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
46.3km (28.7 miles) Madagascar No. 1 claim, Quartz Creek Pegmatite Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
46.7km (29.0 miles) Black Wonder Occurrence, Quartz Creek Pegmatite Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
46.7km (29.0 miles) Monazite claims, Quartz Creek Pegmatite Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
47.7km (29.7 miles) Bucky pegmatite (New Anniversary; Willow Creek), Quartz Creek Pegmatite Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
47.9km (29.7 miles) Willow Creek occurrence, Quartz Creek Pegmatite Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
50.1km (31.1 miles) Beryl and Rare Minerals Lode, Quartz Creek Pegmatite Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
50.1km (31.1 miles) Pegmatite No. 538 Occurrence, Quartz Creek Pegmatite Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
50.1km (31.1 miles) Pegmatite No. 537 Occurrence, Quartz Creek Pegmatite Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
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