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Beryl from
Corundum Blue Mine, Buhera District, Manicaland, Zimbabwe


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Beryl
Formula:Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Comments:Found associated with ferrotantalite, corundum and spodumene.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Beryl data
Locality Data:Click here to view Corundum Blue Mine, Buhera District, Manicaland, Zimbabwe
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:830200
Long-form Identifier:1:3:830200:7
GUID (UUID V4):c9daf098-8fc0-44c3-8717-11e4e48e1fc5
Nearest other occurrences of Beryl
7.8km (4.8 miles) Bepe I pegmatite, Bepe Hills, Buhera District, Manicaland, Zimbabwe
10.3km (6.4 miles) Bepe II pegmatite, Bepe Hills, Buhera District, Manicaland, Zimbabwe
12.0km (7.5 miles) Bepe Hills, Buhera District, Manicaland, Zimbabwe
31.8km (19.8 miles) Portree pegmatite, Mutare District, Manicaland, Zimbabwe
71.4km (44.4 miles) Chishanyi, Buhera District, Manicaland, Zimbabwe
90.0km (55.9 miles) Bikita pegmatite, Bikita District, Masvingo, Zimbabwe
96.7km (60.1 miles) Chikwanda, Gutu District, Masvingo, Zimbabwe
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
A. Kostitsyn and Vasiliy A. Kotlyarov Origin of Blue Sapphire in Newly Discovered Spinel–Chlorite–Muscovite...Nikolaev, Jasper Berndt and Wolfgang Hofmeister Corundum Anorthosites-Kyshtymites from the South Urals...Fallick, Maria Tsortanidis and Andreas Lampridis Gem Corundum Deposits of Greece: Geology, Mineralogy and Genesis...bluish-green to green to yellowish-green variety of beryl coloured by chromium and sometimes vanadium. The... Russia (Ural mountains), Zambia (Kafubu) and Zimbabwe (Sandawana)). Their study demonstrates how these
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Figure 1. Postcard view showing the Indian Queen mine ca. 1905 at Farlin, Beaverhead County. 208 ROCKS...at Butte in Silver Bow County and the Black Pine mine in Granite County have produced many fine crystal...pegmatites of Jefferson County, and the Snowbird mine in Mineral County continue to be productive sources...fine-grained masses) (Perry 1948). Birds Nest graphite mine, Ruby Mountins, sec. 29, T. 8 S., R. 7 W. Mined...thorite (Staatz et al. 1979). Browns Lake mine, Rock Creek district, sec. 3 and 4, T. 4 S., R. 10 W. Mined
Book (volume)
W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY...banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; d Coal City, on area mine dumps from sedimentary overburden⎯oval concretions...States EAST BROOKLYN (SE of Gardner), area coal mine dumps⎯Marcasite, Pyrite. HANCOCK COUNTY DALLAS...drift deposits⎯agate, jasper, geodes (containing blue gray chalcedony); d (a) S of the Keokuk bridge,...Locality S of Hwy. 96 (see map next page) ⎯geodes (with blue and pink chalcedony); f 4 mi. E on Hwy. 96, S on
Book (volume)
W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY...banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; d Coal City, on area mine dumps from sedimentary overburden⎯oval concretions...States EAST BROOKLYN (SE of Gardner), area coal mine dumps⎯Marcasite, Pyrite. HANCOCK COUNTY DALLAS...drift deposits⎯agate, jasper, geodes (containing blue gray chalcedony); d (a) S of the Keokuk bridge,...Locality S of Hwy. 96 (see map next page) ⎯geodes (with blue and pink chalcedony); f 4 mi. E on Hwy. 96, S on
Book (volume)
far W as Crawford and Harrisonchalcedony (some blue). CRAWFORD:  N, in breaks of the White R. reached...depositchert. 285 Nebraska GAGE COUNTY WYMORE (and Blue Springs):  all regional gravel pits and quarriesCalcite...mi., quarry on E bank of the Blue R.geodes (lined with Quartz or rare blue Celestite); SW of Holmesville...Holmesville, quarry on the Blue R.geodes, flint, fossils. JEFFERSON COUNTY FAIRBURY, regional gravel pits and... 2 mi. E of Angora Hill on ranch rd., abandoned mine dumpfluorescent moss opal nodules (in limestone
Book
temperature below its melting point; the rutile in star corundum precipitates out in star-like rays when the crystal...to approximately 1500°C (the melting point of corundum is 2037°C). arborescent with a branch#lg, tree-like... appearing on the gem market in 1967, is a fine blue transparent variety of a mineral which had previously...require a source of chromium; without it the corundum and beryl minerals, of which ruby and emerald are special...formed in this type of rock. The ruby comes from corundum derived from clay impurities in the original limestone
Book
temperature below its melting point; the rutile in star corundum precipitates out in star-like rays when the crystal...to approximately 1500°C (the melting point of corundum is 2037°C). arborescent with a branching, tree-like... appearing on the gem market in 1967, is a fine blue transparent variety of a mineral which had previously...require a source of chromium; without it the corundum and beryl minerals, of which ruby and emerald are special...formed in this type of rock. The ruby comes from corundum derived from clay impurities in the original limestone
surrounded ce ne white calcite, from!iheBluebell Mine; Riondel, Digitized by the Internet Archive...carbonate, borate, and phosphate groups are included. Corundum, spinel, cuprite, rutile, cassiterite, calcite...Olivine, garnet, epidote, vesuvianite, rhodonite, beryl, tourmaline, mica, feldspar, nepheline, zeolite...fluorite, 5 apatite, 6 feldspar, 7 quartz, 8 topaz, 9 corundum, 10 diamond. For field identification it is sufficient...interest that on an absolute scale of hardness corundum is actually two thousand times harder to scratch
Book (volume)
pegmatite exposures, such as Aquamarine, Beryl, some Ruby-red Corundum, Spodumene and Topaz. Georgia has been...along Hwy. 59, 5 mi. E of Jackson-Banks Co. lineBeryl. MAYSVILLE, area gravels along adjoining Co. linerock...inside the Co. line in a Hornblendegneiss exposureBeryl, black Tourmaline. 146 A Location Guide for Rock... NWagate;  N of Calloway airport at rd. jct.Beryl. BURKE COUNTY GIRARD, along the GA side of the...the United States Hendrix mica minesAquamarine, Beryl, Amethyst, Garnet, Smoky Quartz crystals, black
Report (volume)
50. II. Tertiary History of the G-rand Caiion District, with atlas, by Clarence E. Dutton, Capt. U. S... Geology of the Comstocls Lode and the Washoe District, with atlas, by George F. Becker. 1882. 4°. xv...Price $1.20. VIII. Paleontology of the Eureka District, by Charles Doolittle Walcott. 1884. 4°. xiii...R. P. Whitfleld. Geology of the Eureka Mining District, Nevada, with atlas, by Arnold Hague. Sauropoda...Washoe, Nevada, with Notes on the Geology of the District, by Arnold Hague and Joseph P. Iddings. 1885.
Book
waterworn crystals of aluminum silicate found as clear blue gemmy pebbles), and turquoise. About 2000 B.c. the...been left to adorn her in the afterlife: opaque blue turquoise and lapis lazuli, clear red carnelian...heavy gold settings that were further decorated with blue enamel. Foreword xv The designs represented...quartz crystal; assigned to Issachar). Fourth row: beryl (probably bluish aquamarine or pink morganite; assigned...turquoise, well known to the Israelites, this hard, sky-blue mineral was not included on Aaron's breastplate
Book (volume)
Not a county in Alabama but a tradition of a “lead Mine” worked by Indians.) PELL CITY, NE 3 mi., area quarries⎯black...area Miocene outcrops⎯tektites (dark green and dark blue tektites have been found associated with iron meteorite)...Copper, Gold and Pyrite; (b) Franklin or Jemison Mine, in NW¼SE¼Sec. 8, on tributary of Mulberry Cr.,...(worked by prehistoric Indians) ⎯agate (Alabama Blue moss), silicified wood. WALKER SPRINGS, SE 3 mi...roads) ⎯Beryl, Feldspar crystals, Muscovite mica, Quartz, etc. ASHLAND: c area: (a) M & G Mine⎯Apatite
Book (volume)
Not a county in Alabama but a tradition of a “lead Mine” worked by Indians.) PELL CITY, NE 3 mi., area quarries⎯black...area Miocene outcrops⎯tektites (dark green and dark blue tektites have been found associated with iron meteorite)...Copper, Gold and Pyrite; (b) Franklin or Jemison Mine, in NW¼SE¼Sec. 8, on tributary of Mulberry Cr.,...(worked by prehistoric Indians) ⎯agate (Alabama Blue moss), silicified wood. WALKER SPRINGS, SE 3 mi...roads) ⎯Beryl, Feldspar crystals, Muscovite mica, Quartz, etc. ASHLAND: c area: (a) M & G Mine⎯Apatite
Book (edition)
Fergusonite, Columbite, Gummite, Phosphuranylite, Beryl, Uranotil, Rogersite, iEschinite, Uranochre...uranium, cerium, lanthanum and tions yttrium. The corundum mines, in the chrysolite ledges of the gion...copper) chalco- copper) malachite and chysocolla, {blue copper) bornite, and many other less ( purple...limestone beds in the muscovite, (mica) chromite, corundum, calcite, piedmont and mountain beds in most...Melaconite. 86. Andesite. 5. Copper. 42. Corundum. 87. Oligoclase. 6. Iron. 43. Hematite.
Book
was m e r e l y p a r t o f t h e waste o f t h e mine. W h a t t h e y needed was h i g h grade ore o...eastern streams and rivers f o r epidote, unakite, blue quartz, agate, chalcedony, petrified wood and other...Washington D.C. area visit Virginia's noted Rutherford Mine. Photograph by Dr. Virginia Lee Blackford. ical...aquamarines, garnets, topaz, amethyst and golden beryl are among the historic gems of the Appalachian States...Field trippers visited the well known old Rutherford mine in Amelia County, Virginia, and found bright spessartine
Book (volume)
DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE, area Co. exposures of blue clay, as clusters and nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply...FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay in rd. cuts, pits, quarries, excavations⎯Pyrite...CHILLICOTHE, W several mi., in a region exposures of blue clay, as large masses⎯ Pyrite crystal clusters....colors from the streams of northeastern Oregon’s Blue Mts. and those descending the Siskiyou Mts. of far...Malachite, Pyrite. CORNUCOPIA (ghost town), the Bryan Mine and others⎯Gold, Pyrite, Sylvanite. DURKEE, area
Book (volume)
DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE, area Co. exposures of blue clay, as clusters and nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply...FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay in rd. cuts, pits, quarries, excavations⎯Pyrite...CHILLICOTHE, W several mi., in a region exposures of blue clay, as large masses⎯ Pyrite crystal clusters....colors from the streams of northeastern Oregon’s Blue Mts. and those descending the Siskiyou Mts. of far...Malachite, Pyrite. CORNUCOPIA (ghost town), the Bryan Mine and others⎯Gold, Pyrite, Sylvanite. DURKEE, area
Book (edition)
Diamond II. - 105 Descriptive Portion . Corundum and Sapphire XIV. " ' - - Precious Stones...Kimberley Diamond Mine at Kimberley, South Africa - IV. {a) Crystal of Diamond in the “ Blue Ground (&)...PIemisphere of Rock-crystal V. “ Jubilee ” and “ Hope Blue ’* 5* 124 - 136 - 150 Diamonds - inlaid... VIL VIIL Crystal of Beryl (Aquamarine) from Brazil Large Crystals of Beryl in a Felspar Quarry « Albany...stone. During the past thirty years crystallized corundum of fine gem quality and with a wide range of attractive
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals and staurolite supply and use. . . . . . Corundum and spinel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...mineralogy of corundum and spinel minerals . . . . 48.2. Magmatic deposits of corundum and spinel minerals...deposits of corundum and spinel minerals . . . . . . 48.4. Metamorphic deposits of corundum and spinel...spinel minerals . . . . . . 48.5. Corundum and spinel supply and use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diamond...Benleonardite Benstonite Berborite Berthierine Bertrandite Beryl, aquamarine, heliodor, goshenite, morganite, rosterite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals and staurolite supply and use. . . . . . Corundum and spinel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...mineralogy of corundum and spinel minerals . . . . 48.2. Magmatic deposits of corundum and spinel minerals...deposits of corundum and spinel minerals . . . . . . 48.4. Metamorphic deposits of corundum and spinel...spinel minerals . . . . . . 48.5. Corundum and spinel supply and use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diamond...Benleonardite Benstonite Berborite Berthierine Bertrandite Beryl, aquamarine, heliodor, goshenite, morganite, rosterite
Book (edition)
Emeralds Around the World— Aquamarines— Golden Beryl— Morganite— Collector's Item Chapter?. 55 Alexandrite...native, sifting pebbles in an in Indian diamond mine, found one of the world's most famous diamonds....decided to smuggle would be rich it out of the mine. and would never again need to he could If ...cloth around guard at the gate. he was out of the mine, the where he hoped for the nearest port city...familiar rhyme: Rubies are red, Sapphires are blue, Diamonds And The rhyme are nice imitations
Book (edition)
Fergusonite, Columbite, Gumraite, Phosphuranylite, Beryl, Uranotil, Rogersite, iEschinile, Uranochre...titanium, uranium, cerium, lanthanum and yttrium. The corundum mines, iu the chrysolite ledges of the mountain...chrysocolla {green coppe/r), azurite aiid covellite {blue copper), bornite {purple copper), besides cuprite...Crocodolite. 115. Kerrite. 36. Cerargyrite. 74. Beryl. 116. Maconite. 37. Ferrous chloride. 75. Chrysolite... 83. Biotite. 125. Zippeite. Oxixles. 42. Corundum. 84. Muscovite. 43. Hematite. 85. Lahradorite
Book (volume)
crystals of Beryl and Spodumene. For instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone...weighed 90 tons. Also huge crystals of sparkling blue Beryl from the Black Hills pegmatites have measured...United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles Eye Tunnel, on the W...diggings on N of hwy. Extending up canyonagate, Beryl, Almandite garnets, Lepidolite, Staurolite, Tourmaline...outcrops and ridgesFairhill agates;  in Bull Moose mine dump 5 mi. SE Barbosalite, exceptional reddish-violet
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1957. Joe Stromwasser displayed the new silver and blue emblem of the club and they were immediately put...mineral specimens. Collecting stops included Sterling Mine, Antwerp, N. Y., and Bruce Mines in Ontario, with...dolomite xls, chalcopyrite, and a little orange and blue agate. Raymond, N. H. Chandler Quarry Lavender and...triphylite, black tourmaline xls, green beryl and the much rarer pink beryl, usually in small pieces. Westfield...Mill, near Newport, N.H. (Smith Mine) Charge of $1 per person here. Beryl, beautiful muscovite mica, large
Book
Indcr South Urals =3 =5 =3 Axinite Volume 2 Corundum : Khitostrov Urals : Middle to Polar Volume 3...Actinolite Actinolite Vyuntspakhk Crimea Sarbaiskii mine Sarbay deposit, Rudnyi Sarbay deposit, Rudnyi Sarbay...quarry Stephanitovaya vein, Sarbay quarry Sarbaiskii mine Stephanitovaya vein, Sarbay quarry Sarbay deposit...Khani River Komatiitovyi stream Kurzhunkul'skii mine Maidantai North Urals Pervomaiskii quarry Pogdornoye...Yubileinaya lode Kukisvumchorr Mt. Khibiny Kirovsky mine, Kukisvumchorr Mt. Kukisvumchorr Mt. Putelichorr
 
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