Chrysoberyl

Image

Chrysoberyl with 'star' form, from Governador Valadares, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Size: 7.33cm

© Photo by Matteo Chinellato (via Wikimedia Commons), CC-BY-SA 3.0

Properties

Formula BeAl2O4
Abbreviation Cbrl
Variant alexandrite
Luminescence emitter Cr
IMA Status Grandfathered (pre-IMA), 1789
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Tags Mineral, Variety

Composition

Element Atoms
Al 2
O 4
Be 1
Total: 7

References

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Gorobets et al. 1981 2 0 0
Tarashchan 1978 4 0 0