AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Utah > Beryl var. Bixbite (Red Beryl) |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 72338 |
Mineral: | Beryl var. Bixbite (Red Beryl) |
Locality: | Rex Harris' Ruby Violet claim, Wah Wah Mountains, Beaver County, Utah |
Description: | Two lustrous transparent hexagonal bixbite crystals, the gem variety of red beryl, on brown rhyolite with two smaller red beryl crystals nearby. The red beryl crystals have contacts on the surfaces where they intersected the cavity wall. |
Overall Size: | 5x4x3.5 cm |
Crystals: | 12 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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