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Beryl var. Bixbite (Red Beryl) in rhyolite from Ruby Violet claim, Wah Wah Mountains, Beaver County, Utah

 
Beryl var. Bixbite (Red Beryl) in rhyolite from Ruby Violet claim, Wah Wah Mountains, Beaver County, Utah

Beryl var. Bixbite (Red Beryl) in rhyolite from Ruby Violet claim, Wah Wah Mountains, Beaver County, Utah

Beryl var. Bixbite (Red Beryl) in rhyolite from Ruby Violet claim, Wah Wah Mountains, Beaver County, Utah

Beryl var. Bixbite (Red Beryl) in rhyolite from Ruby Violet claim, Wah Wah Mountains, Beaver County, Utah

Beryl var. Bixbite (Red Beryl) in rhyolite from Ruby Violet claim, Wah Wah Mountains, Beaver County, Utah

Beryl var. Bixbite (Red Beryl) in rhyolite from Ruby Violet claim, Wah Wah Mountains, Beaver County, Utah

DESCRIPTION:No. 80096
Mineral:Beryl var. Bixbite (Red Beryl) in rhyolite
Locality:Ruby Violet claim, Wah Wah Mountains, Beaver County, Utah
Description:Seven lustrous transparent-to-translucent red beryl crystals on white rhyolite. The red beryl crystals are hexagonal prisms with flat terminations and have light-colored inclusions of rhyolite. Red beryl crystals occurs at only a few places worldwide. Collected ca. 1965. This claim was closed forever and now reclaimed.
Overall Size:9x7x4 cm
Crystals:3-10 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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