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Barylite

#39845
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Barylite from Mount Malosa, Zomba Plateau, Malawi - 39845
Barylite from Mount Malosa, Zomba Plateau, Malawi - 39845

Barylite

#39845
Availability
Sold
Size
3 x 1.5 x 0.5 cm - Thumbnail 
Formula
BaBe2Si2O7 (RRUFF)
Locality
Mount Malosa, Zomba Plateau, Malawi
Tagged
beryllium

Excellent well-formed tannish bladed crystals to 1cm in length with several at the base fanned out and extending outward from the center of a 3cm Aegerine crystal. This is a suberb example of this rare beryllium barium silicate. Crystals such as these are hard to come by. Perched on the Aegerine are tiny red zircon crystals.

Barylite

Formula
BaBe2Si2O7 
Crystal System
Orthorhombic 
Crystal Habit
Platy 
Cleavage
Perfect, Perfect, None 
Luster
Vitreous (Glassy) 
Color
bluish, colorless, white 
Streak
white 
Class
Orthorhombic - Pyramidal 
Fracture
Brittle 
Hardness
6-7 

Data courtesy of Webmineral.

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