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Beryl

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Beryl, 5.5 cm, from Heffernan’s mine, Torrington, Gough County, New South Wales, Australia. This gemmy crystal, found in June 1964, has an etched termination and inclusions of black ferberite along with numerous small crystals and fragments, recovered after about a week of camping and digging out the back fill of a steeply inclined shaft.

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SpeciesBeryl
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions5.5 cm
Added on02/13/2026
LocalityAustralia, New South Wales
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Self Collected Minerals page 283
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Beryl
Mineral guide
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iconic mineral with prisms and vivid color varieties (aquamarine, emerald, morganite); prized for crystal form, striking matrix, and collector appeal.
Beryl
Regional guide
Beryl from New South Wales
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New South Wales
New South Wales — a mineral province with Broken Hill’s vivid azurite and cerussite, Garrawilla orange zeolites, Prospect prehnite, and Lightning Ridge opal.