Bromellite (Beryllium oxide)

Bromelliet, Bromellit, Bromellita, Бромеллит, תחמוצת בריליום, أكسيد بيريليوم, เบริลเลียม-ออกไซด์, 酸化ベリリウム, 산화 베릴륨, 氧化鈹


Commonly known      rarer (so called collectors stones)      very rare (rarities)      extremely rare (world rarities)
relatively rare organic material


Formula: BeO
Mineral class: oxides
Crystal system: hexagonal
Mohs scale: 9
Density /g/cm3: 3.02
Refractive index: 1.719 - 1.733
Cleavage: good - very good
Colors: colorless, yellowish
Transparency: transparent - translucent
Luster: vitreous
Fluorescence: SW and LW UV: white-yellow
Pleochroism: -
Largest cut bromellite: 2.80 ct ?
Deposits: Australia, China, France, Kazakhstan, Norway, Sweden, Sri Lanka, Russia
Discovery: 1925 ?
1st Description: 1925 (Gregori Aminoff)
Name: in honor of the Swedish mineralogist Magnus von Bromell (1679 - 1731)
very toxic

Bromellite

Weight: 0.41 ct

Origin: Gilmala / Sri Lanka

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Bromellite Mineral in Phenakite and Chrysoberyl

Largest crystal: appr. 1 cm

Origin: Malyshevskoe Mine / Malyshevo / Ekaterinburg Oblast' / Urals / Russia

Photo by kind permission of © Pavel Kartashov
Bromellite Mineral

Bromellite Mineral

Size: 0.3 cm

Origin: Harstigen Mine / Pajsberg / Filipstad / Värmland / Sweden

Photo: © Örjan Österberg, by kind permission of Örjan Österberg, and help from Bertil Otter
Bromellite Mineral

Bromellite lab grown

Length of the crystal: ca. 1.5 cm

Origin: hydrothermally lab grown

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Bromellite Mineral


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