beryl
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With no local testing or controls of exports, secondary minerals like tantalum, beryl and tin were being shipped out undetected and untaxed.
From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026
The emerald, Brazilian authorities say, was discovered in a beryl mine in the country in 2001 and later smuggled to the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2024
Before casting off in water as smooth as polished beryl, Footen attaches a GoPro MAX camera onto an industrial tripod in his Seastream Angler kayak.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 8, 2022
If the quartz can’t scratch the specimen, it might be beryl or corundum, which are harder than quartz.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 3, 2021
A great pink hunk of beryl like a crystallized brain.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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Earth Science - Middle School
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