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