Beryl with Muscovite, Albite (irradiated)
specimen number:
4951030
location:
Pingwu mine, Huya, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China
description:
A glassy gemmy tabular crystal of beryl almost 2.0 cm in size on a matrix of crystallized muscovite with albite. This has been irradiated to turn the beryl from a light blue to this nice yellow color. These originally were sold as coming from Tajikistan and were purported to be natural. This one is obviously from this famous Chinese locality.
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