Minerals of the Chickering Mine Walpole, NH        BERYLLONITE     NaBePO4            Back to Chickering front page.
Specimen owner ID's (capitals): TM = Tom Mortimer, BW = Bob Wilken, BJ = Bob Janules, PC = Peter Cristofono, AW = Anna Wilken
Photographer ID's (lower case).
Identification: BRY_1 => EDS analysis EDS analyst stated "Beryllonite with Mn staining." The EDS detector had minimal Na response.   BRY_2, BRY_3 => visual.
Discussion: Beryllonite occurs at the Chickering Mine as milky, tabular, “cord-wood stacked” habit, crystals.
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BERYLLONITE    4 mm "cordwood twinned" beryllonite crystal, center.      TM - Oct 2010     Photo: BRY_1   [tm]
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BERYLLONITE    6 mm field of view. Multiple "cordwood twinned" beryllonite crystals with yellowish muscovite.      BW     Photo: BRY_2   [tm]
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BERYLLONITE    7 mm tabular "cordwood twinned" beryllonite crystal with apatite.      TM     Photo: BRY_3   [tm]
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BERYLLONITE    3.8 mm beryllonite crystal.      AW     Photo: BRY_5   [bw]
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BERYLLONITE    2.2 mm beryllonite crystal cluster.      AW     Photo: BRY_6   [bw]
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BERYLLONITE    3 mm crystal with apatite      AW     Photo: BRY_7   [bw]