Description
HAMBERGITE CRYSTAL
This is the transparent colorless hambergite crystal. Dimensions: 1.1 x 0.4 x 0.1″ (2.8 x 1 x 0.3cm). Weight – 6.5ct (1.3 grams). Origin: Russia, Transbaikalia.
Some information about hambergite:
Hambergite is a beryllium borate mineral named after Swedish explorer and mineralogist Axel Hamberg (1863–1933). The mineral occurs as white or colorless orthorhombic crystals.
Hambergite occurs in beryllium bearing granite pegmatites as a rare accessory phase. It occurs associated with beryl, danburite, apatite, spodumene, zircon, fluorite, feldspar and quartz.
It was first described by mineralogist and geographer W. C. Brøgger in 1890.
