Hambergite Crystals Specimen Russia Transbaikalia

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Description

HAMBERGITE CRYSTALS

This is the white hambergite crystals on quartz. Dimensions: 3.3 x 3.3 x 2.8″ (8.5 x 8.4 x 7.2cm). Weight – 11.9oz (337 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.

Additional information

Weight 337 g