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Beryl

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Noun

1. beryl

the chief source of beryllium; colored transparent varieties are valued as gems

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Beryl

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noun
a white, blue, yellow, green, or pink mineral, found in coarse granites and igneous rocks. It is a source of beryllium and is sometimes used as a gemstone; the green variety is emerald, the blue is aquamarine. Composition: beryllium aluminium silicate. Formula: Be3Al2Si6O18. Crystal structure: hexagonal

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Beryl

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noun
a feminine name
noun
a very hard, lustrous, hexagonal mineral, Be3Al2Si6O18, that is an ore of beryllium; beryllium aluminum silicate: emerald and aquamarine are two gem varieties of beryl

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Beryl

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n.
A transparent to translucent glassy mineral, essentially aluminum beryllium silicate, Be3Al2Si6O18, occurring in hexagonal prisms and constituting the chief source of beryllium. Transparent varieties in white, green, blue, yellow, or pink are valued as gems.

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