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A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | Copyright

beryl Accessory mineral, Be3Al2Si6O18; sp. gr. 2.6–2.8; hardness 7.5–8.0; hexagonal; normally green, sometimes blue, yellow, or pink, and translucent to transparent; vitreous lustre; crystals hexagonal prisms, often striated, also occurs massive; cleavage perfect basal hardness; occurs extensively in cavities in granites, pegmatites, mica schists and gneisses, and associated with rutile. It is an ore mineral for beryllium. Transparent green varieties are emeralds, bluish-green are aquamarine, and pink are morganite.
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beryl

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

beryl , mineral, a silicate of beryllium and aluminum, Be 3 Al 2 Si 6 O 18 , extremely hard, occurring in hexagonal crystals that may be of enormous size and are usually white, yellow, green, blue, or colorless. Beryl is commonly used as a gemstone. The refractive index is low, and the stones have little or no fire. The most valued variety of beryl is emerald . An aquamarine is a blue to sea-green beryl; morganites are rose-red beryls. It is the principal raw material for the element beryllium and its compounds.

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Beryl

Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology | 2001 | Copyright

Beryl

Group of precious stones that includes emerald and aqua-marine. Colorless beryl is known as goshenite; rose beryl is called verobyerite or morganite; golden beryl is called heliodor; and there are also pale blue stones (aquamarine) and blue-green stones. Beryl was traditionally recommended for curing throat or liver disorders. It was also said to preserve wedded love and to be a good medium for magical vision.

(See also Crystal Gazing )
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World Encyclopedia | 2005 | Copyright

beryl Mineral, beryllium silicate. Its crystals are usually hexagonal prisms of the hexagonal system. Gemstone varieties are aquamarine (pale blue-green) from Brazil; emerald (deep green) from Colombia; and morganite (pink) from Madagascar. Cut stones have little brilliance, but are valued for their intense colour. Hardness 8; r.d. 2.6–2.8.
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Beryl

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Beryl ♀ One of several women's names that are taken from gemstones and that came into fashion at the end of the 19th century. Beryl is a pale green semiprecious stone (of which emerald is a variety). Other colours are also found. The word is from Greek, and is ultimately of Indian origin.
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A Dictionary of the Bible | 1997 | | Copyright

beryl The green precious stone which was one of twelve on the high priest's breastpiece (Exod. 28: 20), and in Rev. 21: 20 the mineral beryl forms the eighth of the foundation stones of the wall of the New Jerusalem.
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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

beryl a transparent pale green, blue, or yellow mineral consisting of a silicate of beryllium and aluminium, sometimes used as a gemstone, which in early sources is taken as a type of perfect clarity.
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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

ber·yl / ˈberəl/ • n. a transparent pale green, blue, or yellow mineral consisting of a silicate of beryllium and aluminum, sometimes used as a gemstone.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

beryl precious stone. XIII. — (O)F. beril (mod. béryl) — L. bēryllus — Gr. bḗrullos.
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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

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