A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Hambergite from Romona, California |
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| Description | Hambergite is a rare hydroxy beryllium borate, Be2BO3(OH). It is found in syenite pegmates. Typical hambergite is colorless or white, not the brown color of this specimen. Transparent golden yellow gem quality samples come from pegmatites in Madagascar. The specimen shown is about 1 cm across. |
| Location | USA ▹ California ▹ San Diego. Near Romona. |
| Photographer | Shannon Heinle. 2001-03-21. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #1101. |
| Key words | hambergite, California |
| Tech details | 223 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 230 |
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