Entry № 106
Chrysoberyl
Beryllium Aluminium Oxide
A golden gemstone of exceptional hardness and clarity.
Chakra
Solar Plexus · Crown
Element
Fire
Zodiac
Leo
I. The Metaphysical Reading
How the stone has been held.
Chrysoberyl is worked with as a stone of disciplined brilliance, kept nearby during performance seasons, exam periods and public speaking. Practitioners hold it as a reminder that clarity and structure make the light usable.
- Chakra
- Solar Plexus · Crown
- Element
- Fire
- Zodiac
- Leo
- Keynote
- A golden gemstone of exceptional hardness and clarity.
II. The Scientific Reading
What the lattice actually does.
Chrysoberyl is a beryllium aluminium oxide and the third-hardest natural gemstone after diamond and moissanite. Its two famous varieties — colour-changing alexandrite and cat's-eye cymophane — are treated as separate atlas entries; ordinary yellow-green chrysoberyl comes chiefly from Brazilian and Sri Lankan pegmatites.
- Formula
- BeAl₂O₄
- System
- Orthorhombic
- Hardness
- 8.5 (Mohs)
- Provenance
- Brazil (Minas Gerais), Sri Lanka, Russia (Urals), Madagascar, Tanzania
References & Sources
Independent mineralogical references used to verify the scientific details above.
Mineral Profile
Fact Sheet
- Chemical Formula
- BeAl₂O₄
- Crystal System
- Orthorhombic
- Mohs Hardness
- 8.5 (Mohs)
- Density
- 3.5 – 3.84 g/cm³
- Refractive Index
- 1.745 – 1.759
- Provenance
- Brazil (Minas Gerais), Sri Lanka, Russia (Urals), Madagascar, Tanzania
- Color Origin
- Honey yellow to greenish-yellow transparent crystal
Related Crystals
Stones that share this lattice
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