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  1. A mineral, beryllium aluminium silicate,
  2. Be3Al2Si6O18, which forms crystals
  3. chiefly in granite. It is the chief ore of
  4. beryllium. Two of its gem forms are
  5. aquamarine (light-blue crystals) and emerald
  6. (dark-green crystals).
  7.