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Nov 27, 2009
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ber•yl



Pronunciation: (ber'ul), [key]
n.
a mineral, beryllium aluminum silicate, Be3Al2Si6O18, usually green, but also blue, rose, white, and golden, and both opaque and transparent, the latter variety including the gems emerald and aquamarine: the principal ore of beryllium.

Ber•yl



Pronunciation: (ber'il), [key]
n.
a female given name.

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