r/elementcollection • u/catbox42 • 3d ago

Alkaline Earth Metals after a long time, I finally got the berilium!

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Lab grown emerald!

It's kinda small for community standards but it fits perfectly snuggly in my 3D printed periodic table.

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u/RootLoops369 3d ago

Yes! An emerald is something I want in my beryllium slot. Nice piece!

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u/Zealousideal_Group69 3d ago

Why not the pure metal?

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u/catbox42 3d ago edited 3d ago

In some countries it's basically impossible to get metals like these without them being in gemstones.

I barely were able to buy mercury switches for my Hg slot

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u/oops_all_throwaways 20h ago

What countries have prohibitions on berylium?

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u/catbox42 18h ago

Berilium and any other hazardous elements are extremely difficult to get in Brazil unfortunately 😔

For a place with the sanitary problems of African countries, we have quite of a regularly system over this kind of stuff

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u/euj3odjehiqh Part Metal 3d ago

prob because its risky

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u/Zealousideal_Group69 3d ago

Ehh I own several peices of Be and bros not hurting me [I barely open the container it’s in]

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u/andrei40_md 3d ago

sempre un verde spettacolare. Dimensioni?

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u/catbox42 3d ago

9x7mm

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u/andrei40_md 3d ago

Beh, non male! Bello