BERYLLIUM Mineral

1. Beryllium
SUBMITTED BY :
AARON T. MESOLIS
GRADE 11-DAGOHOY

2. What is beryllium?
Beryllium is a metal that is found in nature,
especially in beryl and bertrandite rock. It is
extremely lightweight and hard, is a good
conductor of electricity and heat, and is non-
magnetic. Because of these properties,
beryllium is used in high-technology
consumer and commercial products,
including aerospace components,
transistors, nuclear reactors, and golf clubs.
Beryllium

3. Named after beryllos, the Greek name for
the mineral beryl, the element was originally
known as glucinium — from Greek glykys,
meaning "sweet" — to reflect its
characteristic taste

4. LOCATION WHERE BERYLLIUM FOUND
The United States is the world's largest
beryllium mine producer by far, with
production sitting at 150 metric tons in
2020. China was distantly the second
largest producer in the world, with 70
metric tons produced that year.
Beryllium is most often found in the
minerals beryl and bertrandite. It is found
in the Earth’s crust and mostly in igneous
(volcanic) rocks.

5. HOW THEY ARE MINED
The metal beryllium is mined by
its extraction from the beryl ores.
It does not occur free in nature.
The mining of raw minerals such
as bertrandite ore and beryl ore
from the Earth's crust and
volcanic rocks is required.

6. WHAT WAY THEY ARE PROCESS
Beryllium concentrates are usually
processed to beryllium oxide or beryllium
hydroxide, from which beryllium fluoride
or chloride is produced—the initial
materials for beryllium production. The
fluoride and sulfate methods are used in
commercial practice for processing
beryllium concentrates.

7.  It is useful in the aviation industry
since it is used in the making of gears
and cogs.
 It is used in alloys with a combination
of copper or nickel for making
gyroscopes, springs, electrical contacts,
spot-welding electrodes and non-
sparking tools.
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL USES

8. Beryllium is also used in consumer
electronics and telecommunications and
also serves in various other industrial and
medical uses.
It is also used in nuclear reactors as
a reflector or moderator of neutrons.
Used as an alloying agent, beryllium alloys
are used as structural materials for high-
speed aircraft, missiles, spacecraft and
communication satellites.

9. HUMAN CONSUMPTION RATE OF THE MINERAL