Beryllium
notes: label: Description
content: Labels on the container read “Double electrorefined Be” and “S225 Be Beryllium / Frank Block, Bur of Mines, Reno, Nevada.” As an engineer with the U.S. Bureau of Mines, Frank Block (1922-2016) worked on the extraction and development of specialty metals.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0329.02
label: accession number
content: 1988.0329
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0329.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Mineral Sample
label: Object Name
content: Beryllium
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1.4 cm x 5.6 cm; 9/16 in x 2 3/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: container: 2 1/8 in x 5/8 in; 5.3975 cm x 1.5875 cm