Ok, I know beryllium is not your bestest friend to work with in a metal shop - it's got a whole syndrome named after it - but are bulk beryllium components poisonous through bare skin contact?
Tasty, Sweet Beryllium
Sep 26, 2003
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You may wear emerald jewels, even as necklaces. J.J.
Emerald isn't beryllium (the elemental metal), it's beryl (a silicate containing beryllium).
Mike Miller
And the blue version of Beryl ( or aquamarine as I think it is called ) contains scandium.
Sorry, just had to mention scandium again :-)
Tim Worstall
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