Etude des défauts dans des monocristaux naturels de béryl. I. Observations des dislocations

The lattice defects of beryl single crystals from Brazil and Madagascar have been studied by X-ray topography. Two types of linear defects are observed: channels and grown-in dislocations. Slip systems and Burgers-vector moduli are determined. Some calculations of directions of minimum dislocation energy are given and they are in quite good agreement with the observations.