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Beryllium element Critical Material

Beryllium (Be), represented as an element distinct from its ions, compounds, isotopes, host minerals, alloys and commodity streams. The US 2025 designation names the beryllium commodity and does not designate every compound or host material. No microbial extraction, transformation or recovery mechanism is accepted in this identity and designation record; unresolved experimental leads are retained in the accompanying research dossier.

Identifiers & Classification

System Identifier Label
CHEBI CHEBI:30501 beryllium atom

Criticality Designations

Jurisdiction List Name Edition / Document Classification Source
United States of America U.S. Department of the Interior Final List of Critical Minerals 2025 (published November 7, 2025; 90 FR 50494-50497) critical usgs_2025

Sources & References

  1. chebi_beryllium: ChEBI:30501 - beryllium atom; elemental symbol Be, net charge zero.
    https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/CHEBI:30501 (accessed 2026-10-11)
  2. usgs_2025: U.S. Geological Survey (2025). Final 2025 List of Critical Minerals. Federal Register 90 FR 50494-50497, November 7, 2025; Beryllium row in the final commodity table. The adjacent Yes/No column describes byproduct/co-product occurrence, not criticality.
    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-07/html/2025-19813.htm (accessed 2026-10-11)

Curation History

Timestamp Curator Action Summary
2026-10-11T07:53:00Z codex (GPT-6) CREATE Created verified element identity and US 2025 designation; left microbial mechanisms unrecorded pending accessible primary methods, and attached the actual canonical CREATE sidecar.

Record source: data/records/beryllium.yaml