In the very large world of precious stones, Emeralds glow in the fieriest green imaginable, Aquamarines sparkle in a range of light blue to the deep blue while soft and sexy pink of Morganite attracts women the whole world over. Are you aware that these gems mentioned above belong to a single family? Welcome to the large family of Beryls. Whether blue, green, yellow, colorless or pink, it is only in the color that differ from one another.Beryls are beryllium-aluminum-silicates. Pure beryl are colorless, but add various foreign substances, and you get the various colors.
Iron will color a beryl to the varying blue hues of Aquamarine.
Chrome and/or vanadium will create the crisp green of Emeralds.
Manganese will give Beryl a special feminine pink of Morganite.
Small traces of iron, natural aura from minerals containing uranium will give colorless berysl a more or less intense yellow tone creating a Golden Beryl. Iron and uranium together are also responsible for the greenish yellow of Heliodor.
Colorless beryl, a rare find, is known in the trade, as Goshenite.
Originally, the name 'beryl' came from India. It was derived from the Sanskrit word 'veruliyam', an old term for the gemstone chrysoberyl, from which the Greek word 'beryllos' later developed.
The Beryl family are popular gems because of their magnificent colors, high brilliance and qualities such as their hardness (7.5 to 8 on the Mohs Scale).
Beryl crystals are mainly found in South America, Central and West Africa, Madagascar, in Russia, the Ukraine, and in the USA.
Beryls are well suited to rectangular or square step cuts, since it takes a clear design to bring out the transparent beauty of this colorful gemstone family to the full.
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