Category: Gem Minerals

  • Morganite

    Morganite

    Morganite, also known as “pink beryl”, “rose beryl”, “pink emerald”, and “cesian (or caesian) beryl”, is a rare light pink to rose-colored gem-quality variety of [...]

     
  • Heliodor

    Heliodor

    Heliodor is a  yellow variety of beryl, a beryllium aluminum silicate mineral with a hardness of 7.5 to 8.  Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal) [...]

     
  • Topaz

    Topaz

    Topaz is an aluminum silicate fluoride hydroxide crystal with a hardness of 8.  Its crystal structure is orthorhombic, and it frequently forms prismatic crystals.  The [...]

     
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  • Aquamarine

    Aquamarine

    Aquamarine is a blue or blue-green variety of beryl, a beryllium aluminum silicate mineral with a hrdness of 7.5 to 8.  Its crystal system is [...]

     
 
 
 
 
 
 

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