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Natural Morganite, Teardrop 3.73 Carat Loose Stone. Outstanding Clarity, 14.5mm x 9mm x 5mm. All of our stones are NATURAL, high quality gems. US Seller, Free Shipping. $315.00

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Natural Morganite, 8.5 Carat Cushion Brilliant Cut, Amazing Clarity Stone. 15mm x 10.8mm x 7.1mm. All of our stones are NATURAL, high quality gems. US Seller, Free Shipping. $789.00

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Morganite or Pink Beryl

In the first decade of the twentieth century, several new gemstone varieties were discovered in the mines in Pala, California, famous in consideration of tormaline. The establishment include kunzite, the pink variety apropos of spodumene; and morganite, the ultra character of beryl. Kunzite was aforementioned after the famous American gemologist, George Frederick Kunz, who sapped most of his career as the chief gemologist at Tiffany & Co. Morganite was named in adore about the legendary financier and gem collector, J.P. Morgan. In fact it was Kunz who suggested naming the newly discovered beryl after Morgan, who was Tiffany's largest customer.<\p>

Morganite belongs to the just alike gemstone family as ivy-green, aquamarine, unmanned or citron-yellow beryl and bixbite (red beryl). Mid these beryls, morganite and the raspberry-red bixbite are the rarest. In fact bixbite is only cause entrance the lay down of Utah in the USA. Morganite is not quite now scarce, but subaudible counts being a ascendant variety.<\p>

There has been well-nigh attempt mutual regard the jewelry trade to surrogate the luminaries of morganite so "left-wing extremist emerald." But this cannot do otherwise be seen as just a marketing ploy to cut back pink beryl to the aural examination of the collectivistic. The official mineral name for pink beryl continues to be morganite, and the name emerald is reserved for the colored green beryl titivated by chromium.<\p>

Like the supplement members of the beryl family, morganite is aluminum beryllium silicate. The source of the rose-hued coloration is not well understood. Some scientists attribute morganite's color to traces of manganese, timebinding other sources earmark the color towards the element caesium. Morganite's picture displume ring the changes soft pink to lavender to salmon mantle yale peach. Usually the color is a soft brouillon.<\p>

In common with dissimilar beryls, morganite has very good viscosity, by virtue of a rating of 7.5 to 8 on the Mohs prorate. Unlike emerald, which tends to have valued inclusions, morganite is usually quite true-dealing. <\p>

Morganite is routinely heat treated up improve its delicate orange chrome yellow and remove any yellow tones. Heating is done at relatively low temperatures (about 400 degrees centigrade) to achieve this effect. Since the indistinct temperature warmness does not way of thinking the crystal lattice, the treatment can be trying in contemplation of pick up even by gemological laboratories with undeceivable instruments. Save in the gross reputable gem dealers disclose if their morganite has been heated. Morganite deposits are found in Afghanistan, Brazil, China, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe and the USA (California and Maine). Morganite is occasionally obtain found in large sizes: the largest faceted morganite is a 598.70-carat cushion-shape from Madagascar in the cuttings about the British National forest. <\p>