Beryl 
Be3Al2(SiO3)6 - Beryllium Aluminium Silicate
Word brilliance is possibly derived from the ancient Greek word for beryl, berullos, which means crystal. Everyone admires the green fire of emerald and the aqua blue magnetism of aquamarine, but not many people realize that they are different colors of the same mineral - beryl. Other, much less known members of the beryl family are colorless beryl, or goshenite, which shows off the brilliance of this gem family, pink and peach morganite, heliodor, also known as golden beryl; rare red beryl, pale green beryl, which is a green version of aquamarine. More on...
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Crowned smoky quartz—also known as cairngorm—beryl, and granite the state gem, mineral and rock in 1985. Smoky. Beryl is a gemstone commonly found in the granite rocks abundant in the state. Beryl Crystals are a yellow-green and yellow colors.
Care and Treatment
Because their brilliancy and durability all the gemstones in the beryl family are perfect for jewelry use.
Hardness
Beryl has a hardness rating of 7.5 to 8 .
Specific Gravity: 2.65 to 2.85
Healing
Where Found
Morganite, pastel pink to peach or lavender, was first discovered in California in the Pala pegmatites in 1905, and later in Madagascar. There are also deposits in Russia, Brazil, Mozambique, Namibia and Afghanistan.
Heliodor, or golden beryl ,was discovered in Namibia in 1910 in a pegmatite that also produced aquamarine, which is also colored by iron. Heliodore is also found in Brazil and Madagascar.
Red beryl (a stoplight red) is the rarest member of the beryl family. It is mined in only one place: the Wah Wah Mountains in Utah. Clean Specimen over a carat are very rare and are very expensive.
Colorless beryl, or goshenite, is also relatively rare. It is named after a deposit where it was found in Goshen, Massachusetts.
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Mystical Properties
Lore
Morganite is relatively rare, which stands in the way of it becoming a jewelry stone. The largest faceted morganite is a cushion-shape, about 600.00-carat from Madagascar in the collection of the British Museum.
Heliodor, or golden beryl, is named after the Greek words for sun helios and gift doron. The largest faceted heliodor, 2,054 carats, is on display at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C.
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