Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Beryl Var Morganite

Views:
Watches:
PDM657656

Beryl Var Morganite

Classic Locality

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Anjanabonoina, Ambohimanambola, Betafo, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.1 × 5.7 × 2 cm
Description

Very uncommon in collections is this old pink morganite beryl from Madagascar. The crystal faces are quite rough, but it is clearly tabular {001}. The side faces are clearly contacted with the matrix, so it never grew to develop all the crystal faces. No prim faces are present, which is very uncommon in beryl, and it is bevelled by one or two hexagonal dipyramids, probably {101} and/or {112}. It comes with three old labels.

Ex. Ennio Contarini, #2095.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Beryl

Formula: 
Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Strunz: 
9.CJ.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
7.5 - 8.0
Streak: 
White

Morganite

Variety Of: 

Beryl

Formula: 
Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Strunz: 
9.CJ.05
Hardness: 
7.5 - 8.0
Hardness: 
0.0

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps