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Beryl Stone
Chemical Formula: Be3Al2SiO6
Hardness: 7.5 - 8
Specific Gravity: 2.6 - 2.8
Introduction: About the Beryl Stone
Beryl stone is a constituent of beryllium-aluminum-silicates. It is a transparent, colorless mineral occurring in hexagonal prisms, incorporating the chief source of beryllium. This stone when combined with manganese, displays a feminine pink color, which is best known as Pink Beryl. Beryl derives its name from a Greek word "berullos" meaning Crystal. It was originally rooted in India from the Sanskrit word veruliyam. The different varieties of beryl exhibit rich colors due to the different coloring elements. The popular varieties of Beryl like Aquamarine, Emerald and Morganite displays Golden Beryl, gold-green Heliodor and colorless Goshenite, respectively.
Properties
The physical and chemical properties of all the different varieties of Beryl stone beads are similar. No matter whether blue, yellow, green, colorless or pink, they differ only in color. They are popular gemstone with high brilliance and hardness of 7.5. This stone is mainly found in the Middle and Western Africa, Madagascar, Ukraine, Russia and South America.
Different varieties exhibiting different colors
Beryl beads that exhibits sea blue color is due to iron and is widely known as Aquamarine, one of the most popular gemstone. Emerald is a valuable Beryl that owes its color to chromium or vanadium, which makes it show maybe the most beautiful and brightest green of all respective gemstones coining a class all by itself, emerald-green. Beryl also has more or less satiated golden color - typical characteristic of Golden Beryl. Iron and uranium, together, are responsible for the fresh and invigorating green-yellow of another Beryl variety of Heliodor. The colorless beryl stone-Goshenite is found in Goshen in Massachusetts, USA. Morganite lend a soft peach, pink or rose color to the stone is due to presence of manganese.
