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Morganite is a soft pink, sometimes violet or also a salmon-colored beryl and is named after the American banker and collector John Piermont Morgan sr. mineralogist VJ Called Woroblev (Worobjevite). Morganite has been found in the United States in the Ramona and Pala areas of California. Morganite occurs together with different types of tourmaline varieties. Morganite is also found in Norway in Maine. Important sites are located in Brazil, especially in the state of Minas Gerais. The stones of Maharita are striking pink and of very good quality. Cut stones with a weight of 500 carats are also known. A small statue of morganite measuring 11 cm x 6 cm comes from a site in Anjanabonoina. In the collection of the Museum in Saint Petersburg there are even a cut stone of 598.5 carat and a raw morganite from Madagascar weighing 5 kilograms. At the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., there are faceted morganites from 56 to 287 carats, and at the Royal Museum in Toronto, a 118.6 carat morganite, all from Madagascar or Brazil. Other sources of morganite are Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Namibia, China, Russia (Urals), Italy (Elba) and Kazakhstan. The red beryl called byx beet comes from the Wah Wah Mountain site in the United States. The stones cut from this are no heavier than 10 carats.
Dimensions | 20-35mm |
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