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 Post subject: Red beryl crystal
PostPosted: Tue Aug 02, 2016 11:15 am 
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Double-terminated hexagonal prism of red beryl from Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA.
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http://www.mindat.org/photo-578746.html
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http://www.mindat.org/photo-578747.html


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 Post subject: Re: Red beryl crystal
PostPosted: Tue Aug 02, 2016 7:30 pm 
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I like the Violet Mine material


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 Post subject: Re: Red beryl crystal
PostPosted: Tue Aug 02, 2016 8:31 pm 
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Wow. Yours is very cool !


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 Post subject: Re: Red beryl crystal
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I saw an exceptional, relatively gemmy near-thumb-sized crystal at Tucson last year. 70k, and he'd let us photograph anything in his cases except for it.

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I do have quite a few cut stones and specimens. Here are a couple. The first one I posted belongs to the Harris family, the former mine owners. I wish it was mine. :D


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 Post subject: Re: Red beryl crystal
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There are also surprisingly large "bubblegum beryl" crystals available, which are very included to the point that the red is toned down to a red-pink but which have rather nice crystal form. I couldn't believe how cheap they were when my dad picked up a parcel. I'll have to track them down to take a photo.

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 Post subject: Re: Red beryl crystal
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Stephen Challener wrote:
There are also surprisingly large "bubblegum beryl" crystals available, which are very included to the point that the red is toned down to a red-pink but which have rather nice crystal form. I couldn't believe how cheap they were when my dad picked up a parcel. I'll have to track them down to take a photo.

Stephen- Are you referring to pezzattoitate? It costs less than red beryl but still expensive.


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Nope, this material is found in the same mines. It's also much less expensive than pezzottaite, or at least it was this time. I'll take some pictures when I get home.

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 Post subject: Re: Red beryl crystal
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Yeah I found it for sale in Alaska of all places - in Anchorage, by a daughter of a former mine owner. An inch long or so and maybe 1/2 wide. Very cheap. Wish i had bought all of them.


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Love to see a photo. All the pink beryls I have are from Madagascar.


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 Post subject: Re: Red beryl crystal
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Nice Pezzottaite but not "Beryl" ...

I love them both...

Is the small round Pezzo from D. Gravier?

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Marlow wrote:
Nice Pezzottaite but not "Beryl" ...

I love them both...

Is the small round Pezzo from D. Gravier?

You are correct Marlow. Because of the cesium and lithium content , pezzottaite is a member of the beryl group not a beryl variety. All the pezzottaites are Mineral Auction wins.l have seen a couple pink moganites that I might call bubblegum beryl.

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 Post subject: Re: Red beryl crystal
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Another crystal with a deep red and pink zone separated by a little ryholite.


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