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a beryl that drank the sun and never sobered up
means Heliodor is a yellow to greenish-yellow variety of the mineral beryl, prized as a gemstone for its sunny color.
from From Greek 'helios' (sun) and 'doron' (gift) — literally 'gift of the sun.' The name is a modern coinage, introduced in the early 20th century to market the golden-yellow beryl found in what was then German South-West Africa (now Namibia).
- named after
- Greek for gift of the sun
- family
- same mineral as emerald and aquamarine
- yellow culprit
- iron impurities, not gold or sunlight
- debut
- marketed from Namibian mines around 1910
- radioactive past
- some specimens irradiated to deepen color
heliodor from vorobyevka — golden beryl variety mined in russia's vorobyevka deposit, prized for its intense yellow-gold color
heliodor from namibia — high-quality golden beryl specimens from erongo region, among the finest gem-quality heliodor in the world
heliodor from ukraine — beryl variety found in pegmatite deposits of eastern ukraine, known for bright golden hues