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a pink beryl named after a banker, blushing harder than emerald ever cared to.
means Morganite is the soft pink-to-peach variety of beryl, the same mineral family as emerald and aquamarine, prized as a gemstone for its delicate rosy color.
from Named in 1911 by gem expert George Frederick Kunz in honor of J.P. Morgan, the American financier and avid gem collector who was one of Kunz's great patrons at Tiffany & Co. The pink beryl needed a name, and Kunz handed it to his banker — making it one of the few gems christened after a Wall Street titan rather than a place or a Greek root.
- family ties
- Same mineral as emerald and aquamarine, just pinker.
- banker's gem
- Named for financier J.P. Morgan in 1911.
- color source
- Traces of manganese give the soft blush.
- heat trick
- Often heated to purge orange into cleaner pink.
- big finds
- Brazil and Madagascar yield the largest crystals.
the morganite of madagascar — pink beryl variety from the merelani hills, tanzania, valued at $200-400 per carat in gem quality
kunzite pink beryl deposits — major morganite sources in brazil's minas gerais region, discovered in 1910
bixbite utah morganite — red-orange morganite variety from the wah wah mountains, utah, discovered 1905