Gem and Mineral

8030 | Morganite

Morganite

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Size: 9×5.5×5cm

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Final Price: RMB 90,000



Afghanistan
Morganite(Pink Beryl) is belongs to the same family with Emerald,and Aquamarine,but its popularity in China is less than the latter two,in the Beryl family it has a sense of“in purdah no one know”,and is often called as the“Pink Emerald”or“Pink Aquamarine”.It is the manganese element makes Monganite in pink color,just like the little princess in the Beryl family.Its name was named after John Pierpont Morgan(1837-1913),a world-renowned financier and mineral collector.
In color aspect,pink and peach is the best,crystalline form intypical hexagonal prism,with a hardness of 7.5-8.Due to the scarcity of production and normally there are lots of impurities in the crystal,the high quality Monganite,crystalarevery rare.This fine specimen of Monganite is a quite clearcrystal,exudes the delicate pink luster,both the color and transparency are gemmy.