Morganite

Often heat-treated to remove the salmon tint. Color may created by irradiation of colorless beryl (not detectable) - Blue Chart Gem Identification, Herve Nicolas Lazzarelli, 2010, p 6 7.5 to 8Herve Nicolas Lazzarelli, Blue Chart Gem Identification (2010) 2.71 to 2.90Herve Nicolas Lazzarelli, Blue Chart Gem Identification (2010) More from other references 1.573 to 1.600Herve Nicolas Lazzarelli, Blue Chart Gem Identification (2010) More from other references Uniaxial/-Herve Nicolas Lazzarelli, Blue Chart Gem Identification (2010) 0.005 to 0.009Herve Nicolas Lazzarelli, Blue Chart Gem Identification (2010) More from other references Distinct: pale pink - bluish-pinkHerve Nicolas Lazzarelli, Blue Chart Gem Identification (2010) More from other references Soft pink to violet, also salmon-colored.Walter Schumann, Gemstones of the world (2001) More from other references Pink, Mn2+ in octahedral coordinationW. William Hanneman, Pragmatic Spectroscopy For Gemologists (2011) Inert to weak pink to purplishHerve Nicolas Lazzarelli, Blue Chart Gem Identification (2010) More from other references Moderate apricot reaction suggest a possible synthesisHerve Nicolas Lazzarelli, Blue Chart Gem Identification (2010) There is an intense, but not bright, crimson glow.Michael O?Donoghue, Gems, Sixth Edition (2006) HexagonalHerve Nicolas Lazzarelli, Blue Chart Gem Identification (2010) Crystals are short-prismatic to thick-tabular form.E.Ya. Kievlenko, Geology of gems (2003) Morganite information at mindat.org Afghanistan  Blauwet and Muhammad (2004) Glas (2002) Glas (2002) E.Ya. Kievlenko, Geology of gems, 2003, p. 110 Glas (2002) Brazil  Kievlenko E.Ya., Geology of gems, 2003, p. 113 Kievlenko E.Ya., Geology of gems, 2003, p. 113 Cassedanne and Alves (1994) Milisenda and Bank (2005) E.Ya. Kievlenko, Geology of gems, 2003, p. 113 MadagascarE.Ya. Kievlenko, Geology of gems, 2003, p. 110 Laurs and Quinn (2002) E.Ya. Kievlenko, Geology of gems, 2003, p. 111 E.Ya. Kievlenko, Geology of gems, 2003, p. 110 Pezzotta (2001), Danet (2007) Mozambique  J. Marques (2009) Bettencourt-Dias and Wilson (2000) Myanmar  Kyi et al. (2005) Kyi et al. (2005) Pakistan  Blauwet and Muhammad (2004) Blauwet and Muhammad (2004) Blauwet and Muhammad (2004) Blauwet and Muhammad (2004) Russia  Badanina et al. (2008) Sri Lanka  Dissanayake et al. (2000) USA  Rocks & Min.:63:21. Mauthner (2008) Sinkankas (1997) Sinkankas (1997) Osborn, P. (2005) Personal communication between Phillip Osborn of Hemet and Scott L. Ritchie of Temecula, California; description of beryl discovery on southwestern most Oceanview lode exposure; March. Sinkankas (1997) Sinkankas (1997) Potucek (2005)