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A Gem ‘Rarer Than Diamond and More Valuable Than Gold’

Jewelry Industry Admin by Jewelry Industry Admin
October 20, 2021
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“WHAT GEMSTONE IS present in Utah that’s rarer than diamond and extra useful than gold?”

That was the compelling headline penned in 2002 by the Utah Geological Survey to introduce its readers to crimson beryl, just a little identified gemstone discovered primarily within the state’s Wah Wah Mountains.

Found in 1904 by Maynard Bixby, this raspberry-red gem had the bookkeeper-turned-miner scratching his head. He had a hunch that the beautiful crystals represented quite a lot of beryl, however the crimson shade didn’t correlate with any beryl identified to exist on the time.

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Right this moment, the best-known types of beryl embody emerald (inexperienced), aquamarine (blue), morganite (pink) and heliodor (yellow).

One 12 months after Bixby’s discovery, W.F. Hillebrand, a geochemist from the Nationwide Faculty in Washington, D.C., confirmed that Bixby’s discover was a brand new sort of beryl. In 1912, Dr. A. Eppler named the fiery gem “bixbite” in his honor.

Over time, bixbite assumed a number of names, together with “crimson emerald” and the extra correct “crimson beryl.” The title bixbite fell out of favor as a result of it was usually confused with bixbyite, a black manganese iron oxide additionally found by Bixby, in 1897.

Regardless that greater than 100 years have handed since Bixby first encountered the curious crimson number of beryl, the mineral has been unearthed in just some places — Utah’s Thomas Vary, Utah’s Wah Wah Mountains and New Mexico’s Black Vary.

Of the three, solely the Wah Wah Mountains have produced gem-grade crystals which can be massive sufficient to be faceted. The gems are primarily sourced on the Ruby-Violet Declare in Beaver County, Utah. One of the best specimens of crimson beryl show a raspberry-pink to barely purplish-red shade.

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Writing for the Utah Geological Survey, Carl Ege famous that crimson beryl was value 1,000 occasions greater than gold and was so uncommon that one crimson beryl crystal is discovered for each 150,000 diamonds. As a result of crimson beryl is never present in massive sizes, the Gemmological Affiliation of Nice Britain estimated {that a} 2-carat beryl has the identical rarity as a 40 carat diamond.

The British gem affiliation reported that the most important identified faceted crimson beryl weighs in at 8 carats.

Gemsociety.org wrote that the majority effective crimson beryl crystal specimens are “zealously guarded by mineral collectors and by no means faceted.” The one proven, above, is a part of the Smithsonian’s Nationwide Gem Assortment in Washington, DC.



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