Besides Emerald and Aquamarine, Morganite is probably the best-known member from the fabulous multi-colored Beryl-group. Women all over the world love it because of its very fine pink color which emanates charm, esprit and tenderness.
Although it came into existence millions of years ago, Morganite found its name less than a hundred years ago. To be precise, only in 1911, for before this the gemmologists considered "Pink Beryl” simply a variety of Beryl in general, and not as an individual stone. However, it is not only people but also stones who sometimes change their names. Thus in the year 1911 New York gemstone expert G.F. Kunz suggested to give Pink Beryl the status and standing of an individual kind of gemstone, and it was named in honour of banker and minerals collector John Pierport Morgan, thus receiving its current name: Morganite.
Beryls are hard minerals consisting of beryllium aluminium silicate. Pure Beryl is colorless. However, due to its hexagonal structure it is able to integrate other elements such as, e.g., iron, manganese, chromium or vanadium. If manganese is embedded in Beryl, the plain and unexciting gemstone is turned into a pink and precious beauty: Morganite. Today this gemstone is mainly mined in Brazil, Madagascar, Afghanistan and California. Its excellent hardness of 7.5 to 8 on the Mohs’ scale is the reason why it is so ideally suited to being worn.
Information on gemstones provided in part by: The International Colored Gemstone Association
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