BERYL, variety Morganite
Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈
Anjanabonoina mine, Antsirabe, Madagascar

Morganite, the orange to pink variety of beryl, was first discovered in Southern California in the early 1900s and was named for financeer J. Pierpont Morgan. The Anjanabonoina mine in Madagascar is famous for producing morganite gems of the finest deep pink color.

Size / Weight: 27x18x15 mm / 45.3 carats

Acquired: 1988 donation, John Jago Trelawney Collection.

Disposition: On display in the Hixon Gem Vault exhibit.

Catalog Number: 33445