Morganite

E229637

Morganite is a pink to peach-colored gemstone variety of beryl, prized for its delicate pastel hues and brilliance in jewelry.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Citrine 1
Morganite canonical 1
Rose Quartz 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf gemstone ⓘ
variety of beryl ⓘ
associatedMineral feldspar ⓘ
quartz ⓘ
tourmaline ⓘ
birefringence 0.005–0.009 ⓘ
birthstoneAssociation sometimes used as an alternative October birthstone ⓘ
chemicalFormula Be3Al2(Si6O18) ⓘ
chromophoreElement manganese ⓘ
cleavage indistinct basal ⓘ
color peach ⓘ
pink ⓘ
commonCut cushion cut ⓘ
emerald cut ⓘ
oval cut ⓘ
crystalSystem hexagonal ⓘ
discoveryPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
fracture conchoidal ⓘ
gemFamily colored beryl ⓘ
gemUse faceted stones for jewelry ⓘ
luster vitreous ⓘ
majorSourceCountry Afghanistan ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
Madagascar ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
United States ⓘ
majorSourceRegion California, United States ⓘ
Maine, United States ⓘ
linked to: Maine

Minas Gerais, Brazil ⓘ
linked to: Minas Gerais
marketPosition popular alternative to pink diamond ⓘ
popular alternative to pink sapphire ⓘ
mineralGroup beryl group ⓘ
mohsHardness 7.5–8 ⓘ
namedAfter J. P. Morgan ⓘ
nameOrigin named in honor of American financier J. P. Morgan ⓘ
occurrenceEnvironment granite pegmatites ⓘ
opticalCharacter uniaxial negative ⓘ
pleochroism weak to distinct ⓘ
refractiveIndex 1.577–1.583 ⓘ
relatedGemstone aquamarine ⓘ
emerald ⓘ
goshenite ⓘ
heliodor ⓘ
specificGravity 2.71–2.90 ⓘ
tenacity brittle ⓘ
transparency translucent ⓘ
transparent ⓘ
treatment heat treatment to improve color ⓘ
treatmentDisclosure often not visible to the naked eye ⓘ
typicalHue pastel pink ⓘ
peach ⓘ
salmon ⓘ
valuedFor brilliance ⓘ
delicate pastel hues ⓘ
relative affordability ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Emerald → distinguishedFrom → Morganite ⓘ
subject linked to: Emeralds
Seventeen → officialColor → Rose Quartz ⓘ
linked to: Morganite
Hayley Kiyoko → extendedPlay → Citrine ⓘ
linked to: Morganite
Stone of Love → notableExample → morganite ⓘ
linked to: Morganite