BERYL….. possesses a wide color palette

Beryl stones represent a group of minerals, which include aquamarine, emerald, golden or yellow beryl, heliodor and morganite, to name a few. Pure beryl is colorless, but it also occurs in a variety of colors including green, yellow, greenish-yellow, blue to blue-green, red, colorless and pink when tinted by impurities.  The word 'beryl' is derived from the Sanskrit word in India, 'veruliyam.' It is an old term for chrysoberyl gemstone, from which the word 'beryllos' from Greek later developed.  Beryllos refers to a "precious blue-green color-of-sea-water stone.”

 

The list below describes each color variety

• Emerald, the green variety, is the most popular green gemstone and is one of the most valuable gems.
• Aquamarine, the blue to blue-green variety, is the most popular light-blue gemstone.
• Morganite, the pink to light-purple variety, named after the banker J.P. Morgan. 
• Heliodor is yellow to greenish-yellow variety. It can also include light green, orange, and brown Beryl.
• Golden Beryl  has a golden yellow to orange-yellow color. The terms Heliodor and Golden Beryl are often interchangeable.
• Goshenite (Colorless beryl) is the white to colorless variety of Beryl.
• Red Beryl (also known as "red emerald" or "scarlet emerald"), also known as Bixbite, is a rare, deep red variety found only two localities in Utah.

Beryl is found in Europe in Norway, Austria, Germany, Sweden (especially morganite), and Ireland, as well as Brazil, Colombia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Russia, South Africa, the United States, and Zambia. U.S. beryl locations are in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Maine, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Dakota and Utah.

It is said that beryl assists its possessor in learning how to filter out distractions and unnecessary stimulation. Good for relieving stress, calming the mind.  This stone is known to stimulate communication (blue), acceptance and healing (green), reawakens the love of married people (pink), supports spiritual growth (gold and white) and gives us strength and power (yellow).