Morganite

Morganite

Morganite is a variety of beryl, having a delicate pink color. The morganite together with aquamarines, heliodors and emerald are the same mineral beryl and are widely used in jewelry.

Its name the gem got in the early twentieth century, a leading expert on gemology by the jewelry house Tiffany & Co George Kunz named it after a famous benefactor and banker of the USA John Morgan. Russian experts sometimes use the name of "vorobyevite", which was given by the name of the Russian geologist and scientist V. I. Vorobyov.

For natural morganite more typical not bright pink and soft peach shade attached to it by the impurities of lithium, caesium and manganese. The high content of these metals indicates a higher density ratio than that of other members of the family of beryls. The remaining parameters are identical morgantow accepted beryls.

The rich morganite pink coloring do not occur too often. Individual instances of the extracted gems reach a large size and have a lovely purity. After the cut morganite they are practically no cracks and inclusions. Note that a large net cost on morganite jewelry market relatively expensive.

The estimate of jewels is greatly affected by the natural color. Samples having the natural pink color of cold tone without the orange shades are among the most expensive price category. Strong color saturation increases the price of morganite. Much cheaper cost crystals orangish-brown color and bright tone.

Most jewelry morganite coming to market from fields in Brazil. The first samples of gem of deep pink color was discovered in California. Great morganite supplied from Brazilian Minas Gerais state, for they are very transparent and of light pink color with no brown and orange shades. Brazilian morganite is estimated by jewelers is very high, sometimes higher than aquamarines.

However, modern trends in jewelry fashion dictate the rules. So for the last year came into fashion peach shade, and the cost of peach morganite increased significantly. In the jewelry market it is easy to find beautiful examples of gems of great weight and good purity. Interestingly, the presence of fine inclusions of impurities, giving the effect of internal "silk" sheen, greatly increases the cost of the gems.

Technicians use elevation for morganite with the aim of obtaining the best color. The most commonly used methods of heat treatment and irradiation. The results of refinement are stable. The fact that gentrification has almost no effect on the value of the gem and is not fixed by specialists Gemological laboratories.

Popular jewelry embellished with morganite, came recently. The Windows of the Russian jewelry stores it is difficult to find such jewelry. They can be ordered from private jewelers. Jewelry with morganite light pink cool colors, usually made from white gold or platinum. In the collections of the leading jewelry companies are increasingly products with these wonderful gems. Of course, this makes morganite more in demand which leads to rising prices on the world market.

Designers famous jewelry houses with the fantasy approach to the creation of rings, earrings and pendants with morganite on the basis of natural motifs. The master of the jewelry company Cartier have performed a wonderful brooch with incredible Flamingo pink of morganite, frozen in the middle of the water.

Designers from Dior released a collection of earrings and rings with a light pink morganite pear shaped. Graceful gems is surrounded by a scattering of gold and diamond branches of curls, made by natural reasons. Amazing song from massive morganite with figures of birds and butterflies resting on a background of slumbering flowers.