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A Photogallery of Red Emerald Disturbance Modifications
The formation of beryl crystals under pressure and stress increases the incidence of surface modifications in both the green and red varieti


Classic Emerald Crystal Habits: The Prism
The Red Emerald crystallizes in the same prismatic hexagonal form as the Green Emerald, and possesses the same unique identifying crystal mo


A Red Emerald World
For the website's three month anniversary, we review demographics of Red Emerald Fans to illustrate the long reach and importance of gem


Trace Elements of the Red Emerald
Colors in gemstones & Red Emerald are caused by chromophores: trace metal impurities present during formation which remain trapped in th


Red Spotlight On...An American Rose
An American Rose is a pendant featuring the fourth largest Benitoite stone ever faceted, along with a 3.75 ct supply of Red Emerald melee in


An Introduction to the Hexagonal Crystal System
Hexagonal molecules of beryllium and oxygen form cyclosilicate six-sided rings stacked on a lattice to form crystals of the mineral red bery


History's Missing Precious Gemstone
Every precious gemstone has been discovered in every color.
There are diamonds which are pink, sapphires which are green, and now...emerald


The No-Prize
Stan Lee is The Man who helped create the greatest number of superheroes in the modern-day pantheon. I use the word Pantheon with...


What is Pezzottaite?
Pezzottaite is a member of the beryl group but a gem species unto itself as a cesium analogue of beryl once mistaken for another red beryl d


What is Benitoite?
The history of Benitoite - California's State Gemstone, a blue jewel with a greater power to disperse light than diamond and one of the
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