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A variety of Beryl

A pink gem variety of Beryl.

Classification of Morganite

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Other Names for Morganite

Synonyms:
Cesian BerylRose Beryl
Other Languages:
German:Morganit
Simplified Chinese:红绿宝石
Spanish:Morganita

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Morganite

Reference List:

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Kunz, George Frederick (1911), Morganite, a rose-colored beryl: Am. Jour. Sci., 4th. series: 31: 81-82.

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    • Localities for Morganite

    The map shows a selection of localities that have latitude and longitude coordinates recorded. Click on the symbol to view information about a locality. The symbol next to localities in the list can be used to jump to that position on the map.
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    Afghanistan
     
    • Konar Province (Kunar Province; Konarh Province; Konarha Province; Nuristan)
      • Chapa Dara District
    		various photographs; various photographs
    No reference listed
    • Nuristan Province (Nurestan Province; Nooristan Province; Nuristan)
      • Du Ab District
        • Nilaw-Kolum pegmatite field
    		Bariand, P. and Poullen, J.F. (1978). Famous mineral localities: The pegmatites of Laghman - Nuristan - Afghanistan. Mineralogical Record. 9: 301-308.
      • Kamdesh District
    		Mario Pauwels collection
    Argentina
     
    • Córdoba
    		http://homepage.mac.com/rasprague/PegShop/extras/argentina/argenpeg.html
    Brazil
     
    • Minas Gerais
    		[www.johnbetts-fineminerals.com]
      • Doce valley
        • Conselheiro Pena
    		Field Trip Guide, Eastern Brazilian Pegmatite Province, 4th International Symposium on Granitic Pegmatites, 2009
        • Divino das Laranjeiras
          • Linópolis
    		[MinRec 14:235]
        • Galiléia
    		Rocks & Min.:63:49.
        • Governador Valadares
    		No reference listed
        • São José da Safira
    Morteani, G., Preinfalk, C., and Horn, A.H. (2000): Mineralium Deposita 35, 638-655.
      • Jequitinhonha Valley
    		Rob Lavinsky
        • Coronel Murta
          • Barra de Salinas
    		Bastos, F.M. (2002): Famous Mineral Localities: The Barra de Salinas Pegmatites, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mineralogical Record 33: 209-216.
    www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/mr001.htm.
        • Itinga
          • Taquaral
            • Piauí Valley
    various added photos
    Burma (Myanmar)
     
    • Shan State
      • Kyaukme District
        • Momeik Township
    		Themelis, Ted, 2008, Gems and Mines of Mogok.
            • Khetchel village (Cache village; Khat Che village)
    Canada
     
    • Manitoba
      • Bird River Greenstone Belt
      • Lac-du-Bonnet area
        • Bernic Lake
    China
     
    • Xinjiang (Xinjiang-Uygur) Autonomous Region
      • Yili Hasake (Ili Kazakh) Autonomous Prefecture
        • Aletai (Altay) Prefecture
          • Fuhai (Burultokay) Co.
    		Yanling Tang (2005): Non-metallic deposits of Xinjiang, China [Zhongguo Xinjiang Fei Jinshu Kuangchuang]. Geological Publishing House (Beijing), 289 pp.
    Czech Republic
     
    • Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen)
      • South Bohemia Region
        • Písek
    		Historic mineral collection National museum of Czech Republic
    Italy
     
    • Tuscany
      • Livorno Province
        • Elba Island
          • Campo nell'Elba
            • San Piero in Campo
              • Fonte del Prete
    		Orlandi, P., & Pezzotta, F. (1997). Minerali dell'Isola d'Elba. Edizioni Novecento Grafico, Bergamo, 249 pp.
    Alessandro Genazzani collection
                • Podere Liborio
    		F.Pezzotta, M.Lorenzoni (2008) "Bismuto Nativo: prima segnalazione nelle pegmatiti elbane " Rivista Mineralogica Italiana N.2, 2008
    F. Pezzotta, F.C. Hawthorne, M.A. Cooper, D.K. Teerstra (1996) - Fibrous foitite from S. Piero in Campo, Elba, Italy. - Canad. Min., 34: 741-744.
    Madagascar
     
    • Antananarivo Province
      • Vakinankaratra Region
        • Betafo District
          • Ambohimanambola Commune
    		Wilson, W. E. (1989) The Anjanabonoina pegmatite, Madagascar. Mineralogical Record 20: 191-200
    Gratacap, L. P. (1916): Some minerals from Madagascar as described in prof. A Lacroix's Mineralogie de France et ses colonies. American Mineralogist, 1: 17-34
        • Sahatany Pegmatite Field (Mt Ibity area)
          • Sahatany Valley
    		Pezzotta, F. (2011): Neufunde in Madagascar-Edle Liddicoatite in Spitzenqualität. ExtraLapis 41, 66-71
    • Fianarantsoa Province
      • Amoron'i Mania Region
        • Ambatofinandrahana District
          • Mandrosonoro area
            • Ambatovita
    		Rocks & Minerals 82:146
    • Toamasina (Tamatave) Province
      • Eastern (Atsinanana) Region
        • Toamasina II (Tamatave) District
    		Damour, A. (1886): Note sur un béryl rose provenant de Madagascar. Bulletin de la Société Francaise de Minéralogie 9: 153-154
    Mexico
     
    • Baja California (Baja California Norte; BC Norte)
      • El Rodeo
    		Rocks & Min.:63:456.
    Mozambique
     
    • Zambezia Province
      • Alto Ligonha District
    		Schappmann, J. (2005): Die gruben Morrua, Marropino und Maria III in der Pegmatitregion Alto Ligonha im Norden von Mozambique. Mineralien-Welt 16 (2): 34-46
    Namibia
     
    • Erongo Region
      • Karibib District
        • Etiro Farm 50
    		http://portal.unesco.org/es/file_download.php/520f77b01696f95e88bb9e1ab0e64196Gondwana+Park+draft2corr.pdf.
    Norway
     
    • Telemark
      • Drangedal
        • Tørdal
    		Peter Andresen collection.
    Pakistan
     
    • Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)
      • Astor District (Astore District)
        • Astor valley (Astore valley)
    		Dudley Blauwet, Bill Smith and Carol Smith (2004) Table of mineral localities of the northern areas of Pakistan and other selected sites. (in "Pakistan: Minerals, Mountains & Majesty", Lapis International, East Hampton, Connecticut); Dudley Blauwet, Bill Smith and Carol Smith (2004) Table of mineral localities of the northern areas of Pakistan and other selected sites. (in "Pakistan: Minerals, Mountains & Majesty", Lapis International, East Hampton, Connecticut)
      • Baltistan
        • Skardu District
          • Braldu Valley
    		www.exceptionalminerals.com
          • Haramosh Mts.
            • Chamachhu
    		Dudley Blauwet, Bill Smith and Carol Smith (2004) Table of mineral localities of the northern areas of Pakistan and other selected sites. (in "Pakistan: Minerals, Mountains & Majesty", Lapis International, East Hampton, Connecticut); Dudley Blauwet, Bill Smith and Carol Smith (2004) Table of mineral localities of the northern areas of Pakistan and other selected sites. (in "Pakistan: Minerals, Mountains & Majesty", Lapis International, East Hampton, Connecticut)
    Dudley Blauwet, Bill Smith and Carol Smith (2004) Table of mineral localities of the northern areas of Pakistan and other selected sites. (in "Pakistan: Minerals, Mountains & Majesty", Lapis International, East Hampton, Connecticut); Dudley Blauwet, Bill Smith and Carol Smith (2004) Table of mineral localities of the northern areas of Pakistan and other selected sites. (in "Pakistan: Minerals, Mountains & Majesty", Lapis International, East Hampton, Connecticut)
    John Sobelewski
          • Shigar Valley
    		Dudley Blauwet, Bill Smith and Carol Smith (2004) Table of mineral localities of the northern areas of Pakistan and other selected sites. (in "Pakistan: Minerals, Mountains & Majesty", Lapis International, East Hampton, Connecticut); Dudley Blauwet, Bill Smith and Carol Smith (2004) Table of mineral localities of the northern areas of Pakistan and other selected sites. (in "Pakistan: Minerals, Mountains & Majesty", Lapis International, East Hampton, Connecticut)
      • Diamar District (Diamir District)
        • Chilas
    		Dudley Blauwet, Bill Smith and Carol Smith (2004) Table of mineral localities of the northern areas of Pakistan and other selected sites. (in "Pakistan: Minerals, Mountains & Majesty", Lapis International, East Hampton, Connecticut)
    Russia
     
    • Eastern-Siberian Region
      • Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye)
        • Chitinskaya Oblast'
          • Krasnyi Chikoy
    		Badanina, E.V., Gordienko, V.V., Wiechowski, A., and Friedrich, G. (2008): Geology of ore Deposits 50(8), 772-781.
          • Menza District
    Sri Lanka
     
    • Sabaragamuwa Province
      • Ratnapura District
        • Ratnapura
    		Ceylon Aluvial Mine, (Book, Co. 2002)
    Tajikistan
     
    • Viloyati Mukhtori Gorno-Badakhshan (Viloyati Badakhshoni Kuni)
      • Pamir Mts
        • Rangkul' Highlands
    USA
     
    • Alabama
      • Coosa Co.
        • Rockford District
    		Canadian Mineralogist Vol. 27, pp. 93-105 (1989)
    • Arizona
      • Yavapai Co.
        • White Picacho District
          • Mitchell Wash
    		Jahns, Richard H. (1952), AZ Bur. of Mines Bull. 162: 84-86; Meeves, H., et al (1966), Reconnaissance of beryllium-bearing pegmatite deposits in six western states, US Bur. Mines Info. Circ. 8298: 22 (Table A-1).
    • California
      • Riverside Co.
        • Cahuilla District
          • Cahuilla
            • Cahuilla Mountain (Coahuila Mtn)
    		Geffner, P. and Fisher, J. (1997) Recent Work at the Lithia Dyke Claim, Cahuilla Mountain, Riverside County, California. Rocks & Minerals, 72 (3): pp. 156-161.
        • Hemet
    		Kunz, George Frederick (1905b), Precious stones: Mineral Resources U.S., 1904: 942; Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 103.
      • San Diego Co.
    		Merrill, F. J. H. 1914. Geology and Mineral Resources of San Diego and Imperial Counties: Gems, Lithia Minerals. California State Mining Bureau, San Francisco, Cal. California State Printing Office, December. Chapter 1, pages 61-78.
          • Oak Grove
    		Kunz, George Frederick (1905a), Gems, jewelers’ materials, and ornamental stones of California: California Division Mines Bulletin 37, 171 pp.: 49; Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 103.
    Tucker, W. B. and Reed, C. H. (1939) Los Angeles Field District, Mineral Resources of San Diego County - Gems. California Journal of Mines and Geology. Quarterly Chapter of State Mineralogist's Report 35, January, 1939, No. 1. State of California, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mines: Page 40.
        • Jacumba District
          • Jacumba
            • Tule Mountain (Mount Tule; Tulley Mountain)
    		Sinkankas, J. 1997. Gemstones of North America. Vol. 3. Beryl; Tucson, Arizona: Geoscience Press Inc.; pages 59-60, 480pp.
    Kunz, G. F. 1905. Gems, jeweler's materials, and ornamental stones of California. California State Mining Bureau bulletin 37: p. 152.
        • Mesa Grande District
          • Gem Hill
    		Weber, F. H. 1963. Geology and mineral resources of San Diego County, California. California Division of Mines and Geology, County Report 3: p. 100.
    Rocks & Min.:63:21.
    Larson, W. F. 1996. Personal communication between Scott L. Ritchie and William F. Larson; underground inspection of recent development works and beryl recovery on the dumps of the Mesa Grande mine by Montes, B.; Spring.
          • Mesa Grande
    		Weber, F. H. 1963. Geology and mineral resources of San Diego County, California. California Division of Mines and Geology, County Report 3: pages 89-91; illus., maps.
    Weber, F. H. 1963. Geology and mineral resources of San Diego County, California. California Division of Mines and Geology, County Report 3: p. 113.
        • Pala District
          • Pala
            • Chief Mountain
    		Sinkankas, J. (1988), Beryl: A Summary. Rocks & Minerals 63(01): p. 21.
    Stephenson, J. (2007), Pala District Opens Wide: Oceanview Mine Strikes It Big. Mineral News: Pala International, Fallbrook, CA. December.
    Osborn, P. (2005) Personal communication between Phillip Osborn of Hemet and Scott L. Ritchie of Temecula, California; description of beryl discovery on southwestern most Oceanview lode exposure; March.
    personal collections (Reed, Mauthner)
    No reference listed
            • Hiriart Mountain (Hariat Mtn; Harriot Mtn; Heriart Mtn; Heriot Mtn; Hiriat Hill)
    		Swoboda, E. R. 2001. Pala district 1947-48: Unpublished field notes and personal interviews. Swoboda Inc., Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, CA; 5/2; 8 p.
    Rocks & Minerals: May, 1999.
    Sinkankas, J. 1997. Gemstones of North America. Appendix: Table of Largest Cut Gems from North American Localities; Tucson, Arizona: Geoscience Press Inc.; pages 515-518.
    Ref.: Weber, F. H. 1963. Geology and mineral resources of San Diego County, California. California Division of Mines and Geology, County Report 3: p. 111.
    Fisher, J. 2002. Gem and rare-element pegmatites of southern California. Mineralogical Record 33(5): 363-407.
    Min.Rec.: 20(5):399.
            • Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala Mtn; Queen Mtn)
    		Jahns, R. H. and Wright, L. A. 1951. Gem and Lithium-bearing pegmatites of the Pala District, San Diego County, California. California Division of Mines special report 7A: pages 59-61.
    Schaller, W. T. (1916), Mineral Resources of the United States, Gems and Precious Stones, 1915, Part II. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey: p. 846; December 11th.
    Rocks & Min.: 63:48.
        • Ramona District
          • Ramona
    		Kunz, G. F. 1905. Gems, jeweler's materials, and ornamental stones of California. California State Mining Bureau bulletin 37: pages 140-142.
    Foord, Eugene E. et al (1989), Mineralogy and Paragenesis of the Little Three Mine Pegmatites, Ramona District, San Diego County, California. Mineralogical Record, 20(2): p. 106.
    Foord, Eugene E. et al (1989), Mineralogy and Paragenesis of the Little Three Mine Pegmatites, Ramona District, San Diego County, California. Mineralogical Record, 20(2): 119.
    Kunz, G. F. 1905. Gems, jeweler's materials, and ornamental stones of California. California State Mining Bureau bulletin 37: p. 146-47.
        • Rincon District
          • Rincon
            • Rincon Mountain
    		Sinkankas, J. 1959. Gemstones of North America, Vol. 1. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 494 p.
    Kunz, G. F. (1905a) Gems, jeweler's materials, and ornamental stones of California. California State Mining Bureau bulletin 37: 49; Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 103.
    Hanley, J. B. 1951. Economic Geology of the Rincon Pegmatites, San Diego County, California. Department of Natural Resources, California Division of Mines, Special Report 7B: pages 18-20, illus., maps.
        • Warner Springs District
          • Chihuahua Valley
    		Gochenour, K. 2002. Personal communication with S. L. Ritchie, SDMC, 2002. Tustin, Orange County, CA; March.
    Ritchie, S. 2000. History of the Carmelita Gem Mine in the 20th Century. Southern California Gem Industries web publication: July.
          • Warner Springs
    		Mineralogical Record, v. 33, n. 5, pp. 363-407.
      • Trinity Co.
        • Hamburg area
    		Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 103.
    • Colorado
      • Gunnison Co.
        • Quartz Creek Pegmatite District
    		Rocks & Min.: 24:233-234.; American Mineralogist (1936): 20: 319-333
    • Connecticut
      • Fairfield Co.
        • Redding
          • Branchville
    		Rocks & Minerals. Vol. 70. No. 6; Rocks & Minerals (1995) 70:396-409
      • Hartford Co.
        • Glastonbury
          • East Glastonbury
    		Rocks & Min.: 70:379
      • Middlesex Co.
        • East Hampton
    		Rocks & Min.: 70:379
        • Haddam
          • Haddam Neck
    		Mineralogical Magazine 1902 13 : 97-121.; USGS Prof Paper 255; Schooner, Richard. (1958) THE MINERALOGY OF THE PORTLAND-EAST HAMPTON-MIDDLETOWN-HADDAM AREA IN CONNECTICUT (With a few notes on Glastonbury and Marlborough); Scovil, Jeffrey A. (1992): Famous Mineral Localities: the Gillette Quarry, Haddam Neck, Connecticut. (Mineralogical Record, 23(1):19-28.)
    Hewitt, Herb. (circa 1960s): Hewitt Gem Mine advertisement flyer.
        • Middletown
          • White Rock District
    		Harold Moritz collection
    Harold Moritz collection
        • Portland
          • Collins Hill
            • Strickland pegmatite
    		Rocks & Min.:70:379; USGS Prof Paper 255
    Rocks & Minerals (1970) 45:595-600; Barton and Goldsmith (1968)
    • Maine
      • Androscoggin Co.
        • Auburn
          • East Mount Apatite District
    		King & Foord, 1994. Mineralogy of Maine, V.1.
    "Maine Mineral Localities, 3rd Ed." by Thompson, W.B., et.al., 1998
          • West Mount Apatite District
    		No reference listed
    King & Foord, 1994. Mineralogy of Maine, V.1.; Rocks and Minerals, (1997) 72:44-48]
        • Poland
    		King, V. T. and Foord, E. E., 1994, Mineralogy of Maine, Descriptive Mineralogy, volume 1, Maine Geological Survey, Augusta, Maine, USA, pp. 418 + 88 plates.
      • Oxford Co.
        • Buckfield
    		King, V. and Foord, E., 1994, Mineralogy of Maine.; Mineralogical Record 22:382
        • Greenwood
    		Mineral News (1993) 9:2 p. 8
          • Uncle Tom Mountain
        • Hebron
    		No reference listed
        • Newry
    		King, V. and Foord, E., 1994, Mineralogy of Maine, V. 1; King, V. (ed.), 2000, Mineralogy of Maine, V. 2, with updates by Van King
    King & Foord, 1994. Mineralogy of Maine, V.1.
    King, V. and Foord, E., 1994, Mineralogy of Maine.
        • Paris
    		King, V. T. and Foord, E. E., 1994, Mineralogy of Maine, Descriptive Mineralogy, volume 1, Maine Geological Survey, Augusta, Maine, USA, pp. 418 + 88 plates.
      • Sagadahoc Co.
        • Topsham
    		King & Foord, 1994. Mineralogy of Maine, V.1.
    • Massachusetts
      • Hampshire Co.
    		Cleaveland, Parker (1816): An Elementary Treatise on Mineralogy and Geology, (Boston: Cummings and Hilliard), p. 277
        • Goshen
    		Januzzi, R.E. and Seaman, David M. (1976) Mineral Localities Of Connecticut and Southern New York State and Pegmatite Minerals of the World.
    • New Hampshire
      • Rockingham Co.
        • Raymond
    		Francis, C. A. (1985): Minerals of the Chandler Mine, A Zoned Lithium Rich Pegmatite (Rocks and Minerals, 60:263-264) ; USGS Prof Paper 353
    • North Carolina
      • Mitchell Co.
        • Spruce Pine District
      • Yancey Co.
        • Spruce Pine District
          • Burnsville
            • Hurricane Mountain
    		No reference listed
    • South Dakota
      • Custer Co.
        • Custer District
          • Fourmile
    		Seaman, 1976. Pegmatite Minerals of the World.
    • Utah
      • Juab Co.
    		UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah
        • Thomas Range
    		UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah
    • Wisconsin
      • Florence Co.
        • Fern
    		The Mineralogy and Geochemistry of the Animikie Red Ace Pegmatite, Florence County, Wisconsin. Alexander U. Falster, Wm. B. Simmons, and Karen L. Webber, Recent Research Developments in Mineralogy, 1(1996)
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