| Abdel Gawad, Ahmed E., Ene, Antoaneta, Skublov, Sergey G., Gavrilchik, Alexandra K., Ali, Mohamed A., Ghoneim, Mohamed M., Nastavkin, Aleksey V. (2022) Trace Element Geochemistry and Genesis of Beryl from Wadi Nugrus, South Eastern Desert, Egypt. Minerals, 12 (2) 206 doi:10.3390/min12020206 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Geochemistry and Genesis of Beryl from Wadi Nugrus, South Eastern Desert, Egypt Ahmed E. Abdel Gawad 1, * , Antoaneta...Geochemistry and Genesis of Beryl from Wadi Nugrus, South Eastern Desert, Egypt. Minerals 2022, 12, 206. https://doi...Materials Authority, P.O. Box 530, El-Maadi, Cairo, Egypt; dr_mohamed1966@yahoo.com (M.A.A.); moh.gho@mail...occurs in the ancient Roman mines at Wadi Nugrus, South Eastern Desert of Egypt. It ranges from small crystals...The emerald of Wadi Nugrus has similarities with the geological setting of the Canadian emeralds. Emeralds | | | Report (issue) | malfeasance, so to make amends he poured his tankard of red wine over her. This action produced the most beautiful...source material was deposits in the Aegean or in Egypt. The Greeks and Romans also used amethyst in jewelry...number of sources. Two deposits in Egypt (see page 22), Wadi al Hiidi and Abu Diyeiba, are thought to have...plaques of polished chrysoprase probably came from mines in Silesia. First mentioned in 1721, Schlottwitz...northern Germany. The powers that be across the sea in England were looking for an eligible bride for | | | Journal (issue) | Letters FEATURE ARTICLES 81 Flux-Grown Synthetic Red and Blue Spinels from Russia Sam Mnhlmeister, John...Fritsch, and fames E. Sl~igley 100 Emeralds and Green Beryls of Upper Egypt Robert H. Jennings, Robert C....COVER: One of the most beautiful of gem materials, red spinel rivals-and has often been mistaken for-fine...laboratories have developed new flux-grown synthetic red and blue spinels, some of which can be identified...The contemporary ring is highlighted b y a 6.27-ct red spinel, 2.20 cl of yellow diamonds, and 2.54 ct. | | | Book | GRAIL FROM SATAN’S CROWN TO THE HOLY GRAIL Emeralds in Myth, Magic, and History Diane Morgan Library... 1947– From Satan’s crown to the holy grail : emeralds in myth, magic, and history / Diane Morgan. p...index. ISBN 978–0–275–99123–4 (alk. paper) 1. Emeralds—Miscellanea. I. Title. QE394.E5M67 2007 2007000068...Rock 9 3 From Mine to “Mine”: The Emerald Business 21 4 Emeralds in World History 43 5 The Mystique...Origins and the Great Emeralds 75 6 Secrets of the Emerald Trade 141 7 Fake Emeralds and Their Kin: A | | | Book | EMERALD and OTHER BERYLS by JOHN SINKANKAS This is Beryls jewelers, gists, geologists, earth ...sciences, yet eminently facet and widely a Emerald historians, gemological Sinkankas, the permanent...metal beryllium. with Beginning author traces emerald—from its less ite, role of history’s pendix...Unmatched third is knowledge from author one emerald cutting and of exotic composition, physical...mineralogical once events. languages for beryl emerald logical to and part, Sinkankas explores and | | | Book | undertake the task of abridging my much larger book, Emerald and Other Beryls (Chilton Book Co, 1981) to provide...xiii Chapter 1 Emerald and beryl in antiquity 1 Emerald in ancient Egypt 1 Emerald and beryl in ancient...European emerald objects 13 The Emerald Buddha 14 The Budha’s tooth emerald 15 Hernando Contez emeralds 15...use of beryls in the Americas 15 Chapter 2 Emerald and beryl in medieval and modern Europe 18 Biblical...lapidaries 19 The Speculum Lapidum 21 New World emeralds 21 Agricola’s De Natura Fossilium 24 Gesner’s | | | Book | undertake the task of abridging my much larger book, Emerald and Other Beryls (Chilton Book Co, 1981) to provide...Chapter 1 Emerald and beryl in antiquity xiii 1 Emerald in ancient Egypt 1 Emerald and beryl in...European emerald objects 13 The Emerald Buddha 14 The Budha's tooth emeraid 15 Hernando Contez emeralds 15...use of beryls in the Americas 15 Chapter 2 Emerald and beryl in medieval and ~odern Europe 18 Biblical...lapidaries 19 The Speculum Lapidum 21 New World emeralds 21 Agricola's De Natura Fossilium 24 Gesner's | | | Journal (issue) | Pisciotta The Wadi Natrun evaporite deposits, Western Desert, Buhayara Governate, Egypt ................southern Michigan, hunting for common species like fluorite, celestine, sphalerite and calcite. He also keeps...Ohio, in the northern Michigan iron and copper mines, at Magnet Cove in Arkansas, and at various other...Kjellman2 Jörgen Langhof 3 The ancient Nordmark mines in the Bergslagen District of south-central Sweden...15 mining fields, each containing several iron mines, have been worked there over the centuries. The | | | Report (issue) | our way through the compet itive minefield of emerald science, much of John's contribu tion to this...any other opinion. extraLapis English No. 2: Emerald The Most Valuable Beryl The Most Precious Gemstone...we • pay tribute to John Sinkankas to whom this emerald issue is dedicated. John Sinkankas wrote more...than 15 books including his 1981 definitive work Emerald and Other Beryls. He set standards for authors...and hope that you will see his influence here in Emeralds of the World and in future issues. Gloria & Gunther | | | Book | routes to Mesopotamia, Ur, Egypt and India. Precious gems including emeralds, ruby and sapphires (Figure...tourmaline, aquamarine, kunzite, topaz, garnets, fluorite and varieties of quartz are also worked. Afghanistan...out by people living in villages surrounding the mines. Tunnels are excavated and gems are extracted by...Panjshir Valley Kabul Herat Jegdalek Lapis Lazuli Emerald IRAN Ruby Kunzite Tourmaline Other Kandahar ...realised if better techniques were instituted at the mines and if all known deposits were worked. Recent government | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | extensiveoperationsat th.eSinai peninsulaturquoise mines with no other than stone tools until about 2',000...extensiveand the output large. The stelesfound at the mines give many touchesof mining life, startinglymodernto...BLOODSTONE. Babylonian. 0.,oooB.c.-•,8oo B.c. EMERALD. Egyptian: also Babylonian, x,?So-x,0.o3:Siberia...(480-300 B.c.): Saite or GraecoRoman period in Egypt (603 B.c. or later.) 600-0.75 B.c. RUBY. Etruscan:...throne found at Buddha Gaya: also Ptolemaic Period, Egypt. About 50 B.c. MEERSCHAUM. Greek. xoo-x B.c. BALAS | | Giuliani, Gaston, Groat, Lee A., Marshall, Dan, Fallick, Anthony E., Branquet, Yannick (2019) Emerald Deposits: A Review and Enhanced Classification. Minerals, 9 (2) 105 doi:10.3390/min9020105 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | minerals Review Emerald Deposits: A Review and Enhanced Classification Gaston Giuliani 1, *, Lee A....February 2019 Abstract: Although emerald deposits are relatively rare, they can be formed...systems and models currently used to describe emerald precipitation and predict its occurrence are too...mode of formation for some emerald deposits. Generally speaking, emerald is beryl with sufficient concentrations...crystals. The limiting factor in the formation of emerald is geological conditions resulting in an environment | | | Book | the gem material itself, such as in the case of emerald. It can also refer to the occurrence of an unusual... Rarity of occurrence } Garnet and ruby are two red gemstones, Ruby is considerably more expensive, partly...its rarity. Its greater hardness and more intense red coloration also account for the difference in price...Gemstone minerals in the hexagonal system include emerald, aquamarine, and apatite. Calcite, quartz, and...or iodine) combined with a metal or semimetal. Fluorite is fluorine and calcium combined. Hydroxides | | | Journal (issue) | diamond sorter. OBSERVATIONS ON SOME RHODESIAN EMERALD OCCURRENCES By N. A. METSON, B.Sc., and A. M. TAYLOR...authors (A.M.T.) was fortunate to inspect the emerald occurrences near Fort Victoria, Rhodesia. This...Considerable thanks are due to M r Cyril Gurr of the Mines Department, Fort Victoria, for his valuable assistance...guide to the area and for providing additional emerald samples for analysis. J. Gemm., 1977, XV, 8 ...investigation was to try and further our understanding of emerald formation in Nature by studying in particular the | | Abd El Rahman, Reham, Taalab, Sherif, Al Full, Zainab, Mohamed, Mostafa, Sayyed, M., Almousa, Nouf, Hanfi, Mohamed (2022) Natural Radionuclide Levels and Radiological Hazards of Khour Abalea Mineralized Pegmatites, Southeastern Desert, Egypt. Minerals, 12 (3) 353 doi:10.3390/min12030353 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Abalea Mineralized Pegmatites, Southeastern Desert, Egypt Reham M. Abd El Rahman 1 , Sherif A. Taalab 2, *...Abalea Mineralized Pegmatites, Southeastern Desert, Egypt. Minerals 2022, 12, 353. https://doi.org/10.3390/...Materials Authority, El Maadi, Cairo P.O. Box 530, Egypt; mounir_r79@yahoo.com (R.M.A.E.R.); mostafa24264@hotmail...Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo P.O. Box 11884, Egypt Department of Physics, Taibah University, Almadinah...Khour Abalea is located near the lower portions of Wadi Abu Rusheid in Egypt’s Eastern Desert. It is about | | | Book | Citrine 59 Alunite : Carnelian 55 126 Fluorite Goshenite iis ie Carbuncle 43 Fibrolite ...Blende 76 Feldspar 126 126 150 Magnetite 115 Emerald 150 151 Malachite Marble Marcasite 125 151...cited benitoite and the medium to slightly dark red beryl, but their point is well taken. It is interesting...more familiar species, such as diamond, ruby, emerald, and sapphire, into the realm of lesser-known...the curator of minerals at the Paris School of Mines; the administration of the Paris Private Technical | | | Book | Artemision Bronze Diamond Koh-i-noor Diamond Ancient Egypt Hope Diamond 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30...Patiala necklace Indian jewels Rutile Diaspore Fluorite Calcite Aragonite Rhodochrosite Cerussite Byzantine...Albite Bytownite Lapis lazuli Jewels of ancient Egypt Sodalite Haüyne Kiani Crown Scapolite Pollucite...flamingo brooch Tourmaline Crown of the Andes Emerald Topkapi emerald dagger Beryl Dom Pedro Aquamarine Modern...large collections, sometimes establishing their own mines or creating a monopoly to ensure that they acquired | | | Book | contributed to books, and visited several gem mines as well as natural and cultured pearl producing...appearance of these laboratories, more gemstone mines were discovered worldwide, more synthetics were...examples of isotopic analyses on a series of ancient emeralds and natural pearls. Oxygen isotopic data provides...useful information on origin determination of emeralds and carbon isotopes are used for age determination...Some the famous mines where highly prized gems are mined, such as Colombia for emeralds and Kashmir (Sumjam | | | Journal (issue) | JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2016 • VOLUME 47 • NUMBER 1 $20 . The Emerald 1Iline£ of Jlolom6ia 1Iline.s, 1Ilineral.s, :pi...com www.MineralogicalRecord.com t Jlolom6ion Emeralds!~ Associate Publisher & Circulation Director...& Advertising Manager Thomas P. Moore COVER: EMERALD crystal with calcite, 6.5 cm, from the Cosq uez...Faults, Black Shales, Carbonate Veins ........ 21 Emerald Mineralization ....................................... 32 An Emerald Crystal Album .................................... 36 Great Emerald Crystals and | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | green variety that we call emerald. Supply car avans took the produce of the mines west to the Nile River...River or east to the shores of the Red Sea for further transport to the gem-cutting and goldsmithing workshops...Among all minerals and gemstones, beryl in its emerald variety thus became one of the earliest to be recognized...the gem gravels of the Mogok district of Burma. Emeralds, especially, were known to native Indians of Colombia...way of knowing. Only the Egyptian deposits and mines are well authenticated, thanks to the Egyptians' | | | Book | new case to fracted that causes the colour of emerald, work on. The study of gemstones the fire of...coin 6 Orthoclase feldspar 9 Corundum 4 Fluorite 6.5 Steel file 10 Quartz Diamond INTRODUCTION...defined by sets of parallel faces and their angles. Emerald is found as hexagonal prisms (see the diagram)...which combine to make the hexagonal prism shape of emerald 8 be Three of the cube's nine planes of symmetry...less. The “absorption spectrum” produced except red and green light and through when white light passes | | | Journal (issue) | Characteristics of Burmese Amber Cultured Pearls from Abu Dhabi Diamonds from Suriname Pink Axinite from Tanzania...Cat’s-Eye Emeralds from Colombia | Euchroite from Slovakia | Properties of Green Fluorite from England...Daylight Fluorescence | Jewellery Set with Green Fluorite from England | Frankamenite as an Ornamental Gem...Saltwater Cultured Pearls from Pinctada radiata in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) By Abeer Al-Alawi, Zainab...Photo by N. Sardjoe 193 Photo courtesy of the Abu Dhabi Pearls project Photo by Jeff Scovil 206 | | | Conference Proceedings | Panjikar, Executive Secretary, India (center right, in red traditional sari). Then from left to right: Prof...in origin determination of ancient and medieval red garnet. 16:20 - 16:40 Karl Schmetzer, H. Albert...Recent challenges in identification of filled emeralds 17:20 – 17:40 Shang I (Edward) Liu, Kyaw Thu...Christophe, Pham Van Long: Trapiche texture in emeralds and rubies 9:20 – 9:40 Jarolsav Hyrsl : Genetic...Pinctata radiata saltwater cultured pearls from Abu Dhabi (U.A.E.) 10:40 – 11:20 Coffee breaks and | | | Journal (issue) | OCTOBER The 1955 EMERALD by ROBERT WEBSTER, F.G.A. T H E loveliness of the emerald of perfection colour...nuances a n d the rich velvet-green of quality emeralds. It is a stone that was offered in Babylon, the...Dedicated by the ancients to the Goddess Venus, emerald is steeped in superstition a n d lore. Fittingly...the beauty a n d promise of nature in Spring ; emerald has been called the symbol of immortality, the...in adversity—and of kindness a n d of goodness. Emerald by changing its colour has been said to reveal | | | Journal (issue) | gemological and spectroscopic properties. pg. 89 116 Emeralds from the Kafubu Area, Zambia J. C. (Hanco) Zwaan...and gemological properties of emeralds from this, the second largest emerald-producing country in the world...Brazil • Obsidian with spessartine inclusions • Fluorite inclusions in quartz from Madagascar • Bismuthinite...lead the Institute’s groundbreaking studies on emerald fillers and diamond cut proportions. EDITORIAL...The bracelet and the 4.13 ct oval and 6.20 ct emerald cut in the rings are courtesy of Harry Winston |
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