Morganite
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About Morganite
Formula:
Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Name:
Named after American banker John Pierpoint Morgan in 1911.
A variety of Beryl
A pink gem variety of Beryl.
Visit gemdat.org for gemological information about Morganite.
A pink gem variety of Beryl.
Visit gemdat.org for gemological information about Morganite.
Chemical Properties of Morganite
Formula:
Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Elements listed:
Synonyms of Morganite
Other Language Names for Morganite
Common Associates
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
| Cleavelandite | 122 photos of Morganite associated with Cleavelandite on mindat.org. |
| Albite | 99 photos of Morganite associated with Albite on mindat.org. |
| Quartz | 84 photos of Morganite associated with Quartz on mindat.org. |
| Elbaite | 79 photos of Morganite associated with Elbaite on mindat.org. |
| Lepidolite | 65 photos of Morganite associated with Lepidolite on mindat.org. |
| Muscovite | 54 photos of Morganite associated with Muscovite on mindat.org. |
| Tourmaline | 53 photos of Morganite associated with Tourmaline on mindat.org. |
| Aquamarine | 53 photos of Morganite associated with Aquamarine on mindat.org. |
| Goshenite | 22 photos of Morganite associated with Goshenite on mindat.org. |
| Schorl | 17 photos of Morganite associated with Schorl on mindat.org. |
Other Information
Health Risks:
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.
H. A. Hänni and M. S. Krzemnicki (2003): Caesium-rich morganite from Afghanistan and Madagascar. Journal of Gemmology, 28, 417-429.
Internet Links for Morganite
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Localities for Morganite
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The Locality List
- This locality has map coordinates listed.
- This locality has estimated coordinates.
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? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality.
- Good crystals or important locality for species.
- World class for species or very significant.
(TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species.
(FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties).
All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
Afghanistan | |
| various photographs; various photographs |
| No reference listed | |
| E.Ya. Kievlenko (2003) Geology of gems, p. 110 |
| Bariand, P. and Poullen, J.F. (1978). Famous mineral localities: The pegmatites of Laghman - Nuristan - Afghanistan. Mineralogical Record. 9: 301-308. | |
| Mario Pauwels collection |
| H. A. Hänni and M. S. Krzemnicki (2003): Caesium-rich morganite from Afghanistan and Madagascar. Journal of Gemmology, 28, 417-429. |
Argentina | |
| http://homepage.mac.com/rasprague/PegShop/extras/argentina/argenpeg.html |
Australia | |
| Calderwood, M.A., Grguric, B.A., Jacobson, M.I. (2007) Guidebook to the Pegmatites of Western Australia. Hesperian Press, Carlisle, Western Australia. |
Brazil | |
| Rob Lavinsky |
| [www.johnbetts-fineminerals.com] | |
| Field Trip Guide, Eastern Brazilian Pegmatite Province, 4th International Symposium on Granitic Pegmatites, 2009 |
| Larson, B. (2004): What's New in Minerals. Sainte-Marie aux Mines Show 2003. Mineralogical Record. 35 (2), 145-148 | |
| Bastos, F.M. (2002): Famous Mineral Localities: The Barra de Salinas Pegmatites, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mineralogical Record 33: 209-216. |
| Andrade, M.B., Atencio, D., Menezes Filho, L.A.D., & Ellena, J. (2011): The structure of a microlite-group mineral with a formula near NaCaTa2O6F from the Morro Rendondo Mine, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais. Canadian Mineralogist. 49, 615-621 | |
| [MinRec 14:235] |
| Rocks & Min.:63:49.; B. E. Prescott and K. Nassau (1978) Black Elbaite from Corrego Do Urucum, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mineralogical Magazine 42:357-359 |
| No reference listed |
| Morteani, G., Preinfalk, C., and Horn, A.H. (2000): Mineralium Deposita 35, 638-655. | |
| Quéméneur, J., & Lagache, M. (1999). Comparative study of two pegmatitic fields from Minas Gerais, Brazil, using rubidium and cesium content of the micas and feldspars. Brazilian Journal of Geology, 29(1), 27-32. |
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| various added photos | |
| Fernando Brederodes Collection |
| de Brito Barreto, S., & Bretas Bittar, S. M. (2010). Los depósitos de gemas de Brasil: localización, producción e impacto económico. Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana, 62(1), 123-140. |
| de Brito Barreto, S., & Bretas Bittar, S. M. (2010). Los depósitos de gemas de Brasil: localización, producción e impacto económico. Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana, 62(1), 123-140. | |
Canada | |
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| Canadian Mineralogist Vol. 15, pp.489-499 (1977); Canadian Mineralogist Vol. 11,pp.714-726 (1972) |
China | |
| Yanling Tang (2005): Non-metallic deposits of Xinjiang, China [Zhongguo Xinjiang Fei Jinshu Kuangchuang]. Geological Publishing House (Beijing), 289 pp. |
Czech Republic | |
| Historic mineral collection National museum of Czech Republic |
Italy | |
| Orlandi, P., & Pezzotta, F. (1997). Minerali dell'Isola d'Elba. Edizioni Novecento Grafico, Bergamo, 249 pp. |
| Alessandro Genazzani collection | |
| 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. - Canadian Mineralogist, 34: 741-744. | |
Madagascar | |
| Rocks & Minerals 82:146 |
| Damour, A. (1886): Note sur un béryl rose provenant de Madagascar. Bulletin de la Société Francaise de Minéralogie 9: 153-154 |
| Pezzotta, F. (2011): Neufunde in Madagascar-Edle Liddicoatite in Spitzenqualität. ExtraLapis 41, 66-71; Danet, F. (2007): New pegmatite gem production from Tsarafara, Madagascar. Gems & Gemology, Spring 2007: 69-70 |
| 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 | |
Mexico | |
| Rocks & Min.:63:456. |
Mozambique | |
| 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 |
| Thomas, R., Davidson, P. (2010): Hambergite-rich melt inclusions in morganite crystals from the Muiane pegmatite, Mozambique and some remarks on the paragenesis of hambergite. - Mineralogy and Petrology, 100, 3-4, 227-23 | |
| Dias, M. Bettencourt and Wilson, W. E., 2000, Mineralogical Record, 31:459-497. | |
| Dias, M. Bettencourt and Wilson, W. E., 2000, Mineralogical Record, 31:459-497. | |
| Jeff Scovil photo | |
| Jessie Fisher | |
| Dias, M. Bettencourt and Wilson, W. E., 2000, Mineralogical Record, 31:459-497. | |
Myanmar | |
| Praszkier, T. and Sacchi, M. (2012) Huge pocket from Sakangyi, Myamnar. Minerals, the collector's newspaper, #4, 1-7. |
| Themelis, Ted, 2008, Gems and Mines of Mogok. |
| Shigley, J. E., Laurs, B. M., Janse, A. J. A., Elen, S., & Dirlam, D. M. (2010). Gem Localities of the 2000s. Gems & Gemology, 46(3). |
Namibia | |
| Bezing, L. von., Bode, R., and Jahn, S., (2008) Namibia Minerals and Localities. Edition Schloss Freudenstein, Bode Verlag GmbH, Haltern, (in English). |
| http://portal.unesco.org/es/file_download.php/520f77b01696f95e88bb9e1ab0e64196Gondwana+Park+draft2corr.pdf. |
| Cairncross, B. (2004) Field Guide To Rocks & Minerals Of Southern Africa: 51. | |
| Cairncross, B. (2004) Field Guide To Rocks & Minerals Of Southern Africa: 51. |
| Cairncross, B. (2004) Field Guide To Rocks & Minerals Of Southern Africa: 51. | |
Norway | |
| Larsen, K. E. (2018): Noen funn av mineraler i Norge 2017 - 2018. Norsk Mineralsymposium 2018: 105-114 |
| Peter Andresen collection. |
Pakistan | |
| 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 et al. (2004), Pakistan: Minerals, Mountains & Majesty", Lapis International | |
| Dudley Blauwet; Pakistan: Minerals, Mountains and Majesty; Lapis International, 2004 |
| Dudley Blauwet; Pakistan: Minerals, Mountains and Majesty, pag. 44; Lapis International, 2004 | |
| www.exceptionalminerals.com | |
| 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 | |
| Canadian Mineralogist, Vol. 36, Part 1, 1998, pp. 1-47. | |
| 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 | |
| Badanina, E.V., Gordienko, V.V., Wiechowski, A., and Friedrich, G. (2008): Geology of ore Deposits 50(8), 772-781.; Rainer Thomas, Paul Davidson and Elena Badanina (2010) Water- and Boron-Rich Melt Inclusions in Quartz from the Malkhan Pegmatite, Transbaikalia, Russia. Minerals 2012, 2, 435-458. |
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South Africa | |
| Cairncross, B. (2004) Field Guide To Rocks & Minerals Of Southern Africa: 49. |
| Cairncross, B. (2004) Field Guide To Rocks & Minerals Of Southern Africa: 49. |
Sri Lanka | |
| Ceylon Aluvial Mine, (Book, Co. 2002) |
Tajikistan | |
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USA | |
| Canadian Mineralogist Vol. 27, pp. 93-105 (1989) |
| 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). |
| 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.; Jesse Fisher (2011) Mines and Minerals of the Southern California Pegmatite Province. Rocks & Minerals 86:14-34. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Sinkankas, J. (1988), Beryl: A Summary. Rocks & Minerals 63(01): p. 21.; Jesse Fisher (2011) Mines and Minerals of the Southern California Pegmatite Province. Rocks & Minerals 86:14-34. |
| Mauthner, M. H. F. (2008), The Forty-niner Pocket, Oceanview Mine, Pala District, San Diego County, California. Rocks & Minerals 83(4): 292-297.; Stephenson, J. (2007), Pala District Opens Wide: Oceanview Mine Strikes It Big. Mineral News: Pala International, Fallbrook, CA. December.; Jesse Fisher (2011) Mines and Minerals of the Southern California Pegmatite Province. Rocks & Minerals 86:14-34. | |
| 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 | |
| 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.; Jesse Fisher (2011) Mines and Minerals of the Southern California Pegmatite Province. Rocks & Minerals 86:14-34. | |
| 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.; Jesse Fisher (2011) Mines and Minerals of the Southern California Pegmatite Province. Rocks & Minerals 86:14-34. | |
| 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. | |
| 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.; Jesse Fisher (2011) Mines and Minerals of the Southern California Pegmatite Province. Rocks & Minerals 86:14-34. | |
| 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.; Jesse Fisher (2011) Mines and Minerals of the Southern California Pegmatite Province. Rocks & Minerals 86:14-34. | |
| Kunz, G. F. 1905. Gems, jeweler's materials, and ornamental stones of California. California State Mining Bureau bulletin 37: p. 146-47. | |
| 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. | |
| Gochenour, K. 2002. Personal communication with S. L. Ritchie, SDMC, 2002. Tustin, Orange County, CA; March.; Jesse Fisher (2011) Mines and Minerals of the Southern California Pegmatite Province. Rocks & Minerals 86:14-34. |
| Ritchie, S. 2000. History of the Carmelita Gem Mine in the 20th Century. Southern California Gem Industries web publication: July. | |
| Mineralogical Record, v. 33, n. 5, pp. 363-407. |
| Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 103. |
| Rocks & Min.: 24:233-234.; American Mineralogist (1936): 20: 319-333 |
| Rocks & Minerals. Vol. 70. No. 6; Rocks & Minerals (1995) 70:396-409 |
| Rocks & Min.: 70:379 |
| Former Bob Albanese collection. |
| Rocks & Min.: 70:379 |
| 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.; Harold Moritz field observations 2015. | |
| Harold Moritz collection |
| Harold Moritz collection | |
| Bartsch, Rudolf C. B. (1940): New England Notes. Rocks & Minerals, vol. 15, no. 6, p. 202. |
| Schooner, Richard. (1958): The Mineralogy of the Portland-East Hampton-Middletown-Haddam Area in Connecticut (With a few notes on Glastonbury and Marlborough). Published by Richard Schooner; Ralph Lieser of Pappy’s Beryl Shop, East Hampton; and Howard Pate of Fluorescent House, Branford, Connecticut.; Jarnot, Bruce. (1995): Connecticut Gems and Gem Minerals. Rocks & Minerals: 70(6): 378-382.; Sterrett, Douglas B. (1923), Mica Deposits Of The United States, USGS Bulletin 740: 65-67. | |
| Rocks & Minerals (1970) 45:595-600; Barton and Goldsmith (1968) | |
| King & Foord, 1994. Mineralogy of Maine, V.1. |
| "Maine Mineral Localities, 3rd Ed." by Thompson, W.B., et.al., 1998 | |
| No reference listed |
| King & Foord, 1994. Mineralogy of Maine, V.1.; Rocks and Minerals, (1997) 72:44-48] | |
| 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.; Roda-Robles, E., Simmons, W., Pesquera, A., Gil-Crespo, P. P., Nizamoff, J., & Torres-Ruiz, J. (2015). Tourmaline as a petrogenetic monitor of the origin and evolution of the Berry-Havey pegmatite (Maine, USA). American Mineralogist, 100(1), 95-109. |
| King, V. and Foord, E., 1994, Mineralogy of Maine.; Mineralogical Record 22:382 |
| Mineral News (1993) 9:2 p. 8 |
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| No reference listed |
| 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. | |
| 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. |
| King & Foord, 1994. Mineralogy of Maine, V.1. |
| Cleaveland, Parker (1816): An Elementary Treatise on Mineralogy and Geology, (Boston: Cummings and Hilliard), p. 277 |
| Januzzi, R.E. and Seaman, David M. (1976) Mineral Localities Of Connecticut and Southern New York State and Pegmatite Minerals of the World. |
| Francis, C. A. (1985): Minerals of the Chandler Mine, A Zoned Lithium Rich Pegmatite (Rocks and Minerals, 60:263-264) ; USGS Prof Paper 353 |
| New Mexico Bureau of Geology Mineral Museum display |
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| No reference listed |
| Seaman, 1976. Pegmatite Minerals of the World. |
| UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah |
| UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah | |
| Falster, A. , W.B. Simmons & P.B. Moore (1996) The mineralogy and geochemistry of the Animikie Red Ace pegmatite in Florence County, Wisconsin: Recent Research Developments in Mineralogy: 1: 7-67. |
Zimbabwe | |
| Cairncross, B. (2004) Field Guide To Rocks & Minerals Of Southern Africa: 53.; Anonymous (1995). Beryl. Zimbabwe Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Survey No. 6 |
Grotta d'Oggi, San Piero in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy