Morganite

Pink to peach beryl colored by manganese.

Morganite specimen — Photo: Parent Géry, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

How to identify morganite

Soft pink or peach, glassy.
Often tabular, flattened hexagonal crystals.
Hardness 7.5–8.

Often confused with

Spodumene
Kunzite is lilac-pink and splits along two cleavages.
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Rose Quartz
Rose quartz is cloudy and rarely forms crystals.
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Where it's found

Madagascar
Minas Gerais, Brazil
Pala, California
Afghanistan

Uses

Gemstones.

Rock tumbling

Great for tumbling.

Did you know?

It was named in 1911 after banker and gem collector J. P. Morgan.

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