Golden beryl

Golden Beryl
Golden beryl or Heliodorite is a member of the beryl - family. Golden beryl and heliodor are often confused with each other.

Golden Beryl
Gold looks great against the skin. Golden gems look even better. Perfect with earth tones and just the right contrast with hot bright pastels, golden beryl is a versatile addition to every jewelry wardrobe.

Golden Beryl - The colors of yellow beryl range from pale lemon to rich gold. Beryl with lush golden hues is sometimes referred to as heliodor.
Golden Finish - Jewelry with no actual gold content but finished with a gold look.

Golden Beryl
HLD104, Beryl, Heliodor, [N], 16.0x13.7mm Oval Cut, 11.48 ct. $ 494.99
HLD113, Beryl, Heliodor, [N], 13.7x9.5mm Emerald Cut, 7.21 ct. $ 269.99 ...

Golden beryl, also called heliodor, is the yellow to gold variety of beryl. Golden beryl may not be easy to find, but they will fall into the low price per carat category unless exceptional in color and large in size.

[Goshenite, golden beryl]
A boondoggle perpetrated on the gem buying public several decades ago, is still remembered by some wary dealers and buyers. Some beryls, with an unusual chemistry, turned a vivid and attractive blue when irradiated.

Fall 1955, A Golden Beryl Cat's-Eye, p. 197, 2pp.
Fall 1955, Aquamarine Cat's-Eye, p. 198, 2pp.
Fall 1955, Star Beryl, p. 199, 1p.
Winter 1964, A 15.4 lb. and a 74.65 lb. Brazilian aquamarine, p. 239, 3pp.

GOLDEN BERYL (also known as Heliodor) brings persistence, altruism, spirituality, healing, strength, learning, communication and comfort.

However, the shade may vary and it is often difficult to establish a dividing line between heliodor, golden beryl and yellow beryl.

The aquamarine and golden beryl too belong to this same species. Beryl is a silicate of aluminum and berylium. That is, it is a compound in which oxide of silicon is united with the oxides of aluminum and of berylium.

Small traces of iron, and a natural aura which emanates from minerals containing uranium, are sufficient to give a colourless beryl a more or less intense yellow tone - the typical colour of the golden beryl.

The golden beryl improves one's intuition and improves one's communicative abilities.

Under the right circumstances, small traces of iron are sufficient to give beryl a more or less intense yellow tone - the typical color of the golden beryl. This gem is often found in large clean crystals, and produces very vivid gemstones.

Heliodor - It is also known as golden beryl and possess yellow/golden colour. This colour appears due to the existence of uranium and little amount of iron in the composition. The name of this gem is derived from two Greek words viz.

Heliodor, or golden beryl, is named after the greek words for sun "helios" and gift "doron". The sunny yellow color of this beryl lives up to its name.

Beryl Beryl (beryllium aluminum cyclosilicate) is the name of a family of stones that includes Emerald, Bixbite, Aquamarine, Morganite, Goshenite, Golden Beryl, Heliodor, and Honey Yellow Beryl.

Yellow to yellow-orange samples are referred to as golden beryl. True Heliodor is valued by collectors but not seen much in jewelry, the golden beryls are seen often in jewelry but are not as expensive as aquamarine.

Origin of Name: from the Greek chrysoberyllos (golden beryl)
Color: green, greenish-yellow, brown
Chemical Composition: beryllium aluminum oxide
Crystal System: orthorhombic
Hardness: 8.5
Specific Gravity: 3.68-3.78 ...

Beryl: Emerald (Cr), Green, Aquamarine (Fe), Golden Beryl (Fe), Morganite (Mn; pink), Heliodor (Fe; yellow).
Tourmaline: Indicolite (or blue; Fe), Rubellite (or pink; Fe), Chrome Tourmaline (Cr; Green), Watermelon, Bicolored, Parti-colored.

If yellow becomes deep toward orange: "golden Beryl"
Colorless: Goshenite
Deep blue: only found on one location in Brazil: will quickly loose its color if expoed to daylight
Green: too light to be considered emeralds.

Legend: The name Helidor was first applied to fine golden beryl from a particular location in South West Africa in the early twentieth century in an attempt to gain publicity.

The name chrysoberyl comes from the Greek, chrysoberyl meaning golden beryl. But chrysoberyl is more hard and therefore different from the classical gem beryl, which is much softer.

Beryl
A group of various colored gemstones (aquamarine, golden beryl, emerald, heliodor, morganite)
Hardness : 7.5 Refractive Index : 1.57-1.59 Density : 2.99 ...

Other legends about Beryl indicate it was used to promote cheerfulness and marital love, to retard laziness, and maintain youthfulness. Golden beryl is said to make one sympathetic and increase sincerity.
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The golden color is due to the presence of iron in place of aluminum in the structure of the crystal. In the gem world "golden beryl" is its other name. Sometimes it also contain a trace amount of uranium which make it slightly radioactive.

Other types of berly include the extremely rare bixbite (red emerald), as well as heliodor (greeny-yellow beryl), morganite (pink beryl) and golden beryl. The differing colours of berly are produced by various impurities in the mineral.

topaz, they may also require importers to be licensed to import any other gems irradiated in an accelerator. That includes irradiated diamonds. It may also include some green quartz/prasiolite, lemon citrine/oro verde, smoky quartz, golden beryl, ...

See also: Beryl, Stone, Color, Gemstone, Aquamarine