Description: Beautiful red beryl crystal from the Ruby Violet Claims, Wah Wah Mountains, Utah. 9.3x9.8 mm 5.68 ct The formula for Red beryl is Be3Al2(Si16O18) it has small amounts of manganese that cause it's ruby violet color. The manganese content is usually somewhere around .08%. The more manganese that ends up in the crystal lattice the more saturated the color will be. Red beryl was first discovered by mineralogist Maynard Bixby in 1904 at Maynards Claim in the Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah. It was originally named bixbite after Mr Bixby. This name is less commonly used because of the confusion with the associated mineral bixbyite. It has been mined at several locations in the Thomas range but the vast majority of the crystals have been small and only specimen quality. The Thomas Range does produce some very interesting combinations of red beryl with Topaz, bixbyite, amethyst, holfertite and pseudobrookite. 17 million years ago a topaz rhyolite dome intruded, the rhyolite released gases and vapors that were rich with fluorine and beryllium. These gases and vapors traveled through shrinkage fractures. Groundwater in the Blawn Wash topaz rhyolite flow was vaporized by the volcanic gases. The red beryl crystalized from the gas and vapor mixture in seams with localized concentrations in areas with favorable conditions for deposition. The miners chased these rich seams through the mountain hoping to find gleaming red beryl crystals.
Price: 150 USD
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
End Time: 2024-12-27T20:00:35.000Z
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