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AM25 066 morganite
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ALTERMAVEN                        2025-05-12 17:30
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MORGANITE IS A VARIETY OF BERYL. THE PINKISH COLOUR IS DERIVED FROM MANGANESE IONS INSIDE THE CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE. ORIGINALLY CALLED ROSE BERYL, IT WAS NAMED MORGANITE AFTER THE MAIN FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTOR OF THE TEAM'S GEM EXCAVATION AND RESEARCH, J.P. MORGAN, WHO WAS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR DONATING GEMSTONES TO THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY IN NEW YORK, AS WELL AS THE PARIS MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY.  
  
COMPARED TO EMERALD, THE MORE STANDARD REPRESENTATION OF BERYL, MORGANITE HAS A STRONGER RIGIDITY, MAKING IT MORE DURABLE. HOWEVER, IT RETAINS THE GENERAL MOHS HARDNESS OF BERYL, WHICH IS 8.