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Belyl stone is a beryllium-aluminium-silicates. In the pure form, beryl is colorless, but the stored foreign substances gives it different colors. The involvment of manganese turns beryl to a special feminine pink, a morganite, best known representative of the group after emerald and aquamarine. Formerly, the name, 'pink beryl' was very popular.

Iron colors the stone in the most beautiful sea-blue hues, making it aquamarine, the best known and most popular gem. It shines in all the colors of water, from fine blue shades that complements almost any skin or eye color to a slight green shimmer. Aquamarine is the stone for creative designers who distinguishes it by a whole series of good qualities.

Skilled gemstone cutters turn beryl into a multitude of many-faceted shapes. The fact goes that this stone is best suited in a rectangular or square step cuts. The reason, it takes a clear design and brings out the transparent beauty of the color filled gemstone family to the full.

The word 'beryl' is derived from the Sanskrit word in India, 'veruliyam.' It is an old term for chrysoberyl gemstone, from which the word 'beryllos' from Greek later developed. The hardness of the stone is 7 to 8 making it admirably suitable for the use of jewelery.

Beryl deposits are found in South America and those of Central and West Africa. It also occurs on the Madagascar (Russia) and the Ukraine, and in the USA.