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Golden Beryl
Yellow-colored beryl does not have a special
name. As with the vast majority of stones of this color, however,
the adjective golden is applied, at least where the color
is particularly strong and lively.
Appearance As the name implies, the color
is yellow ranging from almost canary to gold, in the best
examples other stones are a dull yellow, sometimes with a
hint c - green. The stones are usually given a mixed, oval,
or sometimes round cut. Gems even 10 or more carats in weigFare
not uncommon. Inclusions in the form of roughly parallel bundles
of narrow tubules may be clearly visible with , lens and can
reduce the stone's transparency and luster The perfectly transparent
stones with the richest color ar of course the most valuable.
Distinctive features Golden
beryl can sometimes loovery similar to yellow chrysoberyl,
from which it is distir guished only by its physical characteristics.
Establishmer of the density by an appropriate choice of heavy
liqu would suffice. It is usually much less lustrous than
yellc: sapphire, which often has distinctive inclusions. It
is nc mally a different shade from citrine quartz, and a differe
color from topaz, with inferior luster. Pale specimens a•
distinguished only by their physical characteristics fro the
rare gem-quality orthoclase of the same color.
Occurrence Golden beryl is mainly found in
Brazil, h also in the United States (chiefly Virginia and
Massach setts), and Madagascar.
Value Brightly colored specimens are in demand w - collectors
and connoisseurs but among the lesser varieti, of beryl, it
is not one of the most valuable.
Simulants and synthetics Not being widely
known, it neither imitated nor produced synthetically
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