Beryl is a 7.5 to 8 on the Mohs scale and is found in Colombia, Africa, Brazil, Russia, Pakistan, and California. The name is from ancient Greek, beryllos, and means "precious blue-green color".
The beryl family of gemstones is comprised of Emerald, Aquamarine, Morganite, Heliodor, Goshenite, and the rare Bixbite (red beryl). These are some of the most valued of all colored gemstone.
Pure beryl is colorless, but it also occurs in a variety of colors including green, yellow, greenish-yellow, blue to blue-green, red, colorless and pink when tinted by impurities.
The pink variety is known as Morganite, red is very rare and known as Bixbite, Goshenite is the colorless form. Golden beryl is a yellow-green and called Heliodor.
Blue to blue-green (aquamarine), dark blue beryl (irradiated), green (emerald), light green (green beryl), greenish yellow to golden yellow (heliodor), peachy pink (peach beryl), pink (morganite), red (red beryl), and colorless (goshenite).
Dark blue beryls are available today that are actually light colored beryls treated with radiation, much in the same manner as blue topaz.
Red beryl and yellow-green beryls are not enhanced.
Beryl is said to have been one of the stones in the Breastplate of the High Priest . It is also said to provide insights into the rites of ceremonial majick.
Golden Beryl
Golden Beryl is said to open and activate both the crown (7th) and solar plexus (3rd) chakras providing for a "wise" intellect. The message of Golden
Beryl is that there is no obstacle that confidence and conviction cannot resolve.
(Astrological Signs Relative to the Type of Beryl
Golden Beryl - Leo )
Golden Beryl Vibrates to the number 1
It has been used in the treatment of disorders of the spine and heart. It can also be useful in the treatment of concussions and damage to the cranial portions on the head.
