Pink Morganite Scepter Crystal with Green Tourmaline & Albite var Cleavelandite etched this piece represents stable silica

this piece represents stable silica deposition that allowed for the development of thick

That color mix — cyan fluorescence with greener afterglow - is consistent with Mn-activated calcite with minor secondary activators and trace Pb or rare earth elements (not uncommon in Deccan Trap cavity calcites)

calcite and adularia on a matrix

85 x 80 x 40 mm

Measurements are as accurate as possible but due to the nature of some specimens may not be exact

Pink Morganite Scepter Crystal with Green Tourmaline & Albite var Cleavelandite etched this piece represents stable silicaBeryl var morganite with a scepter formation, green tourmaline & albite cleavelandite. Morganite is the light pink variety of the mineral beryl. Other varieties of the mineral beryl include emerald (green beryl) and aquamarine (blue beryl). Morganites subtle pink color comes from trace quantities of manganese included in the crystal structure. Morganite was discovered in Madagascar in 1910. George Frederick Kunz, Tiffany & Co.s mineralogist, proposed