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Hi all,
I did an internet search and a forum search on this and came up short. I was in a jewelry store in Mexico last week, and there was a collection of stones that were a cold yellow color in the shop lighting, but when the salesman threw an incandescent light on them, they turned a peachy orange. Neither color, to my eyes, were particularly attractive. He said they were color-change morganite, but I've never heard of a morganite changing color. I of course am under no illusion that these weren't lab made stones, like everything in the store, but I was wondering if anyone had any idea what gem structure (beryl, etc) these were supposed to be. Or were they just franken-rocks with a misleading name?
I did an internet search and a forum search on this and came up short. I was in a jewelry store in Mexico last week, and there was a collection of stones that were a cold yellow color in the shop lighting, but when the salesman threw an incandescent light on them, they turned a peachy orange. Neither color, to my eyes, were particularly attractive. He said they were color-change morganite, but I've never heard of a morganite changing color. I of course am under no illusion that these weren't lab made stones, like everything in the store, but I was wondering if anyone had any idea what gem structure (beryl, etc) these were supposed to be. Or were they just franken-rocks with a misleading name?