Confusion over pink stones

[isaku5]

A couple of years ago I bought a few morganites and kunzites. All but three were labelled so I took those to our local jewellery store where I was told they were all amethysts

I know that both kunzites and morganites are beryls, but amethysts are part of the quartz family.

Should I try another jeweller??

 

[Lisa Loves Shiny]

Are you trying to find out if your jeweler's description is accurate? If so find a good GIA graduate appraiser who will test your stones. My appraiser will spend an hour testing stones for $40. If I want a written appraisal with pics then she charges slightly more.

 

[Pandora II]

A couple of years ago I bought a few morganites and kunzites. All but three were labelled so I took those to our local jewellery store where I was told they were all amethysts

I know that both kunzites and morganites are beryls, but amethysts are part of the quartz family.

Should I try another jeweller??

Kunzite is a spodumene, morganite is a beryl.

Establishing if a stone is a quartz (amethyst) takes a minute with a polariscope and conoscope. Did the guy use that or a refractometer or anything? You're probably better finding someone who is a GG or FGA to look at them for you. A lot of jewellers wouldn't even know what a kunzite was...

 

[LD]

It's very easy to separate the three. The RI of Morganite is (1.572-1.600), Kunzite (1.660-1.676) and Amethyst (1.544 - 1.553). This test can be done very quickly by most appraisers/jewellers.

 

[isaku5]

A couple of years ago I bought a few morganites and kunzites. All but three were labelled so I took those to our local jewellery store where I was told they were all amethysts

I know that both kunzites and morganites are beryls, but amethysts are part of the quartz family.

Should I try another jeweller??

Kunzite is a spodumene, morganite is a beryl.

Establishing if a stone is a quartz (amethyst) takes a minute with a polariscope and conoscope. Did the guy use that or a refractometer or anything? You're probably better finding someone who is a GG or FGA to look at them for you. A lot of jewellers wouldn't even know what a kunzite was...

Thanks for the correction, Pandora.

All this guy did was use a loupe on all three loose stones. I will check with a GG to find out the RI of all three. Thanks so much LovingDiamonds.

 

[FrekeChild]

Yup. Odds are they have no idea what kunzite or morganite are!

 

[chrono]

Yikes, I wouldn't dare eyeball a stone with a loupe and state what it is. Please have somebody with a refractometer take a look at it.

 

[davi_el_mejor]

If you have a black light, your kunzite might fluoresce a nifty orange color. (It depends on its origins and treatments)

I don't think that morganite or quartz fluoresce. I could be wrong though and I'm sure someone will correct me

 

[isaku5]

Thanks Davi and Chrono. I'm almost certain this guy doesn't have a clue about either morganite or kunzite. The jeweller I should have taken it to is closed Mondays, but I left a message on his voice mail. Hopefully, we'll be able to have them assessed tomorrow.