Vanadium beryl vs emerald

[Rad_Fan]

that emerald has significant clarity enhancement and no origin is provided.

Wouldn't you call that EFFY type.

 

[T L]

Wouldn't you call that EFFY type.

Probably

 

[T L]

https://www.instagram.com/p/ByDLrcVBunE/?igshid=1jhz8pzl8sy2g

Green beryl necklace by Cartier.

 

[Rad_Fan]

A bit too washed off on me...

 

[T L]

A bit too washed off on me...

I know, but it is Cartier. It’s interesting to see a fine design house use this gem.

 

[Rad_Fan]

I prefer Gina Lollobrigidas Bulgari jewels, even though her emeralds might not be med. dk and are included.... I like to see COLORS from CS.

 

[T L]

Great lady, Ms. Lollabrigida just donated her fine emeralds and other jewelry to charity.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/anthon...a-to-sell-her-bulgari-jewels-for-charity/amp/

 

[Rad_Fan]

Just wanted to share this from 5 yrs ago...so many candies!

http://nhminsci.blogspot.com/2014/02/tucson-gem-mineral-show-gem-shows.html

 

[T L]

The red beryl (bixbite) necklace is insane!!!

Love the black opal too!

Thanks for sharing!

 

[Rad_Fan]

Red beryl is also call red emerald, right? Is it as soft?

Those Zambi. emeralds look "flat" but pretty clean and lush, still, no? Don't see too much grey or blue. Wish she posted more pictures.

 

[Rad_Fan]

Found her via your previous post...is it a good example of Brazil emerald? Tone/saturation/so clean that you could see the gallery.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BxfJJK2FJYg/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

 

[voce]

Anyone own red beryl (bixbite) either loose or set?

 

[T L]

Anyone own red beryl (bixbite) either loose or set?

There’s synthetic material so one needs to be careful. I had an opaque mineral specimen, but I can’t remember where I put it. It was tiny and low quality. Real bixbite was at a museum I went to recently, it was neon red in incandescent light.

 

[T L]

Here’s the bixbite ring i saw at the museum. Horrid picture and the museum lighting was horrible.

 

[Rad_Fan]

Was hoping that bixbite be a cheaper alternative for ruby or spinel...yeah right!

 

[T L]

Was hoping that bixbite be a cheaper alternative for ruby or spinel...yeah right!

Fine bixbite cost as much as fine emerald if not way more. It’s an extremely rare stone only sourced in Utah.

 

[Rad_Fan]

extremely rare = $$$, but still sounds "cheaper" than a decent unheated ruby based on your comment.

Maybe we have a GTG in Utah and start digging!

 

[T L]

extremely rare = $$$, but still sounds "cheaper" than a decent unheated ruby based on your comment.

Maybe we have a GTG in Utah and start digging!

The Bixbite deposit is specifically in the Wah Wah Mountains of Utah, that some hike to get there!!!

Fine bixbite is typically small and extremely expensive for poor qualities even.

Here’s a tiny included cracked one. They may have clarity enhancement as well.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/VERY-RARE-...tains-Utah-Natural-GENUINE-em18-/142962956515

 

[T L]

....so when I saw that necklace full of large matched fine bixbite, I almost passed out!!!

Ruby is far more abundant.

 

[voce]

Was hoping that bixbite be a cheaper alternative for ruby or spinel...yeah right!

Bixbite is way rarer than ruby or spinel and hardly ever goes over a ct. I bought a set of 3mm untreated bixbite that cost per ct less than Jedi spinel melee but more per ct than Madagascar unheated ruby melee.

If we're talking about treated stuff, then the same order in pricing would apply.

untreated Jedi spinel > untreated bixbite > unheated ruby in melee sizes

In really large stones, untreated bixbite > unheated ruby > unheated spinel

 

[voce]

....so when I saw that necklace full of large matched fine bixbite, I almost passed out!!!

Ruby is far more abundant.

Still not sure that fine bixbite is not synthetic.

 

[T L]

Still not sure that fine bixbite is not synthetic.

True, but lab bixbite is pretty clean like lab emerald.

 

[voce]

So, does lab bixbite have that sheen that can happen in lab emerald?

I haven't noticed sheen in my bixbite, but they're only 3mm so how could you really tell?

Does bixbite have satiny/metallic sheen?

 

[T L]

So, does lab bixbite have that sheen that can happen in lab emerald?

I haven't noticed sheen in my bixbite, but they're only 3mm so how could you really tell?

Does bixbite have satiny/metallic sheen?

It does, it’s a lot like emerald in RI and that satiny metallic sheen.

 

[voce]

It does, it’s a lot like emerald in RI and that satiny metallic sheen.

I would've thought that due to different trace minerals in the crystal lattice, it may not be exactly the same. (Ruby is corundum, but only pink and lavender sapphires will fluoresce.) I'm gonna have to look into lab bixbite if, as you say, they do have sheen.

 

[T L]

Chromium colors both emerald and bixbite I believe.

 

[voce]

According to this website, the mineral that gives bixbite its color is Manganese.

 

[LemonMoonLex]

But it is not the darker the better!

It should be an optimal balance or not? The first stone in the video is boring - same like these dark blue sapphires used in many jewelry.

Here some lighter emeralds from Russia I like very much...

https://www.instagram.com/p/BxrpAL5lXvk/?igshid=5exuwnvwgby3

Just as an example.

These are stunning.....drool!
Although they are somewhat light....theyre delicious.
To me medium toned bluish green emeralds are soooooo much more gorgeous but im just a blue freak.
I see the lure in the darker "forest" green but IMHO they just cant beat a glowy medium blue green.
The color of our stop lights in NM are the exact color that I love!
To each their own I say!

 

[DauphineMucha]

The color of our stop lights in NM are the exact color that I love!
To each their own I say!

I wonder the same things sometimes while driving, the green stop lights and the turn signal green light are different green tones...I like the turn signal tone more.

We often hear stop light spinel, but I haven’t seen talk about green light emeralds yet.

 

[Nick_G]

Anyone own red beryl (bixbite) either loose or set?

I have a small mineral specimen of red beryl in matrix from the Violet Claims, Wah Wah Mountians, Utah: