You should assume that your morganite has been heated. Some collectors prefer the natural salmon to peach tones because the color is likely to be natural.
Morganites often have to have a fairly large carat weight—generally over 5 carats—to show intense, dark color. For this reason, smaller top-color morganite gemstones might sell for more per carat than larger stones of the same color.
Which pink is your favorite? Because morganite color is so light, look for eye clean gems with no visible inclusions. Cut quality is very important for the beauty of morganite gemstones: a well-cut morganite will sparkle evenly across the entire gemstone with no dull, washed out, or lifeless areas. Morganite is a hard gemstone with a hardness of 7. To keep your rings clean, don't wear them when applying lotion or creams or using cleaning products like cleanser.
Clean with mild dish soap: use a soft brush behind the stone where dust can collect. The pink gem most similar to morganite is kunzite, a pastel pink variety of the mineral spodumene. Kunzite is sometimes even found in the same mines as morganite. Where morganite is often a warmer pink, kunzite is usually a more purplish pink.
Kunzite is much softer than morganite, with a hardness of 6. That means it is softer than quartz, which is the main ingredient in dust, and will show wear and a softening of the crispness of its facets over time. Kunzite has two directions of cleavage, which means that the gem can split cleanly along those directions.
As a result, we don't recommend kunzite for engagement rings: morganite is a much better choice. The most popular morganite engagement ring style is a diamond halo ring with a pave band.
Morganite solitaire engagement rings are also popular, especially with a large center morganite gemstone. Add a pave band for extra brilliance. It has a slightly richer color when viewed down its "c" crystallographic axis. Cutters who study their rough carefully, and orient their faceted stones with the c-axis perpendicular to the table of the cut gem, will produce stones that exhibit a richer, often pinker color when viewed in the face-up position.
Morganite and Aquamarine Beads: These 8-millimeter round beads were made from morganite and aquamarine. As a variety of beryl, morganite has a Mohs hardness of 7.
This is harder than all but a few popular gemstones diamond , ruby , sapphire , and topaz and harder than almost any common object that a gemstone might come in contact with. This makes morganite an excellent stone for use in engagement rings, which are expected to retain an attractive appearance across a lifetime of wear. Compared to emerald , the green variety of gem beryl, morganite is relatively free of inclusions and fractures. This makes it a more durable gem than emerald when used in jewelry.
Google Trends: The image above is a screenshot from Google Trends , an online tool used to display changes in the number of people who type specific queries into Google. The chart above shows the relative number of people searching Google for morganite. This Google Trends chart was created in December If you would like to explore the current status of this search query, please click here.
Until about , morganite was almost unknown in jewelry stores. Since then it has been growing in popularity. This can clearly be demonstrated with a graph of search engine query volume from Google Trends see graph above. Today morganite can be found in most jewelry stores, often in rose gold mountings. This is a spectacular rise in popularity for a gem that was poorly known in the marketplace just ten years earlier. Imitation Morganite: These gems are cut from Nanosital, a man-made glass-ceramic that can be produced in a rainbow of colors.
From left to right: a pink-colored 14 x 12 millimeter oval; a salmon-colored 10 x 8 millimeter rectangle; a peach-colored 14 x 12 millimeter oval. These man-made materials have a spectacular appearance. Three types of morganite are present in the gem and jewelry market: natural morganite, synthetic morganite, and imitation morganite. We explain the differences below Natural Morganite is gem material that was formed within the Earth by natural processes.
It is the most valuable type of morganite and is highly preferred by many buyers. Some people think that natural gems are the only type of gems that they are willing to own and wear. Synthetic Morganite also known as lab-grown morganite or lab-created morganite is a man-made material with the same chemical composition, crystal structure, and physical properties as natural morganite. The important difference is that natural morganite was formed in the Earth and is a rare material. If you are set on a morganite engagement ring but still want the sparkle of a traditional white diamond, consider this ring from Mejuri.
Two smaller round-cut white diamonds accompany the round morganite center stone. The band is made from 14k yellow gold and can be engraved for an added special touch. Your Privacy Rights. To change or withdraw your consent choices for Brides. At any time, you can update your settings through the "EU Privacy" link at the bottom of any page.
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