Red Beryl (aka Bixbite) Pair of 3.6 mm Faceted Rounds: Beautiful Red; Lab Grown

Bixbite is the ultra-rare red variety of beryl. It is almost unattainable even in tiny sizes, as the Utah sources of gem-grade material is only sporadically worked (and very difficult to extract from the hard rock).  It remains one of the world's rarest gemstones. It shares a crystal habit with other beryl gems, which are distinguished by color: aquamarine (blue-green), beryl (yellow), bixbite (red), emerald (intense green colored by chromium), goshenite (colorless), green beryl (pale green), heliodor (golden), maxixie (deep blue), and morganite (pink). This pair of round gems were laboratory grown synthetic. They are real beryl, but not dug from the ground. They are the correct deep raspberry color and a brighter, purer red than my photos show. Use these in a gem design where you need some glowing, ruby-red color as a stand-in for the otherwise sky-high priced natural gems (most of the faceted and cabbed "bixbite" you see at low prices are actually pezzottaite, dyed beryl, glass or something else other than bixbite).

Approx. Size: 3.6 mm
Approx. Weight: 0.36 ct
Shape/Cut: round/faceted
Origin: laboratory grown
Known treatment(s): none

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