For every 150,000 gem-quality diamonds found, only one crystal of red beryl is found. It is mined exclusively in the Wah Wah Mountains of Beaver County, Utah, US where only stones above a carat ...

Beryl Levinger began her international development career as a Peace Corps Volunteer in rural Colombia. Since that time, she has worked on six continents and in more than 50 countries. Prior to coming ...

The colors of rubies and emeralds are so striking that they define shades of red and green—ruby red and emerald green. But ...

Highlights: Gem-quality red beryl is so rare that rubies are 8,000 times more common, and gem-quality diamonds, 150,000 times more common. Red Beryl, or Bixbite, was discovered in 1904 in Utah and ...

"Its temperature is actually above boiling for its elevation." When the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducted its 1883 expedition into Yellowstone, the bluish-green water reminded them of the ...

A new report from the National Hurricane Center found that Hurricane Beryl roared into the upper Texas Gulf Coast with maximum winds of 92 miles per hour, just 3 miles per hour shy of being ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- We all knew Hurricane Beryl was strong, but now there's new information showing just how intense the storm was. After each hurricane season, the National Hurricane Center ...

The second part will explore charge-transfer phenomena and color centers as the cause of color in gems such as blue sapphire and Maxixe beryl. The series will conclude with colors that can be ...

Both rubies and emeralds are minerals, which is a type of rock with a consistent chemical composition and a highly ordered ...

After two decades, the US occupation of Afghanistan concluded in August 2021, and the World Bank estimates that the country’s economy has shrunk by 25 per cent over the past two years. In a bid to ...

One feature of compounds made with transition metals is their intense colour. There are many examples in nature, including ...

Most serendibite stones used in jewelry are small. Emeralds are perhaps the most popular type of green gemstone. They are formed of the mineral beryl with small amounts of chromium or vanadium. The ...