Rock & Mineral Encyclopedia

Search and identify 1,000+ rocks, minerals, crystals, and gemstones — with properties, formation, colors, hardness, and how to tell them apart.

Golden Beryl

The pure golden-yellow gem variety of beryl, colored by iron and valued for its clarity, brilliance, and durability.

The blue iron-bearing variety of beryl, forming clear hexagonal crystals prized both as specimens and as a March birthstone gem.

The golden-yellow gem variety of beryl, colored by iron, prized for its bright sunshine hue and excellent durability.

The green variety of tourmaline, also called verdelite, ranging from bright grass green to deep forest tones colored by iron.

The serene blue-to-sea-green variety of beryl, aquamarine is a durable gemstone colored by trace iron and birthstone for March.

The rare colorless variety of grossular garnet, a near-flawless transparent gem free of the iron and chromium that color most garnets.