Rock & Mineral Encyclopedia

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

Clear Beryl

Transparent, colorless beryl (goshenite), the pure form of the species valued for its clarity, hardness, and well-formed crystals.

A transparent yellow to golden gem variety of labradorite feldspar, usually faceted to show its clear, warm color.

A trade name sometimes used for pink beryl (morganite), the manganese-colored rose-to-peach variety of the emerald mineral.

Beryl displaying a fixed six-spoke wheel pattern from impurity inclusions, most famous in Colombian trapiche emerald.

An intermediate plagioclase feldspar between albite and anorthite, marketed as a red to champagne gemstone, sometimes color-treated.

Light green beryl colored mainly by iron, distinguished from emerald, which owes its deeper green to chromium or vanadium.

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

A bright lemon-yellow opal, usually common opal, valued for its cheerful citrus color and translucent glow.