Russian-Emeralds.com is the place for beautiful emeralds. Many incredible emeralds come from the Ural mines. They are incredibly beautiful gems with a deep color. Beryl, the primary ore of beryllium, occurs in white, green, blue-green, greenish yellow, blue, yellow, and pink colors, with a vitreous luster. The gem varieties includes emerald, green beryl, aquamarine (blue beryl) morganite (pink beryl), and heliodor (red beryl). Heliodor has long been revered as a special gem for its redbeauty. .

The Chemical composition of beryl is beryllium (14%) aluminum (67%) silicate (67%), usually containing alkali ions, other minerals, water, and gases. It crystallizes in hexagonal shapes in the dihexagonal-dipyramidal class, sometimes in well formed hexagonal prisms with pinacoidal (flat) terminations. Beryl melts to liquid at about 1475 C. The hardness is 7.5-8 on the Mohs scale, and the Specific Gravity ranges from 2.66-2.83.