This is a large natural pink beryl know as Morganite. It is very clean and will make a perfect collectors stone or it is ready to be set in jewellery.

Mohs scale 7.5 to 8

Grading VVS

Alongside emerald and aquamarine, morganite is certainly the best known gemstone from the colourful group of the beryls. Women the world over love morganite for its fine pink tones which radiate charm, esprit and tenderness.There are morganites in many fine pink hues. Some are decidedly pink, whilst others tend more to lilac or light violet. Or there may be a hint of orange – when all’s said and done, Mother Nature has provided the right gemstone colour for each type and each skin colour.

And so it was that in 1911, on the suggestion of the New York gemmologist G. F. Kunz, the pink variety of beryl was ennobled to the status of a gemstone in its own right. In honour of the banker and mineral collector John Pierpont Morgan, it was given the name under which it is known today: morganite.