Magazine 58F

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March 3, 2022

TOP 5 BERYLS ON VINTAGE JEWELRY

Can you name the stones in the beryl family? They are all popular in jewelry, and you may not realize that they are part of the same family...

The Beryl Family Illustrated on Jewelry second-hand

Emerald, which is an intense green color, aquamarine in blue tones, pink morganite, yellow heliodor, colorless goshenite and the very rare red bixbite are all part of the beryl family.
With a hardness of 7.5 and little resistance to shocks, apart from emerald, which nevertheless remains the most "precious", they are all good candidates for setting in jewelry pieces.
You will therefore find them in a number of vintage jewels, also appreciated among jewels branded, as on rings Cartier second-hand, where the panther's eyes like to be emerald green, the elegant ring Fred second-hand that we present to you, the rings Chaumet second-hand is easily adorned with morganite... a family that you will find on many pieces of jewelry!