Morganite
Pink peach beryl named for banker J.P. Morgan. Major discoveries at Pala, California (1900s) and Brazil's Minas Gerais; Madagascar's rose-peach crystals from Antsobolo are collector classics. Today Mozambique and Afghanistan feed the bridal-jewelry boom.
Known origins & mines
Pala Tourmaline Queen · United States
San Diego county pegmatites (Tourmaline Queen, Stewart, Himalaya) birthed gem morganite in 1900s and hot-pink tourmaline for Tiffany — weeke…
Urucum Jonas Mine · Brazil
The Jonas mine produced history's largest rubellite and morganite pockets — the 1978 "Jonas blushing-pink" beryls reached meter-scale; deple…
Mawi Nuristan Pegmatites · Afghanistan
The Nuristan-Kunar pegmatite belt is a leading world source of gem pink morganite alongside its famous kunzite and tourmaline production.…
Antsobolo Morganite · Madagascar
Madagascar's early-1900s Antsobolo rose-peach morganite defined Edwardian taste; classic crystals sit in Paris museum collections.…
Dunton Gem Quarry Newry · United States
Legendary Oxford County LCT pegmatite producing rose-pink morganite since the early 1900s — cornerstone locality of American gem collecting.…
Muiane Pegmatite · Mozambique
Alto Ligonha pegmatites yield morganite alongside rare taaffeite and musgravite byproducts — Mozambican pink beryl feeds modern bridal colle…