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FIRE BERYL™

While most members of the Beryl family (commonly known as the “mother of gemstones”) such as Emerald or Aquamarine are famous for their colours, Fire Beryl™ is the highly collectable clear variety that displays a Diamond-like fiery brilliance.

Legends and lore

The traditional gemmological name for this gemstone is Goshenite but at GemsTV we prefer our exclusive name Fire Beryl™. So named for its distinctive fiery brilliance, high lustre and colourless purity, it’s easy to see why Fire Beryl™ has long been compared with Diamonds. Naturally, at GemsTV our expert gem graders use years of skill and expertise to ensure that only the finest examples worthy of the name Fire Beryl™ are selected.

The name Goshenite is derived from the location of its first discovery, Goshen, Massachusetts, US. Fire Beryl™ is also known as White Beryl or Lucid Beryl.

Fire Beryl™ is an enduringly popular gemstone and has been used in jewellery since antiquity. The ancient Greeks even used Fire Beryl™ as lenses in the first spectacles!

Just the facts

Interestingly, pure Beryl is colourless, with traces of different metallic elements being responsible for this gem family’s great colour range.

Since Beryl’s colour varieties are caused by metallic elements and pure Beryl is colourless, one could assume that Fire Beryl™ is Beryl in its purest form. However, this is not technically correct as some metallic elements in natural Fire Beryl™ actually inhibit the colours that result from other metallic elements that may also be present.