Today, we know this translucent, blue-tinted stone as aquamarine, but this wasn't always the semi-precious stone's name.

Similar to aquamarine as mentioned above, an emerald is a green variety of beryl based on the impurities found in the beryl. Emeralds are found commonly in Brazil, Colombia, Zambia, and Afghanistan.

Move over Hope Diamond! The Dom Pedro obelisk, a Beryl variety aquamarine, is in the house. Donald E. Hurlbert, National Museum of Natural History Vinophiles like to repeat the fanciful Galileo ...

Dom Pedro aquamarine was cut from a 100-pound crystal that was mined in the late 1980s. It weighs around 4.6 pounds, making it one of the largest aquamarine gemstones in the world.

In the middle lies a 241-carat cushion-cut green beryl followed by a more oval-shaped 109.48-carat one in addition to a 65.72 aquamarine stone. Helen Mirren in Margot McKinney's Marina collar ...

While Madagascar has been an important global supplier of aquamarine and other types of beryl since the early 20 th century, the Andilana Avaratra deposit is the richest beryl mine yet found in ...

Aquamarine is a variety of beryl that ranges from pale blue to light green. The stone's name derives from the Latin "aqua" and "marina," meaning "seawater," according to the American Gem Society ...