Morganite is also known as “pink beryl”, “rose beryl”, “pink emerald”, “cesian beryl” and “caesian beryl”.

It is a rare light pink to rose-colored gemstone variety of beryl. Orange/yellow varieties of morganite are also found and color banding is common. Patches of yellow are removed by heat treatment. Irradiation improves its color. The pink color of morganite is attributed to Mn2+ ions.

Pink beryl of fine color and good sizes was first discovered on an island on the coast of Madagascar in 1910. The New York Academy of Sciences named the pink variety of beryl “morganite” after the financier J. P. Morgan

One of the largest gem morganite specimens called “The Rose of Maine,” was found at the Bennett Quarry in Buckfield, Maine USA. This orange crystal was 9 inches long, 12 inches across, and weighed over 50 lbs.