“We know that bixbite is one of the top 10 rarest gems in the world since the deposit yield is about 0.5 carats of facetable red beryl per ton of ore,” comments Michael.
Hardness of 7.5 to 8.0
Caratell is proud to present this extremely clean and rare of the rarest gems.
宝石硬度7.5至8.0
Caratell自豪地向您介绍和展示这款内含物极少的稀有宝石。
One of the rarest gems in the world, it was first discovered in Utah, 1904 by Maynard Bixby. In honor of him, they named it “Bixbite”. But the true gem quality was discovered in 1958 in the Wah Wah mountains.
The gem gets its red from Manganese, along with small amounts of iron, chromium, and calcium which take place of the aluminum in beryl structure. Consistent mining of the Red Beryl in the Wah Wah Mountains has only taken place since 1978, but the mine yielded only a small amount of rough (deposit yielded about 0.5 carat of facetable red beryl per ton of ore). It was agreed that it was too costly to continue mining, and the mine closed down permanently in 2001.
Bixbite 是世界上最稀有的宝石之一，于1904年由梅纳德·比克斯比（Maynard Bixby）首次在犹他州发现。为了纪念他，他们将其命名为“ Bixbite”。但是真正具有宝石品质的红色绿柱石而是于1958年，在Wah Wah山区发现的。 ¬
宝石的红色来自化学元素锰(Mn)，还有少量的铁元素(Fe)，
铬元素(Cr)和钙元素(Ca)，它们取代了祖母绿结构中的的铝元素(Al)。
Most red beryl gemstones are under 1/2 a carat in weight and a 2-3 carat would be considered very huge. Red beryl crystals range in color from orange-red to purplish-red with medium tones.
虽然自1978年以来，红色绿柱石就一直在Wah Wah山区进行开采，但是该矿山仅产少量的毛坯矿（每吨矿石产生约0.5克拉的可切割的红色绿柱石）。人们一致认为，继续开采成本太高，所以该矿于2001年间永久关闭了。大多数红色绿柱石的重量都在半克拉以下，而2-3克拉石视为非常巨大和稀有的。红色绿柱石晶体的颜色可以从橙红色到紫红中等色调来区分。
Gems connoisseur considers red beryl to be the rarest gemstone on earth, it is so rare that only one crystal is found for every 150,000 diamonds that are mined.
Only 10% of the gemstones cut from this rare material exceed 1 carat in weight, no wonder it has been named as the top 10 rarest gems!
宝石鉴赏学家一致认为红色绿柱石是地球上最稀有的宝石，因为这种宝石极为罕见，相当于每开采15万颗钻石，才能发现一个红色绿柱石晶体，可见其罕见程度。
加上用这些晶体切割出来的宝石当中，仅有10％重量超过1克拉，难怪它被评为十大最稀有宝石！
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