White beryl or the "mother of gemstones", goshenite is the transparent, colorless, alkali-bearing pure beryl that was discovered in Goshen, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. The Lily Pond mine in a pegmatite near a small lake was the source of crystals accompanied by other pale greenish-blue, bluish-green, yellowish, pink, and white colored beryl crystals.

Originally the designation included "pink beryl's" and "pale-colored beryl's." The name is now applied to transparent colorless beryl's and often includes nearly colorless aquamarine, where the blue tones are undetected. "Lucid" and "white" beryl are terms frequently used by members of the jewelry industry to describe morganite.

Loose Goshenite gemstones have excellent hardness, toughness, and resistance to corrosive substances.

Dating back to the 1st century A. D. , the good qualities of colorless beryl have long made it an ideal substitute for other colorless gemstones.

Goshenite (White Beryl) Gemstone Information

• VARIETY OF: Beryl , Be3Al2Si6O18

• USES: Gemstone and as a source of beryllium

• COLOR: Colorless

• INDEX OF REFRACTION: 1.57 - 1.60

• BIREFRINGENCE: 0.004 - 0.008

• HARDNESS: 7.5 - 8

• CRYSTAL SYSTEM: hexagonal

• Pleochroic:not discernible

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