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Pervinca Took · 09-15-2013, 04:11 PM

From www.thefreedictionary.com :

"beryl [ˈbɛrɪl] n
(Earth Sciences / Minerals) a white, blue, yellow, green, or pink mineral, found in coarse granites and igneous rocks. It is a source of beryllium and used as a gemstone; the green variety is emerald, the blue is aquamarine. Composition: beryllium aluminium silicate. Formula: Be3Al2Si6O18. Crystal structure: hexagonal
[from Old French, from Latin bēryllus, from Greek bērullos, of Indic origin]
beryline adj
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003"

So an emerald is a kind of beryl? Always thought beryl was a gemstone because it's also a woman's name (although now very old-fashioned).

09-15-2013, 04:11 PM	#1669
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	From www.thefreedictionary.com : "beryl [ˈbɛrɪl] n (Earth Sciences / Minerals) a white, blue, yellow, green, or pink mineral, found in coarse granites and igneous rocks. It is a source of beryllium and used as a gemstone; the green variety is emerald, the blue is aquamarine. Composition: beryllium aluminium silicate. Formula: Be3Al2Si6O18. Crystal structure: hexagonal [from Old French, from Latin bēryllus, from Greek bērullos, of Indic origin] beryline adj Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003" So an emerald is a kind of beryl? Always thought beryl was a gemstone because it's also a woman's name (although now very old-fashioned). __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."