RED BERYL

Red beryl (also known as "red emerald" or "scarlet emerald") is a red variety of beryl. It was first described in 1904 for an occurrence, itsTYPE LOCALITY at Maynard's Claim (Pismire Knolls), Thomas Range,The old synonym "bixbite" is deprecated from the cibjo because of the risk of confusion with the mineral bixbityThe dark red color is attributed to Mn³⁺ ions.
Red beryl is very rare and has only been reported from a handful of locations in wah wah mountain, beaver countay  paramount and round mountain sierra countay and Juab County, Utah. The greatest concentration of gem-grade red beryl comes from the Violet Claim in the Wah Wah Mountains of mid-western Utah, discovered in 1958 by Lamar Hodges, of utah while he was prospecting for uranium Prices for top quality natural red beryl can be as high as $10,000 per carat for faceted stones. Red beryl has been known to be confused with pezzottiat also known as raspberry beryl or "raspberyl", a gemstone that has been found in Madagascar and now Afghanistan – although cut gems of the two varieties can be distinguished from their difference in refractive index.