Cemeteries in Beryl Junction, Utah

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This area was once referred to as the Escalante Desert but today is known as the Escalante Valley. Improved Irrigation and deep well pumping has allowed most of it to become agriculturally productive. In 1901 it was named Beryl, a word of French origin which identifies the semi-precious stone found in the vicinity.

Red beryl is estimated to be worth 1,000 times more than gold and is so rare that one red beryl crystal is found for every 150,000 diamonds. In 1904, Maynard Bixby discovered red beryl in the Thomas Range located in Juab County, Utah.

Red beryl is one of the world's rarest gemstones. It is found in a few locations in the Thomas Range and the Wah Wah Mountains of Utah.

There is only one known commercial occurrence of gem-quality red beryl in the world: the Ruby Violet (or Red Beryl) mine in the Wah Wah Mountains of Beaver County, Utah. The beryl is found mostly along fractures (often clay-filled) in a topaz rhyolite.

Tiffany stone is a rare material. It is mined at one location worldwide - the Brush Wellman beryllium mine, at Spor Mountain, western Utah. It occurs there as nodules that are part of the ore produced at the mine. The nodules typically contain between one and two percent beryllium by weight.

One of the few precious stones from the United States, Utah variscite is admired for its soft swirls of pale green. Sometimes confused with green turquoise, variscite has bands of white marbling. The name variscite derives from Variscia, the ancient name of Vogtland in Germany, where it was first discovered in 1837.

Red Beryl Price & Value The price per gram of red beryl gemstones (faceted) weighing below 1 carat is generally $8,000 to $120,000 (or $1,600 to $24,000 per carat). Faceted red beryls over 1 carat are $10,000 to $250,000 per gram (or $2,000 to $50,000 per carat).

There is only one known commercial occurrence of gem-quality red beryl in the world: the Ruby Violet (or Red Beryl) mine in the Wah Wah Mountains of Beaver County, Utah. The beryl is found mostly along fractures (often clay-filled) in a topaz rhyolite.

Originally established as a Union Pacific Railroad siding, Beryl was named in 1901 after the semi-precious stone beryl found in the area.