In this study, we report the experimental findings of a multi-methodological and comparative investigation natural (from Wah Mountains Beaver County, Utah) three synthetic (hydrothermally grown) gem-quality red beryls by means of: gemmological standard testing, laser ablation inductively coupled mass spectroscopy, infrared Raman ultraviolet–visible–near absorption single-crystal X-ray diffracti...

The Xuebaoding W–Sn–Be mining area, located in the Songpan–Garze orogenic belt western China, is known for producing large, colorful, euhedral crystals of scheelite, cassiterite, and tabular beryl. Zircon LA-ICP-MS U–Pb dating Wuzhutang granite yields a concordia age 218.96 ± 2.1 Ma, weighted mean 206Pb/238U 218.98 1.12 Ma. Cassiterite LA-MC-ICPMS quartz vein bearing beryl, concordant 213.5 1.7...