The specimens of native gold alone which are here exhibited have an intrinsic value of nearly a hundred thousand dollars, while the beryls, tourmalines, amethysts, topazes, and other minerals from Siberia are unequalled in any other collection.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
It looked like beryls mixed with pearls, though it was really only green beans stirred up with American corn; and the two got on so well together you felt they had been born for each other.
"Lady-Betty-Across-the-Water"
Lowell, Orson
The better varieties are transparent, varying from that to translucent, and are called the "noble" beryls.
"The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones"
John Mastin