It is also 200 times rarer in nature than emerald yet is still, generally, less expensive! Many prefer tsavorite garnets over other green gems because of their fantastic quality and beauty along with their hardness. look at the trees and green plants! 🤓).ĭeep sparkling grass green to paler mint green
(Fun Fact: also when I was in Bangkok studying gemology and looking through loupes or microspes for hours, our teacher would urge us in the break to go outside and.
This is why early lapidaries would look at a piece of emerald to relieve their eye strain and weariness after long hours of strenuous work. ⭐️ Emerald is believed to relieve eye strain and sooth eye stress. ⭐️ Legend believes that emerald was one of the four precious stones that endowed King Solomon with power over all creation, given to him by God. For example, the Emerald Isle (Ireland) and the Emerald City (Seattle, WA (USA)). ⭐️ Although there are other beautiful green-hued gemstones, emerald is the one that is always associated with the lushest of green landscapes. ⭐️ Emerald is the gemstone for twentieth and thirty-fifth wedding anniversaries. As the Spanish didn't value gemstones as much as gold and silver at the time, they traded the emeralds to European and Asian royalty (especially Indian royalty) who introduced its majesty to the rest of the world. The Incas had also been using emerald in their religious ceremonies and jewellery for about 500 years before the Spanish explorers plundered their land. The first known emeralds were mined in Egypt, dating all the way back to at least 330 BC - it is believed that some mines were active since as early as 3500BC! Cleopatra had a famed passion for emerald, using them in all of her royal adornments. It was also believed to reveal the future and cure diseases like malaria and cholera. Legend has it that emerald was once used as a sort of truth "potion" - it was placed under the tongue and made the person talking reveal the truth. ⭐️ For winter, let it sparkle in a pendant over (or under!) a sheer black top with blazer and let people stare in envy as the green hue takes them back to a beautiful summer day.Įmerald is the most famous of the beryl gemstones. ⭐️ For summer, try an emerald cut jewel set in dazzling earrings, perfect for those glam poolside parties. Still, the luscious green colour of emerald makes it a go-to jewel for special occasion pieces like a cocktail ring or dangling earrings. These can come in the form of liquid cavities with pyrite crystals and gas bubbles floating within the stone or hollow rain-like tubes, mica plates - creating emerald’s famed “jardin” - and so, emeralds must be treated with care.įor that reason, and given the long shape of its rough version, they are mostly cut into the traditional “emerald cut” whereby the corners are cut off in an octagon shape to protect the stone from chipping too easily. The stone actually has a poor toughness, is brittle and tends to be filled with a ‘garden of inclusions’.
The first known mines were in Egypt which date back to 3500BC and Pharaoh Cleopatra was known to have a passion for this rare bold green stone.Ĭolombian emeralds can include wonderful "three-phase inclusions" which consist of a tiny solid crystal, liquid and a gas bubble.Īnd - a nice fact for the rock stars among us - since an emerald is less dense than a diamond, a 1 carat emerald will be a larger stone than a 1 carat diamond. To distinguish between the two, most gemologists, gem labs and coloured stone dealers call a stone 'green beryl' when the colour is considered "too light" for it to be an emerald. In this family there is another, less expensive, lighter green variety which is simply called green beryl. The word emerald is derived from the Ancient Greek 'smaragdos' meaning green.Įmerald belongs to the beryl family. Which sparkly stone will you choose?Ĭolombia, Zambia, Brazil, Zimbabwe, Afghanistanīluish green to slightly yellowish green. from bold, enviably green stones to refreshing, minty green gems. Green gemstones symbolise new life, growth, and ambition and with its strong ties to nature, the colour green provides endless possibilities.
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