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Emerald of the rarest of precious stones and is considered by some to be more valuable than diamond. Compared with other pearls emerald in its occurrence in nature is unique because it is the rock in which it was made visible. Unlike diamonds, sapphires and rubies, it never occurs in gem gravels. The first known place where emeralds were found in Upper Egypt in the Red Sea coast. The best stones, however, Colombia, South America. Fine specimens have also been detected in the United States, cultured freshwater pearl, North Carolina.

Although the classic colors seen in emeralds is proposed, for example, emerald green, there are other colors like grass green, sea green, with yellow and green tinted. Shades of the most valuable of dark green with a sweet, sometimes compared to that observed in the meadow in the spring.

Beryl mineral known to gem lovers under several different names, most of which are noted Emerald. Mineral beryl compilation of various precious stones is almost the same composition, hardness and other properties, and the rocks can be distinguished by color. The structure of beryl, a silicate of aluminum and beryllium. On a scale of hardness beryl is classified as a 7? to 8 and is much softer than diamond, ruby, sapphire. It is because of the fact that the emerald scratches easily and that to ensure that she was not under the control of diamonds or other precious stones is difficult to friction.

Beryl is a very common mineral, and crystal growth of the mineral in its cruder form often of enormous size. It's like a crystal in the Boston Museum of Natural History, three and a half feet long and three meters wide and weighs several tons received.

Beryl in this common form occurs in many places, akoya pearl jewelry, but rarely in its mineral form of the emerald is relatively rare. Beryl and emerald green, as it should be scientifically known, has long been clear that the majority of green stones. Of all the other green stones, except applies only to a very rare green sapphire. The most valuable specimens show the bright green grass, and it is this color, they are bound to their great value. Other considerations, such as freedom from defects, quite secondary in determining the value of the stone. In fact, a perfect emerald is almost never found, and this fact Eastern parable that it is "rare as a perfect emerald," is a symbol of prosperity gap past. Emerald light and emerald that size is about one-third more than the more diamonds and forty-five percent of the sapphire of equal weight. distinctive emerald color is probably due to keep track of chromium in its composition.

Fine emeralds are generally cut cushion shape with no cut, and the East are often cut cabochon. Fine emeralds are very fast in recent years made considerable progress, both because of the growing demand of fashion for the gems and the lack of really fine specimens.

Many interesting legends about giant emeralds were made, mainly drawn from the accounts of early travelers, every transparent green stone saw, they think of emerald.

Elders of the high value of emerald not only for its beauty but for its supposed occult properties and their miraculous cure all diseases of the eye, they also believed that when the snake eyes met emerald splendor, he immediately became blind. Moore alludes to this superstition in the lines:

Blinded like serpents when they look

With fire emerald Virgin.

Emperor Nero, who was nearsighted, created emerald eyes glass through which he lives and rejoices with brutal sports arena.

Many interesting stories emeralds First conquerors of Peru in Spain said, and one Joseph Acosta D would have been to Spain in 1587 with two chests of emeralds, each of which weighed over 100 pounds ago. It is true that history can be challenged, but it is a fact that the stones were very popular, and many of the Incas and Aztecs in the extraordinary civilization, which has already been used in Peru. Emerald was highly prized by amateurs of old and precious stones from the Middle Ages, which accounts for many interesting legends and superstitions associated with the pearl.

Currently, the emerald is still very high, as one of the most prized gems. Emerald May and stone popular stone for master of fine jewelry worldwide.