Emeralds are fascinating gemstones. They have green, most beautiful, most intense and most radiant that possibly be imagined: emerald green. Inclusion tolerated. In the best quality, good emeralds are even more valuable than Emeralds name comes from ' Smaragdos ' Greece via the Old French ' esmeralde ‘, and really just means ' green jewels ' . Countless fantastic stories have grown up around a magnificent jewel. Incas and Aztecs in South America, where the best emeralds are still found today, regarded the emerald as a holy gemstone. However, probably the oldest discoveries ever made in the Red Sea in Egypt. Therefore, these gemstone mines, already exploited by Egyptian pharaohs between 3000 and 1500 BC and later referred to as ' Cleopatra's Mines ‘, already exhausted by the time they were rediscovered in the early 19th century .
Written centuries ago, the Vedas, the sacred books of India, said the precious green gems and their healing properties: ' Emeralds promise good luck ... ‘, and ' emerald enhances the well-being ... ‘. So it is not surprising that the treasure chests of Indian Maharaja and Maharanis contained wonderful emeralds. One of the largest is the so-called ' Mogul Emerald ‘. It comes from 1695; emerald weighs 217.80 carats, and some 10cm tall. One side was inscribed with prayer texts, and engraved on the other hand there are magnificent floral ornaments. This legendary emerald was auctioned by Christie's of London to an unidentified buyer for 2.2m U.S. Dollars on September 28, 2001.
Emeralds have been held in high esteem since ancient times. For that reason, some of the most famous emeralds can be seen in museums and collections. New York Museum of Natural History, for example, has an exhibit in which a cup made of pure emerald which belonged to the Emperor Jehangir is shown next to the ' Patricia ‘, one of the largest Colombian emerald crystals , which weighs 632 carats . Collecting Bank Bogota includes five valuable emerald crystals with weights of between 220 and 1,796 carats , and a beautiful emerald is also part of the National Iranian Ministry of Finance , decorate , for example , the diadem of the former Queen Farah . The Turkish sultans also loved emeralds. In Istanbul Topkapi Palace there are exhibits with items of jewelry, writing implements and daggers, each lavishly adorned with emeralds and other gems.
Green life and love
emerald green is the color of life and springtime, which comes round again and again. But also, for centuries, became the color of beauty and constant love. In ancient Rome, green was the color of Venus, the goddess of beauty and love. And today, this color still occupies a special position in many cultures and religions. Green, for example, is the holy color of Islam. Many countries of the Arab League have green in their flags as a symbol of the unity of their faith. Yet this color has a high status in the Catholic Church too, where green is regarded as the most natural and the most fundamental of the magnificent emerald green color liturgy. The color that conveys harmony, love of Nature and elemental joie de vivre. The human eye can not see enough of this unique color. Pliny commented that encouraging green without straining the eyes. Green is regarded as fresh and alive, never as monotonous. And given the fact that this color always changes somewhat between the bright light and artificial light from the lamp, emerald green retains the life in all its shades.
Fingerprints alamluminositas emerald the life color makes the emerald a unique gemstone. However, really good quality is fairly rare, with inclusions often mating evenness of color - signs of the turbulent genesis which has characterized this gemstone. Inclusion fine, however, does not in any way detracts upholds where he was held. On the contrary : even with inclusions , an emerald in the green , which in life still has value far higher than almost flawless emerald whose color is paler . Unfortunately, and rather poetically, the specialists call the many crystal inclusions, cracks or fissures typical of gemstone ' jardin ‘. They regard the tender little green plants in the emerald garden as features of the identity of a gem which has grown natural. So where they came from and how it is that they exist at all? To answer these questions, we need to look far, far back to the time of the emerald’s origin. Emeralds from Zimbabwe are one of the oldest gemstones anywhere in the world. They 'vet grown 2600000000 years ago, whilst some specimens from Pakistan, for example, is only 9 million years young. From the point of view of mineral chemistry, emeralds are beryllium - aluminum - silicates with a good hardness of 7.5 to 8, and belong, like the light blue aquamarine, the tender pink Morganatic, Heliodor are pale gold and green beryl, to the large gemstone family of beryls. Pure beryl is colorless. Color does not occur until traces of some other elements are added. In the case of the emerald, it is mainly traces of chromium and vanadium which are responsible for the attractive colors. Typically, these elements are concentrated in a very different part of the Earth's crust to beryllium, so the emerald should, strictly speaking, may not exist at all. But during intensive tectonic processes such as or genesis , metamorphism , the emergence and soil erosion , contrasting elements found each other and crystallized to make one of the most beautiful gemstones . Tension involved in the geological conditions conducive to the above process resulted in some minor flaws, and some are major. A glance through a magnifying glass or microscope into the interior of an emerald tells us something about the origins of this incident unique gem: here we see small or large gap, here sparkle mini crystal or a small bubble, here shapes of all kinds. While still growing crystals, some manifestations have the opportunity to ' cure ‘, and thus the jagged three - phase inclusions typical of Colombian emeralds formed : cavities filled with fluid , which often also contain small bubbles of gas and some tiny crystals .
Logically enough, the origin as turbulent as the emerald inhibit the formation of large undisturbed, perfect crystal. For this reason, only seldom that a large emerald with good color and good transparency is found. That is why both are so precious emerald. But for the reason that the emerald has such a past storm , it certainly has the right to show it - that is , as long as jardin only good to look at , and not a rank garden destructive emerald color and transparent. Colombia continues to be at the top of the list in terms of state states in which the delicate emerald is found. It has about 150 known deposits, though not all are currently being exploited. The names of the most famous is the Muzo and Chivor, where emeralds are mined by the Incas of pre -Columbian times. In economic terms, the most important mine is at Coscuez, where some 60 faces are being worked. According to estimates, about three -quarters of the Colombian emerald production now comes from Coscuez Mine. Colombian emeralds differ from emeralds from other deposits in that they have a very good, bright emerald green interrupted by any bluish tint. Colors may vary slightly from find to find. These stunningly beautiful colors so highly esteemed in the international emerald trade that even obvious inclusions are considered as acceptable. But Colombia has not much to offer : now and then the Colombian emerald mines throw up such rare Trapiche emeralds with their six rays emanating from the center spokes that resemble millwheel a. if many of the undisputedly best emeralds from Colombia , ' birth ' of the rock is not never an absolute guarantee of its immaculate quality . Emeralds both also found in other countries, such as Zambia, Brazil, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Pakistan, India, Afghanistan and Russia. Zambia, Zimbabwe and Brazil in particular have a good reputation for good emerald in international trade. Emerald Excellent emerald crystals in, beautiful emerald green and with good transparency come from Zambia. Their color is mostly darker than Colombian emeralds and often has a tone, either slightly bluish. Emeralds are mostly small, but very good, in green, agile intense Sandawana derived from the famous mines in Zimbabwe, and they often have subtle shades of yellowish - green. And the famous emerald mines of Colombia currently face competition from the right: Brazilian gemstone mine Nova Era also produces emeralds in beautiful green tones, and if they are less attractive than their neighbors known only by a small margin. Brazil also supplies rare emerald cat’s eyes and extremely rare emeralds with a six - spooked star. Thanks to the findings in Africa and Brazil, there are more emeralds on the market now than there used to be - to the delight of emerald enthusiasts - . Good gemstone hardness protects the emerald for most of the scratches, and the fragility of many loopholes that can make cutting, setting and cleaning rather difficult. Even for a skilled gem cutter, cutting emeralds presents a special challenge, firstly because of the high value of the raw crystals, and secondly because of inclusion often. However, this does not diminish the love cutters ' unique gem. Indeed, they have developed a special cut just for this gem: the emerald pieces. The design of this clear cut rectangular or square with canted corners brings out the beauty of this valuable gemstone to the full, at the same time protects from strains mechanic. Emeralds also cut a lot of other, mainly classical shapes, but if the raw material contains large amount inclusions, often can be cut into a soft rounded cabochon, or into one of the emerald beads which are very popular in India. At present, many enhanced with emerald colored oils or resins. It is a common trade practice, but it has the consequence that the green treasures react extremely sensitive to inappropriate treatment. For example, they can not be cleaned in an ultrasonic bath. Substances that may have been used by the cutter during his work, or applied subsequently, seal the pores in the surface of fine gems. Removing them will end up giving the stone a matt appearance. For this reason, emerald rings should always be taken off before the wearer puts his hand in the water -based cleaning agent.
A problem, because the emerald is not only one of the most beautiful gemstones, but also one of the most valuable, there are innumerable synthetics and imitations. So how can you protect yourself from the ' fake ‘? Well, the best way is to buy from a specialist in whom you have confidence. Particularly large emerald only is purchased with a report from a reputable institution gemological. Such institutions will be able, thanks to the most modern examination techniques, to differentiate reliably between natural and synthetic emeralds, and will inform you, if the rock has undergone treatment type buyer has the right to know one another about, advice on the purchase of an emerald: diamond while the generous glow of fire in sizes below 1 carat, you should go for larger dimensions when acquiring colored gemstones. True, there are some lovely pieces of jewelry with small colored gems to set decorative accents, but emeralds, like other colored gemstones, not really begin to show that beautiful glow below a certain size. How large emerald ' you ' end up will depend on your personal taste and your budget. Really large specimen of a rare quality. This means that the price of a quality emerald may be higher than a diamond of the same weight. The attraction by emerald emits both quite unique.
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