Lets Know About Emerald.

 

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Emerald are one of the most desirable Gemstones due to their beauty and lovely Green colour.

The finest emeralds generally come from Columbia, Africa, Brazil and the Russian mines who also produce fine quality stones.

Emerald is a precious gemstone comes in the beryl family; the chemical composition of emerald is (Be3Al2(SiO3)6). The green colour in emerald is because of chromium trace inside the stone.

Properties of emerald

Hardness _ 7.5 TO 8 on Mohs scale, Lustre_ Vitreous, Colour_ Green,

Crystal system_ hexagonal, Family _ Beryl.

The valuation of every Gemstone depends upon the “4 C's”: carat, colour, clarity, and cut.

If you are buying any expensive Gemstone you have to know bit about all four of these (“4 C's”), Try to buy Gemstone loose so you can check the weight of your precious Gem by yourself and can examine it properly.

Here are the “4 C's”

colour

As Colour is one of the major factors in establishing the value of a gemstone, same goes with emerald, the most demanding colour of emerald is vivid green, then comes bluish green to pure green. The most prized emeralds are the best greens (vivid green) with high transparency with no colour zoning.

cut

The cut of the stone depends upon the shape of rough, cut gives the stone an entirely different look. Some famous cuts of emerald are- Step cut, Brilliant cut, Mixed cut, Cabochon cut and Achler cut.

clarity

Clarity means how gemstone looks like on the inside. The clarity of emeralds makes them different from any other gemstone. Most emeralds have inclusions which include minor bits of gasses, other minerals and crystals, and liquids that emeralds take on during the crystallization process.

Carat

Carat weight plays a major role in the pricing of every Gemstone. eg 5 carat stone is expensive than 1 or 2 carat stone. Experts of Emerald always suggest buying smaller emerald rather than buying big one’s reason being, smaller one with excellent colour and transparency is priceless then the bigger one.

Next time when you go to buy an emerald for you, keep these small things in mind