Minimum 1.00ct 8x6mm Oval Colombian Emerald Item: 72V8632A
In Stock Price: $99.98
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Product Description for Minimum 1.00ct 8x6mm Oval Colombian Emerald-72V8632AThe name "emerald" comes from the Greek "smaragdos" meaning "green stone." Except the rare few, emeralds have inclusions that are generally accepted as well as treatments, which are normally stated and should not be a deterrent to purchasing. Even though they have a hardness of 7.5 to 8 on Mohs' scale, emeralds are sometimes brittle. Emeralds should only be cleaned with warm soapy water and a soft brush. Avoid ultrasonic and steam cleaners, which can cause breaks in emerald jewelry.
Product Information for Minimum 1.00ct 8x6mm Oval Colombian Emerald-72V8632A
| Product Type: | Single Stone |
Primary Stone / Emerald
| Shape: | Oval | Composition: | Natural |
| Cut: | Emerald | Treatment: | Clarity Enhanced |
| Color: | Green | Gemstone Group: | Beryl |
| Dimensions: | 8X6 MM - Calibrated | Origin: | Colombia |
| Count: | 1.00 | Origin: | Colombia |
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Best Deal Ever!,
March 5, 2008
meganluvsjewels
, San Diego, California
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"This has been one of my best purchases so far! The quality is amazing for the price. It is a superb value. I looks like it is worth ten times what I paid for it! If your thinking about purchasing this stone-just go for it!"
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Great value,
October 4, 2007
bfepeis
, Hammond, IN
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"I have this stone that I purchased during customer appreciation weekend?. An absolute steal. I was afraid that it would be opaque or heavily included, and boy was I ever wrong. Knowing the value of Columbian emeralds, even with a few light striations through the stone, I feel that I got a real bargain, and you almost never get calibrated sizes in emeralds of any quality."
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Great Colombian emerald!,
September 28, 2007
troy
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"I always thought a one carat Colombian emerald would be out of my price range. Not so with JTV. This is a beautiful stone."
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A little pale,
September 16, 2007
kara
, Bellevue, NE
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"Once again, I think I just have to pay more to get the color I want but for what I paid it is lovely. It is really neat to have a Columbian emerald in my collection."
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 home learning library emerald
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Fast Facts
| The most precious member of the Beryl family; emerald exhibits a distinct and recognizable pure green hue. |
| This glorious stone was traded in one of the earliest known gem markets in Babylon around 4000 B.C. |
| According to legend, the Emperor Nero watched the gladiator fights through an emerald. |
| The world’s finest emeralds are found in the Andes of Colombia. Despite a 300-year search, no other deposit has rivaled the glory of the Colombian deposits. |
 Emeralds are created with interesting and distinct identifiable “jardin” inclusions, which are particular to that beryl and are one of the most immediate ways of recognizing a genuine natural emerald.
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Emerald is the most precious member of the Beryl family. It exhibits a distinct and recognizable pure green hue but can also be found in a bluish-green hue. On Mohs’ scale of hardness, emerald is 7.5-8. It has a vitreous luster and sources include Colombia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Russia (Urals), Afghanistan, Australia (New South Wales, Western Australia), Ghana, India, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Zambia, Tanzania, and the United States (North Carolina).
The beauty of Colombian emeralds, known for their extraordinary color and crystallization, is unique since their formation process occurred in a different geological environment than all the other known emerald deposits. They are found in black argillaceous limestone of the Upper Cretaceous age, which was deposited in a sea separating North and South America.
During the Continental drift, the Andes Mountains were formed, and beds that were originally at the bottom of the sea found themselves at the top of the mountains. While folding, the rocks fractured, which provided space for the growth of calcite veins. Hot magma followed by hot gases and fluids permeated through the cracks, bringing with them the elements necessary to crystallize emeralds. These gases were trapped in the crust of the fold in the eastern cordillera of the Andes by an impermeable shale formation. Since calcite veins are porous and permeable, the emeralds had an opportunity to crystallize while the gasses and fluids cooled off.
Color
Emerald exhibits an incomparable pure green hue but can also be found in a bluish-green hue.
Treatments and Enhancements
All emerald crystals go through the same six-part enhancement process to become the gemstones we are familiar with. These steps are sawing, performing, cutting, polishing, cleaning, and clarity enhancing. Virtually all emeralds require the process of clarity enhancement. This process involves immersing the emerald into a colorless medium. An infinitesimal amount of the clarity-enhancing medium penetrates the open fissures in the emerald. This volume is so small that it is usually not measurable by weight (as little as 1/100,000 of a gram).
It should be assumed that every emerald has been processed in this manner unless it has an accompanying laboratory report indicating that there is no evidence of a clarity-enhancement medium. Such extraordinarily rare stones command a considerable premium.
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