18kt Over Sterling Silver 1.80ctw Emerald With Diamond Accent Earrings Item: MRH181E
Price: $29.99
Product Description for 18kt Over Sterling Silver 1.80ctw Emerald With Diamond Accent Earrings18kt yellow gold over sterling silver 1.80ctw marquise emerald with .02ctw round diamond accent earrings. the drop measures 1 and 1/8 inches and the width measures 1/2 inch. fish hook backs.
Product Information for 18kt Over Sterling Silver 1.80ctw Emerald With Diamond Accent Earrings
| Product Type: | Earrings | Width: | 1/2 Inch |
| Style: | Dangle | Material Type: | Silver & Gold |
| Length: | 11/8 Inches | Material Color: | Yellow |
Primary Stone / Emerald
| Shape: | Marquise | Composition: | Natural |
| Cut: | Mixed Cuts | Treatment: | Standard Treatment |
| Color: | Green | Gemstone Group: | Beryl |
| Dimensions: | Mixed Uncalibrated | Setting: | 2-Prong |
Secondary Stone / Diamond
| Shape: | Round |
| Carat Weight: | 0.02 |
| Color: | White |
| Count: | 2.00 |
| Setting: | 4-Prong |
Care and Handling of 18kt Over Sterling Silver 1.80ctw Emerald With Diamond Accent Earrings |
| Learn more about proper care of your gemstones and jewelry by visiting our Gemstone Enhancements and Treatments page. |
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What emeralds?,
April 14, 2008
WVNurseCindy
, Wheeling, WV
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"I was so excited to get these earrings as I am a May baby. I was sorely dissapointed when I opened the box. The emeralds are very, very light and muddy(no transparency). They also lack a rubber nub on the back to keep them from falling off. I will be keeping them but I would not reccomend them to a friend."
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LOVELY,
March 31, 2008
FloridaGemCat
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"The color is good and consistent among all stones. Very good value for the price. These are a birthday gift for my girlfriend, a May baby, and I feel confident that she will be quite pleased."
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cute earrings,
January 24, 2008
jewel2tone
, texas
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"This is just perfect in size and style but color is too light, but for the price and knowing how hard it is to find pretty emereald earrings I kept it and also got the matching pendant which is very pretty together."
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Worst Purchase Ever,
January 24, 2008
Pumpkinpeachcake
, Miami, FL
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"When I opened the box with these earrings in it, I almost cried. The emeralds don't look anything like the ones pictured. They look more like a pale green jade. There is no transparency in the emeralds, at all. Because the price was so low, I guess I should have known better. It is true - you get what you pay for. I love the design of the earrings so I will keep them and just wear them at home. My birthstone is emerald so I love the gemstone dearly. If you want great emeralds, don't buy these earrings."
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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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