Emerald Jewelry - Interesting Facts About Emerald

Emerald, which is a green variety of beryl, is perhaps the most famous green gemstone around. Because it scores an impressive 8 on the Mohs Scale and also because of its beautiful Color, Emerald and emerald jewelry has become one of the most valuable in the world. While Green Beryl is known as Emerald, Beryl in blue color is known as aquamarine and yellow as heliodor.

Emerald Interesting Facts:

Emeralds are notorious for their inclusions. Although flaws are very common in almost all stones, Emerald tends to have a little bit more than what is usually found in other Beryl stones. Emerald jewelry for this reason uses oils and waxes more than other stones for filling up and hiding the inclusions. However more effective inclusion-filling techniques are now beginning to emerge which do not involve oils.
However, believe it or not some Emerald lovers actually love Emerald's with some inclusions in them as this proves that the stone is authentic. These Inclusions within emeralds are treated as its unique "fingerprints" and are referred to as "jardin" which is French for garden.

Buying Emerald Online

When you are buying emerald jewelry online you need to be really careful as now you won't have the privilege of inspecting the gem before you buy it. Emerald is no doubt a rather costly purchase you must do some research before making buying it online. For instance faceted green glass can very easily resemble emerald; by coating it with a layer of thin emerald it becomes virtually indistinguishable from one as far as inspecting it with the naked eyes is concerned.

Synthetic emeralds are also sold to unwary buyers without them knowing the stone is synthetic. So be wary, your best defense is to either buy from reputed sources or from dealers you have purchased before and have found them to be honest or those that are recommended. One really great way of finding out whether the online jewelry store is good enough to do business with is to see if they have third party accreditation seals. Services such as BBB (Better Business Bureau) and Truste are two such seals to look out for. This is rather important when you have not shopped for jewelry online and this is your first time.

Also make sure to check for inclusions in your emerald. The price of the emerald will depend upon how many inclusions it has. Remember that flawlessly transparent emeralds are very rare and if the emerald jewelry that you are looking at is simply too good to be affordable then something is out of place here.

These tips will allow you to stay on track and ensure that you buy good emerald jewelry online. As emerald jewelry is costly a few precautions are in the order before purchases are made. Emerald has always been a stone shrouded in mystery and folklore. For instance it has always been associated with benefiting the wearer with the gift of clairvoyance. Traditionally, emeralds are also thought to bring peace of mind and heal wounds.

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