Emerald Stone Jewellery: Go Green With Emeralds

This birthstone is known for its distinctive green colour. The emerald stone ranges in colour and clarity from a light milky green to a sharp, clear dark green. Emerald has soothing touch and pleasant sight, which gives peaceful vibrations and captivates the heart. It retains its colour and lustre in all kinds of shades and lights. A completely clear emerald is one of the most rare stones in the world. Most emerald stone feature small tiny black dots or cloudy patches. Emeralds are durable gemstones with a hardness of 7.5 to 8.

Fashionable Emerald Jewellery

Emerald jewellery is set in beautiful, distinctive styles

This birthstone jewellery is available in many different styles. Necklaces, rings, earrings are all popular styles of jewellery. Most jewellery stores sell emerald jewellery, though not necessarily all of them is the real emerald . The range often extends from lower cost jewellery pieces that are made from sterling silver through to high end items that are made using gold . The type of jewellery chosen will depend on personal preference and budget. Whether in gold or silver, when set with emeralds, the emerald jewellery looks awesome. Emeralds look stunning when paired with other gemstones. For instance, emeralds and opals, are an attractive combination.

Emerald necklace set

Emerald jewelry makes an excellent gift item

Fine emerald jewellery is a gift that speaks itself to a woman “I value you.” As emeralds are among the most expensive gem stones, quality emerald jewellery can cost thousands of dollars. In some case, fine emerald jewellery are even more expensive than designs with diamonds.

Today, some of the finest emeralds are found in South America. They are also found in India, Africa, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Madagascar. The Mines of Cleopatra were the earliest emerald mines on earth. There was emerald mining as early as 2000 B.C.

Beautiful simulated emerald stone necklace

Real emeralds are very expensive, and not easily available. However, with today’s advanced technology scientists can make artificially-created emeralds that can be sold at affordable prices on the open market. They are made by exposing thin slices of natural beryl to a chemical mixture that is similar to an authentic emerald. The chemical mixture is basically of pure filtered water and acids. Then it is put under intense heat in saline solution. When the stones cool down and form crystal forms, it reaches a gem like thickness. When this process is complete it can be cut and processed like a gem.