Emerald

It is a precious stone falling into a group of minerals called Beryl, having a magmatic origin, meaning that these minerals took form by crystallization of lava or magma. It is not certain which language the name emerald comes from, but in all languages, its name means a green gem.

The beautiful green color of the emerald is caused by oxides of chromium or vanadium. Emerald can be green, greenish-yellow or green-gray in different shades. The first known emerald references were during the overseas voyage when the Spanish sailing ship Cortez arrived in Europe from his trip to South America.

Coloration and characteristics

The most valuable is such an emerald, which has a green color like fresh grass, with velvety shine. As with Sapphires, the color is not sufficiently dispersed in the crystal, but sometimes forms even more noticeable layers in which this color is represented in greater or lesser intensity.

Emerald is also dichronic, which means that the artificial light of a bulb has an emerald color different from the natural daylight. The change of color does not reflect this phenomenon as such, but a shade that can vary from greenish yellow to greenish blue, and this phenomenon is most evident in fully colored cut stone.

The natural emerald crystals are matt, only after cutting the stones become shiny with unique brilliance and velvety shine. The quality of cut gemstones is judged by the presence of refractions and inclusions that should not occur in high-quality emerald; another parameter is the color of the stone, the size measured in carats and also the cut, which is the last perfect dot in the processing of precious stone.

There are tumbled emeralds in the pictures, originating from India. On the emeralds are tiny black spots that are common to emeralds and originate from the mother rock of these precious stones, that is in the basalt and characterizes this black color. In the picture on the right, are the emerald crystals from Tanzania, Lake Manyara. On the crystals, note their soft colors that are not uniformly scattered, but different green intensities are distributed in layers.

Emerald deposits

The most famous emerald deposits in the world are in Egypt at the Red Sea, known as Cleopatra's mines, rediscovered during the 19th century. Those were fabled not only for their beauty but also for the likeness of emeralds. The mines are today unfortunately exhausted. The most significant emerald production today comes from Colombia, Argentina, the US and Canada. The most massive emerald sites are in Africa, and especially along the Red Sea coast in the states of Egypt and Ethiopia. Toward the southern tip of Africa, Somalia, Tanzania, South Africa Zimbabwe, Zamibia, Namibia, Nigeria and Madagascar. Other significant locations are in China, Russia, in the Asia Minor region of Afghanistan and Pakistan. A large number of emeralds is found in Russia and other European countries like Norway, France, and Italy. Unfortunately, the site in Bohemia is unknown.

Emerald in esoteric and healing

This rare green stone has always been attributed to magical effects like other precious stones. It is said that the emerald speaks to our hearts by the words of God, and this is also the foundation of many religions, for the emerald green color is in Islam a holy color meaning unity of faith. Many states, where Islam is the main religion have a green stripe or another green ornament in the national flag. The green color is also close to Christianity, where it is the most natural color of nature. Emerald brings into our lives a feeling of harmony with nature, and its bright green rays teach us patience and balance.

Emerald has the most effect on the calming of emotional and physical equilibrium, as it leads us to reconciliation with nature and its laws. At the same time, it increases the sharpness and the ability to make quick judgments. Emerald, or any other beryl, opens our mind to clairvoyant thinking, and earlier used the crystal emerald instead of the crystal ball.

In healing, the power of the emerald is used to regenerate and heal all affected places, especially after illness or injury. In these cases, we attach a crystal or emerald pebble to the affected or otherwise painful site.

Applying an emerald to the chest or neck area helps the emerald detoxify instead of poisonous substances or viruses, such as flu or cold. On naturshop.cz you can choose from a selection of emerald pendants.

Emerald should occasionally be worn because has a great ability to absorb negative emotions, which he is unable due to a large extent process by itself, and clefts can appear in that stone. Therefore, if we use the emerald for healing, we only wear it for a short time and then we thoroughly clean and recharge it. Emerald is cleaned under a stream of lukewarm water and charged on the crystal drose without the presence of direct sun rays.

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