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.
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
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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