Emerald Plated 3X4mm Rondelle Faceted - 15-16 Inch - CLEARANCEEmerald is one of the four precious gemstones, the others being Diamond, Ruby and Sapphire. It is the green form of Beryl, colored by trace amounts of chromium and or vanadium to range in hue from yellow to green to blue to green. Emerald has been prized and revered in many different cultures for over 6,000 years. It was sold in the markets of ancient Babylon in 4,000 BCE, worshipped by the Incas, and considered a symbol of eternal life by the

deep-blue copper mineral produced by weathering of copper ore deposits

During the Renaissance

Like other Agates

once spewed through fractures in the planetary crust or from a volcanic eruption

and its name is derived from the Greek “apate

Shattuckite is a rare copper silicate hydroxide mineral

which occurs in many colors

being found in metamorphic and pegmatitic rock

Moonstone is said to increase intuition

the others being Diamond

with occasional inclusions of Black Tourmaline that crisscross the stone in fibrous patterns

At times in ancient history