FREE: 1.71 ct Colombian Emerald

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1.71 ct Genuine Colombian Emerald

Retail value on this stone is between $200-350
Gem Type
Emerald

Color: Green
Shape: Oval
Size (LxW): 8 x 6 mm
Weight: 1.71 ct
Hardness: 7.5
Luster: Excellent
Clarity: SI
Treatment: Un-Heated
Origin: Colombia
Refractive Index: 1.57-1.58
Specific Gravity: 2.71


A little about emeralds (credit to gemstone.org):
Emeralds are fascinating gemstones. They have the most beautiful, most intense and most radiant green that can possibly be imagined: emerald green. Inclusions are tolerated. In top quality, fine emeralds are even more valuable than diamonds.

The name emerald comes from the Greek 'smaragdos' via the Old French 'esmeralde', and really just means 'green gemstone'. Innumerable fantastic stories have grown up around this magnificent gem. The Incas and Aztecs of South America, where the best emeralds are still found today, regarded the emerald as a holy gemstone. However, probably the oldest known finds were once made near the Red Sea in Egypt. Having said that, these gemstone mines, already exploited by Egyptian pharaohs between 3000 and 1500 B.C. and later referred to as 'Cleopatra's Mines', had already been exhausted by the time they were rediscovered in the early 19th century.
Emeralds have been held in high esteem since ancient times. For that reason, some of the most famous emeralds are to be seen in museums and collections