Emerald Green

Also known as Paris green, Veronese green and Schweinfurt green. Unusually brilliant Emeralds.

Emeralds are fascinating gemstones. They have the most beautiful, most intense green imaginable. In fact, the finest emeralds are more valuable than diamonds.

Many fantastic stories are told about this magnificent gem. The Incas and Aztecs regarded the emerald as a holy gemstone. Even today the best emeralds are still found in South America, But the oldest known discoveries were made near the Red Sea in Egypt. These emerald mined by Egyptian pharaohs between 3000 and 1500 B.C. and later referred to as ‘Cleopatra’s Mines.

The Vedas, the holy scripture of the Indians, speaks of emeralds and their healing properties: ‘Emeralds promise good luck…’; and ‘The emerald enhances the well-being …’.So no wonder the treasure chests of Indian maharajas and maharanis contained plenty of emeralds. It also allegedly has the power of healing diseases of the eye.

One of the world’s largest is the so-called ‘Mogul Emerald’. It dates from 1695, weighs 217.80 carats, and is some 4 inches tall. One side of it is inscribed with prayer texts, and engraved on the other there are magnificent floral ornaments. Christie’s of London auctioned this legendary emerald to an unidentified buyer for $ 2.2 million in 2001.

Emeralds have been held in high esteem for a long time. The New York Museum of Natural History has an exhibit of a pure Jade cup, which belonged to the Emperor Jehangir next to the “Patricia”, a Colombian emerald crystal weighing 632 carats. The collection of the Bank of Bogota includes five valuable emerald crystals with weights ranging from 220 to 1796 carats. The Iranian National Treasury also contains numerous emeralds including the diadem of the former Empress Farah. In Istanbul’s Topkapi Palace there are exhibits with items of jewellery, writing-implements and daggers, each lavishly adorned with emeralds and other gems.

The Green of Life and Love

Lake Medina, Texas

Emerald green is the color of life and of spring. But it has also been the color of beauty and of constant love. In ancient Rome, green was the color of Venus, the goddess of beauty and love. And today, this color still occupies a special position in many cultures and religions. Green, for example, is the holy color of Islam. Many of the states of the Arab League have emerald green in their flags as a symbol of the unity of their faith. In the Catholic Church too, green is regarded as the most natural and the most elemental of the liturgical colors. The magnificent green of the emerald is a color, which conveys harmony, love of nature and elemental joy.

Pliny commented that green gladdened the eye without tiring it. Green is perceived as fresh and vivid, never as monotonous. And in view of the fact that this color always changes somewhat between the bright light of day and the artificial light of a lamp, emerald green retains its lively vigor in all its nuances.

Blue-green to green color.
Comes from the Latin word smaragdus which means precious stone

Emerald Green

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