The green lushes, a vibrant energy, a radiant vivid tone, the month of May has begun. As we enter the spring month, it’s time to revamp your wardrobe. While we enter into the spring season, it becomes mandatory to add some summery colors and vibrant handmade jewellery to your wardrobe, isn’t it?. Emerald is the perfect accouterment for the month of May and is, in fact, the birthstone of all the May babies. So gear up guys because we are going to talk about some of the interesting facts related to EMERALD: The MAY BIRTHSTONE
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- Why the name Emerald? The name is believed to have passed through at least four languages before reaching its current stage. The very first origin of the name is the Greek word of smargados, which means green gem. Smargados was evolved into the Latin word smargedus, which later got developed into the French word esmeraude, and then finally into the Middle English word emeraude. The modern English version emerald finally developed after the name emeraude.
- The Emerald stone is associated with the rebirth and youth. In many cultures, Emerald was even associated with the religious purposes like the Egyptians used the Emerald for their burial rituals. It was believed that Emerald can send their pharaoh-gods into the next life with a protection.
- Emerald is also associated with the vision and truth. In Europe, during the Middle Ages, it was believed that Emerald could check that whether the oath taken between the lovers was true or false. Wow! Can we really do that? Wouldn’t it be amazing if we could?
- It was also believed that emeralds could provide the protection against the evil and could even cure diseases like malaria and cholera.
- Emerald and aquamarines belong to the same family, that is, Beryl.
- The Emerald is one of the rarest gemstones and a very difficult one to find, harder to find than a Diamond. Extra precious this one is and so is its handmade jewellery.
- Do you know what is the best thing about Emerald? It’s vibrant and beautifully amazing opaque green hues. The most valuable emerald possesses a vibrant greenish hue and in some cases even a blueish hue which is very rare to find these days. The intensity of the green color is directly proportional to its pricing. The more green an Emerald is, the more value it has.
- Unlike Diamonds, Emerald’s clarity cannot be evaluated with a naked eye. It requires 10X magnification. Also, unlike diamonds, Emerald's imperfections increase the stone’s value. The Emerald stone has internal fractures called inclusions and these fractures create an appealing pattern, which increases the stone’s value.
- The availability of high-quality emerald is limited but Emeralds are found all over the world, including Colombia, Brazil, Afghanistan, and Zambia.
- The Emerald stone was also believed to provide the eloquent speech to the wearer.
These were the 10 interesting and much less known facts about Emerald, May birthstone. It is surely an expensive stone, therefore be careful before buying it. Shop it from a reputed online jewellery stone.
How many of these facts did you know about? If you know more and drop comments and let us know as well.
Happy Shopping Fellas!
