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Emerald Collection
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Emeralds are the gems of royalty, romance and intrigue.
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Because the intense green color of emerald is the color
of spring, the ancient cultures prized it as the gemstone
symbolizing love and rebirth.
Emeralds are found all over
the world in countries such
as Afghanistan, Australia,
Austria, Brazil,Bulgaria,
Cambodia, Canada, China,
Egypt, Ethiopia, France,
Germany, India, Italy,
Kazakhstan, Madagascar,
Mozambique, Namibia,
Nigeria, Norway, Pakista n,
Russia, Somalia, South Africa,
Spain, Switzerland, Tanzania,
United States, Zambia, and
Zimbabwe.
Treasured for at least 4,000 years by different civilizations all around the
world, emerald is said to quicken the intelligence as well as the heart. Legend
gives its owner the gift of eloquence.
Emerald was one of the first precious stones to be mined and fashioned by
the ancient Egyptians, at what is generally accepted to be the world’s oldest
source for this gem, an area now called Cleopatra’s Mines.
In the Vedas, the ancient sacred writings of Hinduism, it is said that the
emerald could give mental power and wisdom, and could make the wearer
a very persuasive and charismatic speaker. It does not come as a surprise,
then, that in ancient India, the treasure chests of Indian Maharajas
and Maharanis contained the most wonderful emeralds.Colombia, since the
arrival of the Spanish Conquistadores, has been the
“Mecca for emeralds”, and it continues to be the
country where the most beautiful, most
valuable and prized stones are found.